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MAY 2018 VOLUME 24 / ISSUE 5 A News Publication from Judicial Watch VerdictA News PublicationWWW.JUDICIALWATCH.ORG from Judicial Watch JW Files Two Lawsuits For Docs On Justice Department Officials’ Ties To Fusion GPS Justice Department official Bruce Ohr’s wife worked for Clinton- connected firm Judicial Watch filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the Justice Department on March 1, 2018 for records about top Justice Department official Bruce Ohr’s and his wife Nellie Ohr’s involvement in the Trump dossier authored by former British spy Christopher Steele (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No.1:18-cv-00490)) and (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No.1:18-cv-00491)). Until his dossier-related demotion, Bruce Ohr was the fourth-ranked official at the Justice De- partment and an Obama-administration contact

for Steele. The House Intelligence Committee WIKIPEDIA See LAWSUIT on page 2 U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

3 JW Sues For Records Of Clinton Message from State Department Protocol Officer the President 6 Judicial Watch sued the U.S. Court Report Department of State on January 31, 10 2018 for emails, calendar entries Corruption and other information in the elec- Chronicles tronic file of Dennis Cheng, who was deputy chief of protocol for two 14 years under former Secretary of State Government Hillary Clinton (Judicial Watch v U.S. Uncovered Department of State (No. 1:18-cv- 00221)). Cheng was deputy chief of protocol of the United States from July 2009 – July 2011. Following his ten- ure at the State Department, Cheng Malcolm Shabazz joined the Clinton Family Founda- Mosque tion as director of development, and 18 WIKIPEDIA then in April 2015 became finance In the Media U.S. Department of State headquarters, Washington, D.C. See PROTOCOL on page 4 Cover Story Lawsuit From page 1 memo released by Chairman Devin Nunes on February 2 says that Nellie Ohr was “employed by Fusion GPS Judicial Watch is a conservative, to assist in the cultivation of oppo- non-partisan American educational sition research on Trump” and that foundation that promotes transparency, Bruce Ohr passed along the results accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. of that research to the FBI, research Judicial Watch advocates high standards that was paid for by the Democratic of ethics and morality in America’s National Committee (DNC) and the public life and seeks to ensure that Hillary Clinton campaign. public officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuits in the United States District Court SHUTTERSTOCK Judicial Watch Board of Directors Chris Farrell, Tom Fitton, Paul Orfanedes for the District of Columbia after the President Donald J. Trump Editor Justice Department failed to respond www Carter Clews to two separate FOIA requests in De- Editorial Assistant cember 2017. “Steele admitted to Janice Rurup Judicial Watch’s December 7, Ohr his feelings against Senior Writer 2017 FOIA request about Bruce Ohr then-candidate Trump Dr. Larry Hunter seeks: Circulation Director when Steele said he ‘was John Albertella l All records of contact or commu- desperate that Donald Direct Response Marketing Manager nication, including but not limited Trump not get elected and Ariana Azizkeya to emails, text messages, and in- Graphic Design Consultant was passionate about him Jeanne Minnix stant chats between Bruce Ohr and any of the following individuals/ not being president.’” Production and Traffic Manager Tim Wathen entities: former British intelligence ~ House Intelligence Committee Public Affairs Director officer Christopher Steele; owner Memorandum Jill Farrell of Fusion GPS Glenn Simpson; www Member Services and any other employees or repre- 1 (888) 593-8442 sentatives of Fusion GPS; Fax (202) 646-5199 2017 FOIA request about Nellie Ohr Social Media l All travel requests, authorizations seeks: www.JudicialWatch.org and expense reports for Bruce www.facebook.com/JudicialWatch www.twitter.com/JudicialWatch Ohr; and l All records of contact or communication, including but not Send your comments and questions to l All calendar entries for Bruce Ohr. limited to emails, text messages, Editor, The Judicial Watch Verdict® and instant chats between DOJ c/o [email protected]. Judicial Watch’s December 12, officials in the Attorney General’s Annual suggested donation is $35. Office and Fusion GPS employee Requests should be sent to: or contractor Nellie Ohr; and The Judicial Watch Verdict® Judicial Watch 425 Third Street, SW, Suite 800 l All records of communications, Washington, DC 20024 including but not limited to emails text messages and instant The Judicial Watch Verdict® is published monthly and distributed to its members, chats, between DOJ officials in supporters and interested parties by the Attorney General’s Office and Judicial Watch, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Fusion GPS employee or contrac- organization incorporated in 1994 tor Nellie H. Ohr. in the District of Columbia. Copyright 2018 by Judicial Watch © All rights reserved. The Nunes memo notes that Editorial content may be duplicated with before Steele was terminated as a attribution and without permission. source “he maintained contact” with May 2018 l Vol. 24 l Issue 5 See LAWSUIT on page 4

