Unseal Facebook Records, D.C.'s Attorney General Tells Court (1)

A District of Columbia court should unseal Facebook Inc.'s internal communications on Cambridge Analytica now that the Securities and Exchange Commission has ended its probe into the data scandal, the city’s attorney general says.

The SEC July 24 announced a $100 million settlement with Facebook, resolving its investigation of the company’s involvement in the scandal with the now-defunct political consultancy firm. D.C. attorney general Karl Racine (D) is alleging in his own lawsuit that the agency referred, in a court document, to communications that Facebook is fighting to keep under wraps in his case.

The communications show company employees were ...