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Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton to Testify to House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Topics to Include White House Visitor Logs and Lobbyists
Contact Information:
Press Office 202-646-5172, ext 305
- When: Tuesday, May 3
10:30 AM ET - Where: Rayburn House Office Building
Room 2123
As background to tomorrow’s testimony, it was Judicial Watch that successfully forced the release of White House visitor logs related to visits by former lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff to the Bush White House in 2006. Judicial Watch continued its aggressive pursuit of these logs with the Obama administration. Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Obama Secret Service, which lawlessly claimed these records were not agency records subject to timely public disclosure. Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit, which is ongoing.Tens of thousands of visitor logs continue to be withheld, and a report by the Center for Public Integrity suggests that the records that have been released are “riddled with holes.” Other reports detail that White House officials have met with lobbyists “off campus” to avoid disclosing lobbyists contacts through White House visitor logs.UPDATE: Tom Fitton’s opening statement.