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Freedom of information

CINCINNATI — Finding privacy concerns outweigh the value of the documents, the Sixth Circuit rejected a Cincinnati Enquirer reporter’s records request seeking documents related to a U.S. attorney’s decision not to charge a state prosecutor with obstruction of justice over his purported links to drug buyers.

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