The US District Court for the District of Columbia has docketed fresh filings by political advisory and lobbying firm Von Batten-Montague-York in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case involving federal records concerning President Bola Tinubu.
The firm’s September 4, 2026 submission seeks permission to file an amicus curiae brief and introduces additional evidentiary exhibits in Greenspan v. Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-01816-BAH.
The civil suit, filed by Aaron Greenspan on June 12, 2023, concerns records sought from US agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), relating to historical investigations involving Tinubu.
Greenspan is challenging the withholding and redaction of portions of the records, while Tinubu has invoked privacy protections.
In an April 8, 2025 ruling, US District Judge Beryl Howell considered records concerning Tinubu and Abiodun Agbele in connection with a historical federal investigation into an international drug-trafficking and money-laundering network.
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The proceedings are a FOIA records dispute, not a criminal prosecution of Tinubu.
The Presidency stressed this point in a September 3, 2026 statement, saying the FBI and DEA had released 399 pages while withholding or redacting portions under statutory exemptions covering issues including grand-jury material, law-enforcement interests and personal privacy.
Von Batten-Montague-York said its latest filing draws the court’s attention to public statements by Nigerian officials and people associated with Tinubu, arguing that they are relevant to the privacy claims before the court.
Docketing the filing does not mean the judge has granted the firm’s request or endorsed its arguments. That decision remains pending.
The underlying FOIA litigation continues before the US District Court for the District of Columbia.