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September 2022

Foreign Emoluments Clause Meets FOIA

By Charles D. Tobin and Maxwell S. Mishkin
A D.C. federal judge has issued a groundbreaking Freedom of Information Act ruling in favor of the Washington Post, agreeing that the public has a "strong interest” in learning the names of retired U.S. military personnel who go to work for foreign governments and how much they get paid.