FBI Denies Request for Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto, Writings

FBI Denies Request for Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto, Writings
The Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 14, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Chase Smith
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Despite multiple requests for the release of Nashville Christian school shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto and writings surrounding her March 27 attack that left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead, the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation denied a request from The Epoch Times for those documents.

The reason the FBI cited in a letter to an Epoch Times reporter based in Tennessee is that U.S. Code exempts from disclosure “records or information compiled for law enforcement records or information… could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings…”

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