The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the State of Virginia, seeking private, confidential voter data. DOJ’s efforts appear to be part of an effort to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls.

Our client, Nizar Trabelsi, was being held in the United States against his will. The federal government brought him here from Belgium in 2013 and charged him with terrorism-related crimes. At trial, the government’s case failed: a federal jury found Mr. Trabelsi not guilty. But instead of allowing Mr. Trabelsi to return to Belgium after his acquittal, the United States placed him in highly restrictive immigration detention and began an ongoing effort to force him to Tunisia, where he was born and where he would very likely be tortured.   Mr. Trabelsi’s detention violated the Constitution, immigration law, and the extradition treaty between the United States and Belgium. Through this lawsuit, he sought to return to Belgium, and he demanded an immediate improvement of his detention conditions. In 2025, at long last, the United States removed him from detention and returned him to Belgium.