2 The Verdict l MAY 2018 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Connecting The Dots On The Deep State’s Effort’s To Topple President Trump In 2016, the Clinton campaign and the DNC hired a firm — Fusion GPS — who used Russia intelligence sources to come up with scandalous and false allegations about then- candidate Trump. And rather than warn and protect Donald Trump from this Russia/Clin- ton disinformation campaign — the Obama FBI, under James Comey, and Obama DOJ, under Loretta Lynch, used the Clinton-DNC-Russia conspiracy Dossier to target and spy on President Trump and his team. Remember — Obama used the IRS — and Robert Mueller’s FBI — to target innocent conservatives and Speech delivered by Tom Fitton potentate scandal. Oh, and yes, it is the Tea Party in 2012 to ensure his Conservative Political Action a Russia scandal. Because we know reelection. Is it any surprise that Convention (CPAC) Hillary and Bill took Russia cash — Obama would abuse the Deep State February 24, 2018 and wanted to cover it up. What again in 2016 to try to steal anoth- Good afternoon, CPAC! better way to do that than with a er election? Unmasking and then Judicial Watch is your watchdog secret email system! illegally leaking the names of Trump in Washington. We uncovered the Judicial Watch just forced the team members caught up in foreign Clinton email and pay-to-play scan- State Department to admit there was intelligence gathering would be an dals, and most everything we know classified information from Clinton incredible but unsurprising abuse by about the Benghazi and IRS corrup- email server on the laptop of Antho- the Obama administration. tion scandals. ny Weiner, including the identity of Let me suggest that Obama and By the way, the Clinton email a CIA operative. Clinton need to finally be questioned scandal isn’t over. The Clinton I know we talk about special about their collusion, their shady email/pay-for-play scandal is an prosecutors, but enough of that — I little Dossier, the leaking and the Obama scandal, a State Department don’t want new prosecutors, I want unmasking. scandal, a Justice Department scan- prosecutions. Stolen and destroyed Hillary Clinton and the Demo- dal, and a FBI scandal. It’s a shady records, violations of national secu- cratic Party tried to hide the fact that corporation scandal. It’s foreign rity laws — you name it — Judicial they gave money to GPS Fusion to Watch has compiled more than create a Dossier which was used by www enough evidence to justify the lawful their allies in the Obama administra- arrest of Hillary Clinton! tion to mislead a Court into allowing The Left, the Obama So, no wonder the corrupt D.C. them to spy on the Trump Team. gang, the Clinton Establishment would rather talk Now the ethically-challenged about their made-up garbage about Adam Schiff wants to put out a gang, the permanent Donald Trump and Russia. memo about his party’s Dossier. bureaucracy, the Deep Let me get right down to it, we I also want to read the Democrat- State and their allies have a rule of law crisis here in ic memo on the Democratic dossier Washington, D.C. paid for with Democratic party/cam- in the corrupt liberal The Left, the Obama gang, the paign money for use by a Democratic media all have targeted Clinton gang, the permanent bureau- administration to spy on the oppo- cracy, the Deep State and their allies nent of a Democratic presidential President Donald Trump. in the corrupt liberal media all have candidate.

www targeted President Donald Trump. See MESSAGE on page 5

www.JudicialWatch.org 3 Cover Story Lawsuit Protocol From page 2 From page 1

Bruce Ohr. The memo states: director of the Hillary for America presidential campaign. “For example, in September 2016, Prior to joining the Clinton State Steele admitted to Ohr his feelings Department, Cheng was finance di- against then-candidate Trump rector in New York for Mrs. Clinton’s when Steele said he ‘was desperate successful campaign for Senate. that Donald Trump not get elect- Judicial Watch filed the complaint ed and was passionate about him after the State Department failed to not being president.’ [Emphasis respond to a December 21, 2017 in original] This clear evidence Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of Steele’s bias was recorded by request for: Ohr at the time and subsequently in official FBI files — but not re- [T]he PST file of Dennis Cheng. flected in any of the [Carter] Page Mr. Cheng served as deputy chief FISA applications.” of protocol of the United States from July 20, 2009 to July 2011. A According to Fox News, even af- PST file is a Personal Storage Ta- ter Steele’s termination from the FBI, ble, an open proprietary file format Steele and Ohr remained in close used to store copies of messages, contact. calendar events, and other items

“Once again, the Deep State Jus- within Microsoft software such SHUTTERSTOCK tice Department is covering up evi- as Microsoft Exchange Client, Hillary Clinton dent misconduct targeting President Windows Messaging and Microsoft Trump,” Judicial Watch President Outlook. Tom Fitton said. “Bruce Ohr, a top Justice Department official in the While at the Clinton Foundation, and donors to the Clinton Founda- Obama administration, had an obvi- Cheng raised $246 million in just tion and Clinton campaigns. ous conflict of interest through his over three-and-a-half years, July 2011 “Judicial Watch proved the wife Nellie’s work with the Clinton/ — February 2015. A separate FOIA Clinton State Department became a DNC vendor Fusion GPS on the lawsuit by Citizens United found that corrupt arm of the Clinton Founda- anti-Trump dossier. The Justice De- Cheng communicated with Huma tion,” said Judicial Watch President partment needs to come clean about Abedin about a major Clinton Foun- Tom Fitton. “The Justice and State this scandal and turn over the docu- dation dinner and other issues. Departments seem to be still protect- ments as federal law requires.” Previous Judicial Watch FOIA ing Hillary Clinton. Judicial Watch litigation uncovered the Clinton is stepping into the gap and, through email scandal and ethics scandal, Bill this and other ongoing FOIA law- Clinton’s conflicts of interest issues, suits, aims to expose and hold the and the pay-to-play scandal involv- Clinton cash machine accountable to ing the Clinton State Department the rule of law.”

