Exhibit 1122 ยท Court opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice, No. 23-3004 (JEB) (D.D.C.), Memorandum Opinion, Doc. 27
The Federal Bureau of Investigation uses legal process to request information from tech platforms and reimburses them for the cost of complying.
FOIA suit for FBI records of payments to Twitter. The court holds the FBI's quarterly payment totals to Twitter, 2016 to 2023, fall within FOIA Exemption 7(E) and grants DOJ summary judgment. The opinion describes the payments as reimbursements the FBI makes, under 18 U.S.C. 2706(a), for the cost of complying with legal process for online evidence. The opinion's totals remain withheld, so the $3,415,323 figure in Twitter Files Part 7 is not confirmed or contradicted by any court record.
- Source
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Chief Judge Boasberg)
- Date
- 4 February 2026
- Quoted from
- Mem. Op. at 1 (ECF p. 1 of 13)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://docs.reclaimthenet.org/judicial-watch-v-doj-fbi-twitter-foia-opinion-2026.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
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