TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 24, 2025

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently settled a suit brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) on behalf of its clients, the Star News and journalist Matt Kittle of The Federalist. WILL had sued the bureau in April after it denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for access to the writings of the individual who shot and killed six at Nashville’s Covenant School. As part of the agreement, the FBI released 120 pages of the shooter’s “manifesto” and agreed to pay WILL more than $86,000 in legal fees. Star News Digital Media owns and operates a number of state-focused news sites, including The Tennessee Star. Read more in a news release from the institute.