www “Judicial Watch proved the Clinton State Department became a corrupt arm of the Clinton Foundation.” ~ Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton SHUTTERSTOCK www Barack Obama

4 The Verdict l MAY 2018 Message from the President Message From page 3 And of course there is no Mueller And a Judicial Watch investigation investigation without the Clinton- found that Mueller did not hire not DNC Dossier. one registered Republican for his Don’t be distracted about indict- gargantuan team of prosecutors. ments about Russia Facebook posts Mr. Mueller himself is and mortgage fraud. Even that big in- compromised — he was appointed dictment of the Russia troll farmers is thanks to illegal leaks by his friend, a fundamentally dishonest document the Trump-hating Comey who was designed to distract from the fact that rightly fired by Donald Trump. To the Russia collusion allegations with sum up Mueller is a witness in his President Trump are collapsing and own investigation of Trump! the reason for being of the Mueller The whole superstructure of the investigation is disappearing. anti-Trump Russia investigation is This Russia indictment shows the compromised. The Mueller special

Russia collusion scandal is over as counsel investigation is out-of-con- AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE far as President Trump is concerned. trol. Shut it down. Robert Mueller There is no evidence of collusion What next? between President Trump’s campaign Unfortunately, Mueller is the tail seems to be running the show. The and Russia to steal of the election. wagging the Justice Department dog. Trump White House should take But there is evidence of Clinton/ Attorney General Sessions should action. President Trump should go DNC/FBI/DOJ leadership collusion un-recuse himself, take back full on a transparency tear — tell his with Russians to bring down Presi- control of the Justice Department, agencies to declassify and disclose dent Trump. and clean house. the Obama collusion docs and get And then there’s the FBI an- The FBI is a mess. Outrageously, out everything they have about ti-Trump text messages — which its leadership had been focused on Clinton corruption. Transparency were covered up for months by “insurance policies” against Presi- in government — about the past and Mueller, the FBI and DOJ. dent Trump, obstructing Congress, the present — is essential to draining Judicial Watch also uncovered and covering up scandal — all while the swamp. that Mueller’s #2, Andrew utterly failing to do its basic jobs — In the meantime, you have Weissmann, is an anti-Trump like stopping the Parkland shooting. Judicial Watch. partisan who sent an email to If the FBI won’t do its job, then why Forget Congress and the media, Sally Yates, the Obama holdover, do we have this agency? Director Judicial Watch is doing the heavy supporting her lawless refusal to Wray needs to step up or step out. lifting! The Judicial Watch legal enforce President Trump’s travel ban. Unfortunately, the Deep State juggernaut has over two dozen federal lawsuits to get the truth on anti-Trump Obama/Clinton Russia scandal — and to provide oversight Announcing Tom Fitton’s on the DOJ/FBI/Mueller Deep State craziness. Weekly Update We exposed the corrupt Andrew McCabe, the Clinton-connected #2 NOW, YOU CAN WATCH TOM FITTON’S WEEKLY at the FBI, and he no longer has a UPDATE EVERY FRIDAY AT 4:00 pm ON job. And we know what happened JUDICIAL WATCH’S OWN YOUTUBE CHANNEL to Hillary Clinton. It wasn’t the — JWTV! Russians — it was her email! Incisive, exciting and informative, Weekly What a great country we have Update Live provides you with Tom’s unique where Judicial Watch can exercise insights into the week’s top JW news stories. our precious, God-given rights to It’s “must-watch” video at its best. (Simply hold our government and politicians type in JWatch.us/subscribe). accountable to the rule of law. And win. Thank you and God Bless America! JUDICIAL WATCH

www.JudicialWatch.org 5 Judicial Watch Court Report Judicial Watch Sues Kentucky Over Dirty Voter Registration Rolls 48 Kentucky counties have more registered voters than citizens of voting age in 48 Kentucky counties, or 40 Judicial Watch filed a federal law- percent of all Kentucky counties.” suit against the Commonwealth of Kentucky over its failure to take rea- Judicial Watch also notes that sonable steps to maintain accurate Kentucky is one of only three states voter registration lists. The lawsuit in the country where the statewide alleges that 48 Kentucky counties active registration rate is greater than have more registered voters than cit- 100 percent of the age-eligible citizen izens over the age of 18. The lawsuit population. was filed in the United States District Judicial Watch cites several other Court for the Eastern District of deficiencies in Kentucky’s handling Kentucky, Central Division (Judi- of voter registration and related cial Watch, Inc. v. Alison Lundergan issues. Kentucky is required by law Grimes et al. (No. 3:17-cv-00094)). to disclose to the federal Election Kentucky was one of 12 states Assistance Commission the number to which Judicial Watch sent no- of inactive registrations it carries tice-of-violation letters last year on its voter rolls. It failed to do so. SHUTTERSTOCK threatening to sue because they have Kentucky also is required to report counties in which the number of complaint, Judicial Watch notes that the number of address-confirmation registered voters exceeds the num- Kentucky’s registration rates are sky- letters it sent to citizens who were ber of citizens of voting age. Both high and are national outliers: thought to have moved out of state. the National Voter Registration Act It failed to release this information (NVRA) and the Help America Vote “Whenever a jurisdiction has as well. Act require states to take reasonable more voter registrations than Kentucky also is required by the steps to maintain accurate voting individuals old enough to register NVRA to keep registration-related rolls. — in other words, a registration records and to make them publicly Judicial Watch analyzed registra- rate exceeding 100 percent of available on request. Judicial Watch tion data and compared them to the adult residents — it is a strong made such a request, and Kentucky most recent census data to determine indication, recognized by federal initially promised to disclose these the county registration rates. In its courts, that the jurisdiction is not records. But, it broke this promise taking the steps required by law to and, at the time the lawsuit was filed, remove the registrations of ineligi- had failed to make records available. www ble registrants. Judicial Watch points out that “Kentucky has some of Kentucky’s inflated voter rolls in- “Kentucky leads every other state dicate that it is not complying with the dirtiest election rolls in the nation in the number of federal laws requiring it to cancel the in the country.” counties in which total registra- registrations of citizens who have ~ Judicial Watch tion exceeds the citizen voting-age died or moved elsewhere. This con- President Tom Fitton population. Specifically, the num- clusion is bolstered by Kentucky’s ber of voter registrations exceeds failure to divulge registration-related www the number of age-eligible citizens See SUES on page 7

