John A. Jenkins

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A Grassroots FOIA Campaign Swarms the SEC

FOIAengine: How Obscure MMTLP Became a Cause Célèbre  At the Securities and Exchange Commission, the inbox has been filling up with hundreds of near-identical Freedom of Information Act requests about...

Fed and Treasury in FOIA Spotlight

FOIAengine Highlights the Latest Media and Watchdog Requests The latest batch of Freedom of Information Act requests to the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve Board offers a window into what...

1789 Capital Raises $861 Million for MAGA Investments

FOIAengine: Wall Street Journal Seeking SEC Emails and Texts Involving the Trump-Affiliated Venture Capital Firm The Wall Street Journal is pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission for records involving Trump-affiliated...

Years Before High Court’s Ruling Against Harvard, a FOIA...

FOIAengine Explores a Courtroom Sideshow in SFFA v. Harvard Amid the sprawling, years-long litigation in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard that ultimately reshaped the legal landscape for affirmative action...

How Private Detectives Use FOIA

FOIAengine Tracks Three Private Eyes on the Trail of Short-Seller Culper Research Brian Willingham is a licensed private investigator in New York, ID# 1000149418.  He runs an investigative agency called...

Some Research Into Short-Seller Culper Research

FOIAengine:  How a Proxy Requester Masks Its Identity On April 14, 2021, online forums where retail investors and short sellers exchange research, rumors, and trading strategies were buzzing.     On Reddit and...