I found this part interesting:
“Mehta, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, agreed with Judicial Watch in a 10-page ruling.”
I'm sure he first got assurances from SOS "workers" that everything is sanitized and its now OK to go ahead and pretend to comply with the FOIA request.
Mehta, an appointee of former President Barack Obama”
It probably means they got the all clear and any incriminating evidence is either gone or replaced with exonerating evidence.