6 The Verdict l MAY 2018 Court Report Fight Corruption Sues and Receive Income From page 6 www for Life records it is required to disclose by You can fight corruption federal law. In its lawsuit, Judicial Judicial Watch points out and receive income for life Watch asks the court to declare that Kentucky’s inflated through a Charitable Gift Annuity with Judicial Watch. Kentucky in violation of Section voter rolls indicate that it is 8(a)(4) of the NVRA; to require it to implement a program to remove not complying with federal ineligible registrants; and to compel laws requiring it to cancel it to turn over relevant records and the registrations of citizens information. “Kentucky has some of the dirti- who have died or moved est election rolls in the country,” said elsewhere. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Federal law requires states to take www reasonable steps to clean up their voting rolls — and clearly Kentucky hasn’t done that. Dirty voting rolls resulted in those states’ taking sev- can mean dirty elections. This lawsuit eral actions to clean up their voting aims to ensure that citizens can have rolls. Judicial Watch also is suing the more confidence that elections in State of Maryland and Montgomery Kentucky won’t be subject to fraud.” County as well as Los Angeles Coun- Judicial Watch Senior Attorney ty and the State of California over and Election Integrity Project Di- their failure to release documents, in rector Robert Popper was formerly violation of the NVRA. If you are 55 or older and live in a deputy chief of the Voting Section Judicial Watch is being assisted by qualifying state*, you could receive of the Civil Rights Division of the Mark Wohlander of the Wohlander income for life through a Charitable Justice Department. Law Office in Lexington, Kentucky Gift Annuity with Judicial Watch. A Judicial Watch previously filed and by Thomas E. Clay of Clay Dan- successful lawsuits under the NVRA iel Walton & Adams in Louisville, minimum irrevocable donation of against Ohio and Indiana, which Kentucky. $5,000 is required, of which a portion is tax-deductible. Judicial Watch violation letter to Kentucky For a free, no-obligation illustration of how a Charitable Gift Annuity can work for you, please contact Steve Andersen at the Judicial Watch Development Office at (888) 593-8442 or by email at [email protected].

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www.JudicialWatch.org 7 Court Report Judicial Watch Sues State Department For Samantha Power Unmasking Documents The Obama Ambassador to the U.N. reportedly requested to unmask over 260 Americans in her last year in office

Judicial Watch on February 9, 2018 filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for “unmasking” and other records tied to Obama’s United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power relating to the ongoing investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:18-cv- 00300)). Unmasking refers generally to the practice of political appointees obtaining the identities of American citizens referenced in intelligence surveillance of foreign nationals. Judicial Watch sued the State Department after it failed to respond AP PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE Harvard professor Samantha Power, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to an October 31, 2017 FOIA request seeking information about Power’s unusual unmasking requests, in- concerning, regarding or relating to intelligence collection activities. cluding, all requests for information the following: submitted to any intelligence com- On September 20, 2017, Fox munity member agency by former l Any actual or suspected effort by News reported that Power unmasked United States Ambassador to the the Russian government or any more than 260 persons in her last United Nations Samantha Power individual acting on behalf of the year as Obama’s U.S. ambassador to Russian government to influence the United Nations: or otherwise interfere with the 2016 presidential election. The “[She] was ‘unmasking’ at such www alleged hacking of computer sys- a rapid pace in the final months “Power was ‘unmasking’ tems utilized by the Democratic of the Obama administration National Committee and/or the that she averaged more than one at such a rapid pace in the Clinton presidential campaign. request for every working day in final months of the Obama 2016, [even seeking] information administration that she l Any actual or suspected communi- in the days leading up to Presi- cation between any member of the dent Trump’s inauguration.” averaged more than one Trump presidential campaign or request for every working transition team and any official or On October 13, 2017, Power employee of the Russian govern- testified behind closed doors about day in 2016, [even seeking] ment or any individual acting on this matter to the House Intelligence information in the days behalf of the Russian government. Committee. House Oversight and leading up to President Government Reform Committee l The identities of U.S. citizens as- Chairman Trey Gowdy, who also Trump’s inauguration.” sociated with the Trump presiden- sits on the Intelligence Committee, ~ Fox News tial campaign or transition team stated: “Her testimony is they [the who were identified pursuant to unmasking requests] may be under www See UNMASKING on page 9

