The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in April in an attempt to gain access to approximately 6,000 pages of case files from the federal investigation into Governor Janet Mills’ (D-ME) suspected cocaine use. 33 years ago, Mills did not publicly release the case files.
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While NARA initially told the NRSC they would review the request, they later claimed 3,000 pages of the files were under FOIA exemption, which preserves the secrecy of grand jury testimony.
The NRSC is now appealing the denial of those records, citing public interest in the case. Fox News Digital first reported last month on the newly unearthed memo that contradicts Mills’ claim that an investigation into her alleged cocaine use was politically motivated.
Fox News Digital has learned that approximately 3,195 documents that did not fall under the FOIA exemption required a wait time of 11 years to process.
However, in 1992, Mills submitted her own FOIA request for the same documents.
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When asked if she would make the documents publicly available if she received them, Mills told the outlet, “I’d first have to see what was in it.”
Fox News Digital has not found a record of Mills releasing those documents, and Fox News Digital reached out to Mills’s office but did not receive a response.
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Mills indicated in April that she did not “plan to run for another office,” but admitted that “things change week to week, month to month,” leaving the door open to a potential Senate bid.
Background:
- A memo uncovered by Fox News earlier this year reveals Mills lied to Mainers about an investigation into her alleged cocaine use while serving in public office. Mills called the investigation “a smear campaign,” a fact which was strongly disputed in a DOJ memo contradicting her claim.
- Mills refuses to answer questions about her alleged cocaine use and recently dropped an F-bomb when asked about her suspected cocaine use.
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