US Court Rejects Discovery Request Against Tinubu, DCI Group in FOIA Case

A United States District Court in Washington, D.C., has rejected a request by Aaron Greenspan seeking permission to obtain evidence from President Bola Tinubu and DCI Group over alleged cyberattacks on his website in an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit.

The court, in a ruling delivered on October 30, 2026, held that the proposed discovery was not sufficiently relevant to the substantive issues in the case involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

The decision effectively prevents Greenspan from using the FOIA proceedings to pursue evidence concerning the alleged cyberattacks against his website through discovery requests directed at Tinubu and DCI Group.

Reacting to the ruling, attorney Christopher W. Carmichael said the court had reinforced the need to restrict the litigation to issues directly connected to the FOIA dispute.

“The Court’s decision makes clear that this Freedom of Information Act proceeding cannot be used to pursue discovery unrelated to the legal questions before it,” Carmichael said.

The court also rejected a separate application by nonparty Karl Von Batten seeking permission to submit an amicus curiae brief, otherwise known as a friend-of-the-court submission.

It equally denied Greenspan’s related request for judicial notice and his motion for summary judgment.

Attorney Oluwole Afolabi described the decisions as important procedural developments, noting that the substantive FOIA issues remain before the court.
According to him, the rulings establish boundaries on the issues and materials that can appropriately be considered in the ongoing litigation.

The latest decision concerns procedural applications in the FOIA lawsuit and does not, by itself, determine the outstanding substantive issues involving the FBI and DEA.