8 The Verdict l MAY 2018 Court Report Unmasking From page 8

my name, but I did not make those requests.” “Unmasking and then illegally leaking the names of Trump team members caught up in foreign intelligence-gathering would have been an incredible, but unsurprising, abuse by the Obama administration,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Was the Clinton-DNC dossier on Trump also used as justification to abuse intelligence data to ‘unmask’ President Trump’s tweet on Obama administration’s unmasking identities of Americans American citizens to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Donald

Trump? And why is the State www Department stonewalling Judicial potentially illegal conduct by its Watch’s FOIA investigation into this agency employees?” Materials regarding In a separate, related FOIA request to the National Security Coun- the unmasking by cil (NSC) for information related to Rice...have been Obama National Security Advisor removed to the Obama Susan Rice’s unmasking activities, the NSC told Judicial Watch in May Library, where by law 2017 that the materials regarding the they will be locked unmasking by Rice of “the identities away from the public of any U.S. citizens associated with the Trump presidential campaign or for five years.

transition team” have been removed www to the Obama Library, where by law they will be locked away from the public for five years. Judicial Watch also filed a separate FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Security Agency (NSA) for information about Rice’s communications with the two agencies concerning the alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election, the hacking of DNC computers, the suspected communications between Russia and Trump campaign/transition officials, and the unmasking of the identities of any U.S. citizens associated with the Trump presidential campaign or transition team who were identified pursuant to intelligence collection activities (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice and National Security Administration (No. 1:17-cv-

AP PHOTO/CAROLYN KASTER AP PHOTO/CAROLYN 01002)). Former Obama National Security Adviser, Susan Rice

www.JudicialWatch.org 9 Corruption Chronicles Justice Department Says Attorney General Lynch Used Alias To Protect Security, Privacy

Illustrating how government hides information from the Ameri- can public, former Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch used a fake name to conduct official Department of Justice business in agency emails obtained by Judicial Watch. As the nation’s chief law-enforcement officer, Lynch skirted public-records laws by using the alias “Elizabeth Carlisle” in emails she sent from her official Justice Department account. In the records provided to Judicial Watch, the Department of Justice explains it as necessary to “protect her security and privacy and enable her to conduct Department business AP PHOTO/PATRICK SEMANSKY, FILE SEMANSKY, AP PHOTO/PATRICK efficientlyvia email.” Former Obama Attorney General, Loretta Lynch This begs the question of how many other government officials use course, there was Hillary Clinton, Nation’s international law-enforce- fake names and whether those aliases who didn’t use aliases but simply ment coalition called Strong Cities are searched when agencies process took the entirety of her communica- Network (SCN). The purported Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) tions out of the secure government mission of the global coalition was requests. Besides Lynch, Judicial system altogether and substituted to build social cohesion and com- Watch has only discovered the use private devices and a private email munity resilience to counter violent of such aliases among government system to circumvent FOIA and fed- extremism. The Justice Department operatives to conduct official busi- eral recordkeeping laws. masterminded the agreement, and ness at the Environmental Protec- Obama’s EPA administrator, Lisa Americans found out about U.S. par- tion Agency (EPA) — and then, of Jackson, famously used the alias ticipation when Lynch announced it “Richard Windsor” in a government during a U.N. speech on September www email account to conduct official 29, 2015. Lynch referred to SCN as business and communicate with a “truly groundbreaking endeavor” As the nation’s chief law- staff. Jackson even took required and assured the notoriously corrupt enforcement officer, Lynch EPA computer training under the world body that the Obama adminis- fake identity with the handle Wind- tration was deeply committed to the skirted public-records laws [email protected]. She eventually new initiative when she said: by using the alias “Elizabeth resigned over the scandal, which Carlisle” in emails she sent brought to light the agency’s viola- “The government of the United from her official Justice tions of federal open-records laws. States is fully invested in this col- Department account. In Lynch’s case, Judicial Watch laborative approach and we have requested the records as part of an seen the value of empowering www investigation into the Obama admin- local communities by promoting istration’s involvement in a United See ALIAS page 11

10 The Verdict l MAY 2018 Corruption Chronicles Alias From page 10 initiatives they design and lead themselves.”

Following the attorney general’s fiery U.N. delivery, a New York newspaper reported that the city was joining a new global terror-busting network to combat homegrown extremism. Civil rights groups quickly denounced the U.S. participation, expressing concerns about law-enforcement abuses against Muslims. In a letter to New York City Mayor

