A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a bid to require President Donald Trump’s voter integrity commission to open its first meeting to public attendees.

The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit last week alleging the commission violated federal transparency laws that require advisory committees to post public notices of their meetings and to make other documents available. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in her opinion that the plaintiffs are unlikely to succeed on the merits of their claim because it’s not clear the commission is not in compliance with the law.

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