That simple-looking but ridiculously priced podium Sarah Huckabee Sanders purchased may now be the most famous lectern in the U.S.

And it’s that much more popular because lawyer and blogger Matt Campbell, whose blog is Blue Hog Report is now suing the GOP Arkansas governor, alleging her denial of a records request violates the law, the Arkansas Advocate reports.

Campbell is the one who first revealed that Sanders’ office paid more than $19,000 for the completely ordinary-looking lectern and he filed the suit on Tuesday, alleging the governor’s office committed four violations of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act when it denied a records request he submitted Monday.

It’s worth noting that state funds were used to purchase the lectern.

Campbell got #podiumgate rolling in September by suing Arkansas State Police and ASP director Col. Mike Hagar over that agency’s stubborn refusal to release records related to travel provided to Sanders by the ASP plane.

And Campbell has been quite busy, it appears. In this most recent case, he notes that he requested all emails since January to or from Sanders’ husband Bryan Sanders’ Outlook calendar. He also requested the bills of lading or other shipping and delivery documents that are connected to the lectern. On Monday, in a separate request, Campbell also asked for emails the governor’s office sent to anyone making a FOIA request since January, per the complaint.

It’s good that Campbell is holding Sanders’ office accountable here. They are trying to circumvent the FOIA, perhaps because Sanders believes she should be above such questioning. And she’s most definitely NOT above questioning.

So Cortney Kennedy, the governor’s office chief legal counsel has been running interference, having denied Campbull’s requests by citing the section of the FOIA that exempts “unpublished memoranda, working papers, and correspondence of the governor.” In her denial, Kennedy also cited an attorney general’s opinion that says “copies of emails that are sent by the governor or to his (um, her) staff are not obtainable from the governor’s office,” according to the lawsuit.

Campbell, in his complaint, disputes Kennedy’s interpretation of the FOIA exemption and the attorney general’s opinion as they apply to the records he’s sought.

But Campbell’s lawsuit argues that in relation to Bryan Sanders’ emails, the FOIA exemption doesn’t apply because he’s not a member of the governor’s staff and isn’t a state employee. He does, however, use Arkansas government email addresses and a member of the governor’s staff serves as his chief of staff, the state’s First Gentleman can’t be considered a member of his wife’s staff, and that means the FOIA exemptions don’t apply in this case, according to the lawsuit.

Bryan Sanders is chair of the Natural State Advisory Council, a group that was created by the governor to promote outdoor recreation and tourism, so obviously the situation is a little hinky here.

And Campbell as part of the complaint, hasn’t failed to notice this.

“The defendant bears the burden of proving that any claimed exemption is actually applicable to the records sought,” the complaint states.

And this argument also applies to the request for Sanders’ calendar, Campbell says.

The part of Campbell’s complaint that refers directly to documents showing the delivery of the podium states that “a bill of lading is not a memorandum, working paper or correspondence of the governor.” Campbell argues that the delivery documents are part of a public transaction that is subject to the FOIA.

Further, Campbell argues that the request for Sanders’ office responses to people submitting FOIA requests are not exempt because the exemption that Kennedy cites “specifically refers to ‘unpublished … communications of the governor.” Apparently, according to the complaint, the governor’s staff has published an email or letter, meaning of course that it has been released to the public and isn’t a communication from the governor.

“The defendant’s proposed interpretation of the exemption, that every communication and other record in their possession is exempt from disclosure, flies in the face of nearly 60 years of AFOIA case law, ignores the plain language of the statute, and is contrary to the stated purpose of the AFOIA,” per the complaint.

Understandably, Campbell is pushing for an expedited hearing on the suit as provided by the FOIA.

Of course, what’s also strange here is that Sanders bought the pricey podium at about the same time she took a luxurious vacay to Europe. That wouldn’t have anything to do with this.

Would it?