Bill de Blasio, 22 civil rights groups VIA AP IMAGES) USA(SIPA TINE/ABACA/SIPA DENNIS VAN warned that other programs created New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio to counter violent extremism stig- www matized “Muslim communities as lic about the operations and activi- suspicious and in need of special ties of government, Judicial Watch Obama’s EPA administrator, monitoring.” The anti-terror initia- filed a FOIA request with the De- Lisa Jackson, famously used tives also have made “the relation- partment of Justice on October 15, the alias “Richard Windsor” in ship between Muslims and schools 2015 for documents related to SCN. a government email account to and social service providers into se- Specifically, Judicial Watch asked for: conduct official business and curity-based engagements,” the letter states. SCN assures, however, that l Legal opinions and analysis pre- communicate with staff. “violent extremism and prevention pared by the Justice Department www efforts should not be associated with relating to U.S. involvement in the any particular religion, nationality Strong Cities Network program; commitment of U.S. resources or or ethnic group.” In a statement, personnel to SCN; and the Justice Department also guaran- l Documents that form the foun- teed that the SCN will safeguard the dation for the decision for the l Records of communication be- rights of local citizens and commu- country to participate in SCN; tween officials in the Office of the nities. The U.S. Department of State Attorney General relating to the also put its weight behind SCN. l All international agreements and initiative. In its mission to educate the pub- related records involving the The Department of Justice claimed to have no records related to the SCN From America’s largest and most effective watchdog organization. and billed Judicial Watch a startling $50,000 to conduct the search that did not produce a single file. UPDATED EDITION 8 Things You Can How You Can Help Though the Justice Department Do Now to Help recently furnished the documents STOP Voter Fraud Stop Voter Fraud with Lynch’s fake name, the belated

ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT records were part of Judicial Watch’s A Citizen Guide to Ensuring original 2015 FOIA request, which Free and Fair Elections in the Department of Justice blew off. 2016 and Beyond To get your copy of our 8 Things If you would like additional copies of this handbook please contact: Judicial Watch, Inc. The records also show that Obama 425 Third Street, SW, Suite 800 You Can Do Now To Stop Voter Judicial Watch, Inc. Washington, DC 20024 Assistant Attorney General John 425 Third Street, SW, Suite 800 Fraud booklet, please contact us Washington, DC 20024 Carlin touted SCN at an event spon- 202-646-5172 202-646-5199 fax at (888) 593-8442 or email us at sored by the Southern Poverty Law [email protected]. Center (SPLC), an extremist leftist group that helped a gunman commit an act of terrorism against a conser-

FORWARD by vative organization. TOM FITTON www.JudicialWatch.org 11 Corruption Chronicles U.S.-Funded U.N. Commissioner In D.C. To Promote Leftwing Agenda In Guatemala

The head of a U.S.-funded global Obama administration spent millions www commission operating under the of taxpayer dollars to destabilize the famously corrupt United Nations democratically elected, center-right Velásquez abuses (U.N.) was in Washington, D.C. government by colluding with the justice system to March 5 to promote his leftist agenda leftwing billionaire philanthropist in Central America. The Colombi- George Soros. In Guatemala, the persecute his political an attorney and former judge, Ivan Obama administration meddled to enemies, according Velásquez, runs the U.N.-backed protect guerrillas backed by com- International Commission against munist Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, to former Colombian Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), a and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton President Alvaro Uribe, controversial body known to utilize helped oust an attorney general that measures that threaten the impov- was replaced by a sympathizer of the who currently serves in erished Central American nation’s guerrillas, Claudia Paz y Paz. Colombia’s senate. sovereignty. Obama’s ambassador to Guate- Officially, the CICIG claims to mala, Todd Robinson, and CICIG www strengthen the rule of law. Like Commissioner Velásquez, notorious many leftwing global organizations, for his powerful leftist alliances, region. Former Colombian President its stated purpose is to protect “the collaborated to promote changes to Alvaro Uribe says that as a judge right to life and to personal integri- the Guatemalan constitution. One in Colombia, Velásquez launched ty” of citizens from vigilante groups news report accuses Velásquez of a crusade to absolve the country’s that “commit illegal acts” — those seeking to illegitimately neutralize leftist narcoterrorism. During eight linked to “agents of the State or certain legislators the Guatemalan years as Colombia’s president, Uribe’s [with] the capacity to generate impu- people elected. Under his leader- hardline security stance transformed nity for their illegal actions.” ship, CICIG probes have infringed the country from a notoriously vio- The reality is that Velásquez on Guatemalan sovereignty while lent narcoterrorism state to a thriv- appears to be part of a broader effort conveniently ignoring crimes com- ing democracy. Velásquez abuses launched under Barack Obama — mitted by leftwing allies. the justice system to persecute his and apparently supported by some As a lawyer in Colombia, political enemies, according to Uribe, in the Trump administration — to Velásquez aligned with the Fuerzas who currently serves in Colombia’s destabilize moderate and conserva- Armadas Revolucionarias de Co- senate. tive governments abroad. Judicial lombia (FARC), the violent Marxist Incredibly, the current State Watch uncovered details of a similar guerrilla group formed by commu- Department has not wavered in initiative in Macedonia, where the nist farmers in the country’s central its support for both Velásquez and CICIG, which receives millions of dollars annually from Uncle Sam. When Guatemalan President Jim- my Morales tried to bar Velásquez from the country last year, the U.S. State Department quickly issued a statement defending Velásquez and expressing “deep concern” over his attempted ouster. “Mr. Velásquez UNITED has been an effective leader of CICIG in its fight against corruption in NATIONS Guatemala,” the State Department release said. “CICIG has played and should continue to play an important role in strengthening Guatemalan

