Lawsuits Challenge Purging of Federal Websites by Trump Administration

Can a federal agency delete just about any webpage it wants to? Or does the public’s right to know trump executive privilege?

Environmental groups aiming to reverse the Trump administration’s purge of climate change policies, guides and datasets from Department of Agriculture webpages argue it’s the latter. In a lawsuit filed this week in the Southern District of New York, the plaintiffs allege the USDA violated: