Press Releases

Press Releases | February 28, 2017

Video News Release: CPAC Newsmaker Soundbites

Judicial Watch Does Unprecedented Two-Day Live Facebook Feed from Conservative Political Action Conference with News Anchor Emily Miller

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch hosted groundbreaking live coverage of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) from Broadcast Row – featuring top newsmaker interviews by news anchor Emily Miller on Facebook live on February 23 and 24, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, at Washington’s National Harbor.

Among the many special guests were: Dr. Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president; David Clarke, sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; David Keene, opinion editor of The Washington Times and former president of the NRA; comedian Tim Young; intelligence expert, retired U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer; artist James McNaughton, famous for his painting “The Forgotten Man;” and Shane Bouvet, who was given $10,000 by President Trump for his father’s cancer treatments.

Below are newsmaker soundbites from three of the top Judicial Watch interviews at the 2017 CPAC:

Cut One: Congress Doesn’t Want to Do Any Work
Who: Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch president

Take-Away: “He [Trump] also has to get Congress back in the game, because Congress doesn’t want to do any work … so he really has to show leadership frankly for two branches of government.” [35 seconds]

Cut Two: We Are Here to Obliterate ISIS
Who: Dr. Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president

Take-Away: “When it comes to national security its really quite simple, the number one priority is to secure the boarder … we are here to obliterate the Islamic State, we are here – as the president said today – to wipe them off the face of the Earth.” [28 seconds]

Cut Three: We Have a Crisis with Criminal Illegal Aliens
Who: Sheriff David Clarke, Milwaukee County, WI

Take-Away: “We have a crisis in the United States with criminal illegal aliens – criminal illegal aliens. And President Donald Trump has made it clear that’s who he’s going after first. … Let’s be honest – this has transcended administrations both Democrat and Republican.” [52 seconds]

Please click here to view Judicial Watch’s full historic coverage of the 2017 CPAC.

###