NC GOP requests 14 years of records from Attorney General Roy Cooper

The News & Observer has reported on a  series of public records request to Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office by the North Carolina Republican Party.

The article quotes SMVT attorney Brandon J. Huffman on the public records law:

While the GOP request is a large one, media lawyer Brandon Huffman of Raleigh said the law doesn’t have a provision for the reasonableness of a request. It is simply up to the government entity to comply.

“In this case, it doesn’t seem like they are looking for anything specific,” Huffman said.

He said a request of the scope the GOP has made will probably require the involvement of someone from every office of the agency.

“Some of these records, if they go back 14 years, have probably been destroyed,” he said.

You can read the whole story here.