President Bola Tinubu has requested a United States federal court docket to dismiss a recent try by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan to introduce new information in a lawsuit searching for entry to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) files linked to a previous narcotics probe.
The objection was contained in a submitting dated October 15, 2026, earlier than the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the place Greenspan is searching for the release of paperwork relating to investigations involving Tinubu and others within the late Eighties and early Nineties.
Court paperwork present that Tinubu’s attorneys opposed Greenspan’s request for the court docket to take judicial discover of further public information regarding alleged hacking actions, prison proceedings and media experiences.
Greenspan had filed the appliance on October 8, searching for to introduce the supplies to assist a separate request for depart to conduct restricted discovery from Tinubu.
Tinubu’s authorized group mentioned the supplies didn’t set up the connection Greenspan was searching for to set up between the alleged hacking actions and his ongoing authorized battle.
They additionally faulted the timing of the appliance, saying it got here greater than per week after Greenspan filed his reply in assist of his discovery request.
The attorneys additional argued that the 176 pages of further supplies cited by Greenspan have been already out there and will have been included in his earlier filings.
According to them, such supplies can not routinely be accepted as proof of the claims contained in them.
“News articles are not appropriate for judicial notice for the truth, content, or veracity of their claims,” the attorneys argued.
