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Tom Fitton: Mueller Operation Built on ‘Sand and Corruption’
August 9, 2018- JW President Tom Fitton appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on the Fox Business Network to discuss how newly reported emails showed that Justice Department official Bruce Ohr continued to maintain extensive contact with Christopher Steele.
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Watchdog sues DOJ for communications among Bruce Ohr, Christopher Steele, and Fusion GPS
A conservative watchdog group announced Thursday that it filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department seeking records of communications from various offices within the agency related to former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr, his wife Nellie Ohr, Trump dossier author Christopher Steele, and Fusion GPS. In a statement, Judicial Watch…
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Federal Judge Orders FBI to Preserve Government Documents in James Comey’s Personal Email
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to preserve federal information contained in the personal email account of former FBI Director James Comey. The order came after government watchdog Judicial Watch filed a motion for the documents with DOJ, which was rejected.
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Judge orders DOJ to preserve emails from Comey’s personal account
A judge has ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to preserve any emails located on former FBI Director James Comey‘s personal email account after a government watchdog revealed he used the account to conduct government business. The order issued Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., comes in response to a request from the…
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Judicial Watch Sues to Obtain Anti-Israel Boycott Records of Obama Administration
The government watchdog group Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against the Defense Department, Homeland Security, and the State Department to obtain the records concerning the anti-Israel group Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions’ (BDS) efforts “to lobby the Obama administration to adopt policies to harm companies doing business with Israel,”
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Well, Well, Well… Judge Orders DOJ to Preserve Comey’s Personal Emails
A federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to preserve any federal records that might be located on former FBI Director James Comey‘s personal email account. This comes following a DOJ Inspector General report revealed that Comey had used his personal email account for government business. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly‘s order came after
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How Judicial Watch became Trump’s favorite Mueller attack dog
Tom Fitton, the head of conservative group Judicial Watch, has made a career of suing the federal government over suspected bureaucratic corruption, irritating every president since Bill Clinton. But in Donald Trump, Fitton has found an enthusiastic booster — a president who, rather than bristling at Judicial Watch’s frequent accusations…
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Tom Fitton: FBI Documents show Russia Dossier Author Deemed ‘not Suitable for Use’
August 6, 2018- JW President Tom Fitton appeared on “After the Bell” on the Fox Business Network to discuss the FBI releasing 70 pages of heavily redacted records.
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4 Things We Learned From The FBI’s Mostly Redacted Steele Documents
In a Friday afternoon news dump, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released 71 pages of documents related to the agency’s use of Christopher Steele as a confidential human source (CHS). Judicial Watch fought for more than a year to force the government to comply with its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request…
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Tom Fitton: At Least 11 FBI Payments went to Steele
August 5, 2018- JW President Tom Fitton appeared on “Fox and Friends” on the Fox News Channel to discuss The FB I released 71 pages of redacted documents tied to the bureau’s relationship with Christopher Steele.
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Chris Farrell: Mueller is Abusing his Power
August 3, 2018- JW Director of Investigations and Research Chris Farrell appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on the Fox Business Network to discuss Paul Manafort’s trial.
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Christopher Steele broke FBI media rules after being ‘admonished,’ documents show
The FBI formally admonished ex-British spy Christopher Steele in early 2016 before he began investigating candidate Donald Trump, according to new documents. Mr. Steele signed the admonishment and then on at least two occasions violated the rule for confidential human sources, or CHS, by talking to the news media. News of the verbal admonishment is contained
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Tom Fitton: Strzok Requested to Keep Special FBI Powers
August 2, 2018- JW President Tom Fitton appeared on “Your World” on Fox News Channel to discuss Peter Strzok requested to keep security clearance before joining the Mueller probe.
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Tom Fitton: Mueller Should Recuse Himself
August 3, 2018- JW President Tom Fitton appeared on “Fox and Friends First” on the Fox News Channel to discuss President Trump’s call for AG Sessions to end the Mueller probe and Strozk’s attempt to keep his FBI security clearance on the Mueller Probe.
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Peter Strzok demanded the right to declassify intelligence while he was on the Mueller probe probing Republicans fears over Trump-hating agent’s plans
FBI lawyer Peter Strzok demanded and then secured special authorities to declassify material and authorize information requests when he joined Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, government documents reveal. New emails obtained by Judicial Watch show Strzok negotiating with counterintelligence chief Bill Priesap before formally joining the probe.
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Watchdog: Trump ‘Well Within His Rights’ to Complain About ‘Unconstitutional’ Mueller Probe
But Tom Fitton, president of the watchdog group Judicial Watch, tells CBN News the president did nothing wrong. “The president is in charge of the Justice Department,” Fitton noted. “He has a right to have input and direct how the Justice Department is operated and his complaints about the Mueller operation are not…
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Anti-Trump FBI agent Strzok allowed to declassify documents after joining Mueller probe: Watchdog
New internal emails show that anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok demanded to preserve all the powers he held as a deputy assistant director as he agreed to move to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe in 2017. The emails show his superiors agreed and made him a “floating” deputy who could still handle counterintelligence cases…
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Strzok demanded declassification, other FBI powers before joining Mueller team, emails show
Anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok insisted on preserving his security clearance and powers he held as a deputy assistant director at the agency before joining Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team, newly released emails show. The emails, acquired by the conservative watchdog Judicial Watch, reveal that Strzok’s supervisor agreed to make…
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Justice Department is Silent About Why it Has Failed to Preserve Comey Emails in FOIA Case
The Department of Justice has refused to take any steps to preserve work-related emails former FBI Director James Comey had on a personal account that The Daily Caller News Foundation and Judicial Watch requested under the Freedom of Information Act, the conservative watchdog will file in court Friday. “There is…
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Tom Fitton: ‘Mueller’s Job is Over’
August 1, 2018- JW President Tom Fitton appeared on “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel to discuss what Strzok was doing for Mueller’s team and President Trump’s call to end the Mueller Probe.