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12 The Verdict l MAY 2018 Corruption Chronicles Leftwing From page 12

institutions and tackling the corrup- the Tillerson swamp’s support for the Middle East. Guatemala shares tion that undermines security and CICIG and its commissioner. Haley a 595-mile border and many porous prosperity in Guatemala.” told Guatemalan President Morales crossing points into Mexico, creating During a visit to Guatemala at the that it was in his best interest to back a clear path north. In fact, many of end of February, U.S. Ambassador CICIG, according to a newswire the thousands of unaccompanied to the U.N. Nikki Haley reiterated story that reveals the U.S. has given alien children (UAC) that entered CICIG $44.5 million since it was the U.S. in the last few years came established a decade ago. from Central America. During his March 5 appearance at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., Velásquez was praised as a key figure in Guatemala’s fight against corruption and “impunity” despite his controversial history. The purpose of his U.S. visit was to discuss Join over 4.5 million Facebook the process of choosing Guatemala’s Friends by “liking us” at next attorney general and other relat- www.facebook.com/judicialwatch ed anti-corruption efforts involving Follow us on Twitter and Instagram the rule of law. Join more than 60,000 subscribers Besides giving Guatemala boat- following us at JWTV YouTube loads of tax dollars, Americans should be concerned because the country is a renowned gateway into the United States for narcotics and OLIVIER HOSLET, POOL PHOTO, FILE, VIA AP OLIVIER HOSLET, illegal aliens worldwide, including George Soros

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INVESTIGATIVE BULLETIN Cop-Killing Cover-Up? JW Goes To Court Against NYPD, FBI In Famed Cold Case

By Micah Morrison, Judicial Watch the Nation of Islam and information Chief Investigative Reporter about the case — facts that were not revealed for decades. Who orchestrated the NYPD cover-up and why? How deeply was the FBI involved in the actions that got Cardillo killed? In New York, Judicial Watch filed New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) actions last year seeking case records and a key audio tape in

JUDICIAL WATCH the murder. The NYPD responded with the astonishing claim that, 46 On March 6, 2018, New York years later, the case is still “active State Supreme Court Judge W. Franc and ongoing,” and thus no docu- Perry heard arguments in Judicial ments need be produced. Watch’s Freedom of Information As Judicial Watch noted in sub- WIKIPEDIA Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the New missions to the court (albeit in more Malcolm Shabazz Mosque in New York City York City Police Department in the polite terms), this is a ludicrous murder of NYPD Patrolman Phil- argument. The NYPD claims that a lip Cardillo. The 1972 shooting of 46-year-old case is still active. surveillance records related to the Cardillo inside Louis Farrakhan’s Anyone who has spent time mosque where Cardillo was gunned Nation of Islam mosque in Harlem is around the NYPD and state FOIL down. Specifically, Judicial Watch the most notorious cold case in New laws recognizes this familiar tactic requested that the FBI search its York history. from police headquarters. Judicial “special file room.” The Boston Globe Judicial Watch told the full Watch provided substantial doc- reported that the special file room is story in two previous Investigative umentation that the Cardillo case where files on domestic spying were Bulletins, which can be accessed at had been closed, and the public routed, including files on what the Judicial Watch’s website: has a right to the information, with FBI called “black nationalist extrem- http://jwatch.us/Cardillo1 and appropriate redactions for privacy ists” and sensitive counter-intelli- http://jwatch.us/Cardillo2 and confidentiality. But, as previous gence techniques that may have been It’s an American tragedy, a tale of Judicial Watch Investigative Bulletins deployed against the Nation of Islam. cover-up and betrayal in an era of have noted, the NYPD “has done The FBI did not search the special dirty tricks and disintegrating cities. what it routinely does, blatantly ig- file room and other databases JW No one ever served a day in jail for nore its obligations under state law.” identified. Judicial Watch, once the crime. A special prosecutor con- March also saw legal action in again, went to federal court to argue cluded there had been a “concerted a related Judicial Watch FOIA case that they should search further. and orchestrated effort” by members against the FBI. In a May FOIA re- Courtroom action opened March of the NYPD to impede the investi- quest, JW sought informant, wiretap, 6, where, under New York State gation. The FBI had informants in electronic surveillance and physical See COVER-UP page 15

