On West Virginia TV: DSCC Sues Jim Justice Over Work Schedule Amid “Ongoing Scandal” That “Justice Was Largely Absent In Job”

West Virginians across the state are seeing reporting on the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) lawsuit to demand the release of records pertaining to the Governor’s official schedule or calendar and how “Justice has faced an ongoing scandal over his work schedule.”

The lawsuit comes after Justice’s office repeatedly failed to comply with Freedom of Information Act requests for his official schedule or official calendar and the DSCC sent Jim Justice’s office a litigation hold and notice.

Check out the local coverage below:

WBOY Clarksburg

• The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is suing Governor Jim Justice’s office over the release of his official schedules and calendars.
• The Committee is demanding the release of records pertaining to the Governor’s official calendar from January 2017 up through now.
• The lawsuit comes after the committee says it filed two Freedom of Information Act records requests for Justice’s schedules, but Justice’s general counsel told the group that none of the schedules were maintained solely for official business.
• The DSCC said in a press release that Justice last produced these records in 2019, and they showed that Governor Justice almost never meets with his cabinet, is rarely at the capital and was largely missing at one of the most critical points of the year’s legislative session.

WOAY Bluefield

• The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is suing Governor Jim Justice’s office. The DSCC is demanding the release of records pertaining to the Governor’s official schedule and calendar dating from January 2017 to the present.
• This comes after Justice’s office repeatedly failed to comply with the Freedom of Information Act requests for his official schedule and calendar. The DSCC has sent Jim Justice’s office a litigation hold and notice.
• Justice has faced an ongoing scandal over his work schedule. The Associated Press reports Justice was “largely absent in job,” while the Charleston Gazette-Mail writes that “work hasn’t always been on top of mind for the two-term governor.”

WTRF Wheeling

• From across the Mountain State, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has filed a lawsuit against Governor Jim Justice for refusing to release his work schedule.
• The Committee is demanding the release of records pertaining to the Governor’s official calendar from January 2017 up until now.
• The lawsuit claims that a request for the Governor’s schedule was properly issued under the state’s Freedom of Information Act. For a full look at the lawsuit, head over to our website wtrf.com.

See also: What They’re Saying: DSCC Files Lawsuit Against Jim Justice Over Refusal to Release Work Schedule Amid “Ongoing Scandal”; DSCC Files Lawsuit Against Jim Justice Over Refusal to Release Work Schedule.

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