February 06, 2012 | Case

Judicial Watch v. Department of Interior & Department of Treasury (Case No. 12-170)

Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on February 1, 2012, against the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of the Treasury for records regarding a controversial $1.2 billion government loan guarantee from the Obama Department of Energy to SunPower, a California solar company reportedly $820 million in debt (Judicial Watch v. Department of the Interior and Department of the Treasury (No. 12-170). A similar lawsuit was filed on the same date by Judicial Watch against the U.S. Department of Navy for related documents.