Baltimore Challenges OIG Document Order | Annapolis News

Annapolis News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 26, 2026 · 2m

Baltimore City is racing against the clock to halt a court order forcing them to dump over a terabyte of documents to the Inspector General, arguing the ruling is too sweeping and legally unprecedented — and they’re asking an appeals court to step in before the main case even begins. The core dispute? Whether the Inspector General’s subpoenas are exempt from Maryland’s public records law, with the judge already ruling they’re not — treating them as legal evidence orders, not routine info requests. City lawyers fear releasing millions of pages could expose privileged data irreversibly, and…