FOIA Columbus Division of Police Detective Steve Rosser text messages

To whom it may concern,

Pursuant to the Ohio Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

All text messages sent or received by Columbus Division of Police Detective Steve Rosser from January 1, 2018 to the date your office processes this request that includes the words "Stormy Daniels", "Stormy", "Stephanie Clifford", "Clifford", "Trump", "MAGA", and/ or "Michael Avenatti" in their subject line, body, or attachments.

I would like to receive the information in the following format: electronic.

Through this request, I am gathering information on public transparency. This information is being sought on behalf of ThinkProgress.org (an online news service) for dissemination to the general public.

Please provide expedited processing of this request which concerns a matter of urgency. As a journalist, I am primarily engaged in disseminating information. The public has an urgent need for information because it could reveal misconduct by employees the Columbus Division of Police and the targeted arrest of a citizen due to the person's political ideology.

Please waive any applicable fees. Release of the information is in the public interest because it may alert the public to misuse of taxpayer money and transparency.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.

Sincerely,

Danielle McLean
Investigative Reporter
ThinkProgress
(202) 741- 6247
dmclean@thinkprogress.org

Hi Amy,

Thank you for your response. Yes, I would like his emails containing those key words. I actually submitted a separate public records request for those emails on the same day. The request read:
All emails sent or received by Columbus Division of Police Detective Steve Rosser from January 1, 2018 to the date your office processes this request that includes the words "Stormy Daniels", "Stormy", "Stephanie Clifford", "Clifford", "Trump", "MAGA", and/ or "Michael Avenatti" in their subject line, body, or attachments.

Please let me know if you have any further questions. You can reach me at 202-741-6247. Thank you again for your help.

Very best,

Danielle