A CDC policy of deleting former employees’ emails after 90 days is “probably illegal” according to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras.
A Trump-aligned group, America First Legal (AFL), had requested emails from former CDC employees.
However, the AFL was told they were deleted 90 days after they stopped being employees.
The response prompted AFL to sue the CDC.
The CDC claimed that it uses the National Archives and Records Association’s (NARA) Capstone policy for emails since it falls under the Health and Human Services (HHS) department, which does the same thing.
The CDC also claimed that the deleted records were “adequately preserved elsewhere.”
The NARA policy was adopted in 2016 after the CDC said it petitioned the NARA to do so.
However, there is no record that the NARA ever granted the permission.
In a press release, AFL’s Executive Director Gene Hamilton said:
“The Biden-Harris Administration’s politicization of records management must end, and we look forward to holding them accountable for their illegal actions in all such circumstances.”
The AFL wanted the records due to the agency’s support for teaching far-left gender ideology to children in the classroom.
After obtaining the CDC document “LGBTQ Inclusivity in Schools: A Self-Assessment Tool,” the AFL sued HHS and NARA in April.
Contreras has now ordered the CDC to stop deleting employees’ emails until the previous deadline under GRS 6.1 had passed or until the court ordered that they could do so.
In a statement, AFL President Stephen Miller, a former advisor to President Donald Trump, said:
“This is another historic courtroom victory for America First Legal against widespread government corruption.”
AFL said it would continue to hold agencies accountable and pursue justice through the courts.
However, it probably won’t stop the CDC from continuing to encourage the teaching of gender ideology in classrooms.
But it may at least make them be upfront about it.
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https://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.com/2024/03/cdc-forced-to-release-report-on-study.html
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