Conservative watchdog notches win in court as CDC ordered to stop deleting emails

On January 5, 2023, a conservative watchdog, Judicial Watch, secured a preliminary injunction in a court case against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the CDC to halt its alleged practice of deleting employee emails.

This decision came in the light of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Judicial Watch, seeking to obtain access to various CDC email communications and records amid concerns about transparency and accountability within the health