WATCH: Seattle loses public records case brought by conservative commentator

(The Center Square) – A Seattle political commentator secured a victory Monday in a public records case against the city of Seattle.

The Citizen Action Defense Fund (CADF) brought the case on behalf of unDivided Media, LLC podcaster Brandi Kruse, over the city’s failure to properly comply with public records requests in 2024.

“The appellate court’s ruling affirms that government agencies cannot evade their obligations under the Public Records Act (PRA), reinforcing the principle that transparency is not optional,” noted a news release from CADF.

“Brandi was covering the Seattle City Council meeting when the council was going to take a really controversial vote on whether to criminalize drug offenses within the city,” said CADF Executive Director and Counsel Jackson Maynard. “There was a lot of opposition, and one of the primary folks who had indicated he was going to vote in favor of this measure, and then at the last minute changed his vote was former council member And...