14 The Verdict l MAY 2018 Government Uncovered Cover-Up From page 14 www FOIL laws, Judicial Watch had Who orchestrated the to see as much as possible made pub- sought records, a final report and a lic in the case.’” NYPD cover-up and why? key audio tape of a 10-13 “officer in Forty-six years is a long time. distress” call made in the 46-year-old How deeply was the FBI And, it’s fair to ask, why is Judicial Phillip Cardillo murder case. involved in the actions Watch seeking information now? Cardillo, an NYPD patrolman, that got Cardillo killed? What is it all about? And why is the was gunned down in a Nation of NYPD resisting disclosure? Islam mosque in Harlem in 1972. www JW’s answers to those questions The NYPD claims the Cardillo case, are answered in the two previous after more than four decades, is still an observer. Jurgensen has played a Judicial Watch Investigative Bulletins “active and ongoing.” central role in the Cardillo case for cited above. But, the short version is Judicial Watch argued that on decades. He arrested Cardillo’s al- that the NYPD has a well-document- both the facts and the law, the case leged shooter, and later wrote Circle ed bias against transparency and dis- is closed, and that the public has a of Six, a powerful memoir of the case closure. It’s embarrassed by its past right to the information. that prompted then-Police Commis- bad behavior in the Cardillo case and Judge Verna Saunders is presiding sioner Ray Kelly in 2006 to direct does not want it dragged back into in the case. Despite a late shift of the the NYPD Major Case Squad to take the public eye. lawsuit to her courtroom, she was another look at the Cardillo killing. And while there is a general well-prepared, asking sharp ques- Jurgensen worked with Major investigative consensus that the tions of both sides on the facts and Case on the re-investigation and suspect Jurgensen arrested in 1976 the law. says the inquiry was closed around was the shooter — he went to trial The NYPD took an absolutist po- 2012. Since then, there has been no and was acquitted — many questions sition on the Judicial Watch request substantive and material activity on remain about the case. — absolutely not. Judge Saunders the case — although the NYPD now Was there a broader conspiracy inquired, might the NYPD be open claims otherwise. that inadvertently led to Cardillo’s to providing redacted documents? “I was told repeatedly in 2012 death? The NYPD lawyer side-stepped the and after, by members of the Ma- Who made the 10-13 call that question. jor Case Squad, that the case was drew police officers to the mosque Might the NYPD, which claims closed and a final report was being that day? it cannot find the 10-13 tape, turn prepared,” Jurgensen told Judicial Why were the mosque doors — it over if discovered on a further Watch. “Copies of that report were usually closed and locked — left search? No, replied the NYPD, be- to be ‘sent upstairs [to the police open that day? cause the tape was part of an active commissioner] and provided to the What was behind a special pros- and ongoing investigation. Cardillo family, and to me. That ecutor’s conclusion that there was a Retired NYPD Detective Randy never happened. It’s 46 years since deliberate effort by NYPD brass to Jurgensen was in the courtroom as Phil Cardillo was killed. I just want “impede” the early Cardillo investigation? And what was the role of the FBI in all this? Contemporary witness- Was this issue of the Verdict® passed along es and documents suggest the FBI to you? Want your own copy each month? The Judicial Watch played a deeper role in the events ® surrounding the mosque case than

May 2018 A News Publication from Judicial Watch VoluMe 24 / Issue 5 they have admitted. Did FBI dirty To receive your very own copy of the VerdictA News Publication from Judicial Watch www.judicialwatch.org JW Files Two Lawsuits For Docs On Justice Verdict each month, make a tax-deductible Department Officials’ Ties To Fusion GPS tricks somehow inadvertently lead to Justice Department official Bruce Ohr’s wife worked for Clinton- contribution of $35 or more payable to Judicial connected firm Cardillo’s death? Judicial Watch filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the Watch and mail to: Justice Department on March 1, 2018 for records about top Justice Department official Bruce Ohr’s Getting answers to those ques- and his wife Nellie Ohr’s involvement in the Trump dossier authored by former British spy Christopher Steele (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No.1:18-cv-00490)) and (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No.1:18-cv-00491)). tions is why Judicial Watch is in Until his dossier-related demotion, Bruce Ohr The Judicial Watch Verdict was the fourth-ranked official at the Justice De- partment and an Obama-administration contact for Steele. The House Intelligence Committee court. Judge Saunders will issue a See LaWSUIT on page 2 425 Third Street, SW, Suite 800 U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. wIkIpedIa JW Sues For Records Of Clinton ruling in the New York case soon. 3 Washington, DC 20024 Message from State Department Protocol Officer the President 6 Judicial Watch sued the U.S. Court Report Meanwhile, in Washington, JW’s Department of State on January 31, 2018 for emails, calendar entries 10 and other information in the elec- Corruption tronic file of Dennis Cheng, who Chronicles parallel case against the FBI moves Or you can go online at was deputy chief of protocol for two 14 years under former Secretary of State Government Hillary Clinton (Judicial Watch v U.S. Uncovered www.judicialwatch.org/donate. Department of State (No. 1:18-cv- 00221)). forward in federal court. Cheng was deputy chief of protocol of the United States from July 2009 – July 2011. Following his ten- ure at the State Department, Cheng Malcolm Shabazz joined the Clinton Family Founda- Mosque

wIkIpedIa tion as director of development, and U.S. Department of State headquarters, Washington, D.C. then in April 2015 became finance 18 In the Media See PROTOCOL on page 4 www.JudicialWatch.org 15 Government Uncovered Illegal Alien In Florida Drug Bust Deported Three Times, Easily Reentered U.S. A startling drug-trafficking case out of South Florida is especially dis- turbing because the illegal immigrant caught with more than $500,000 in crystal methamphetamine had been deported three times in three months shortly before the drug bust occurred. A few months after the third deportation, the Mexican national returned to the United States with a partner and a vehicle stuffed with thousands of grams of pure crystal meth. The drugs have a street value of about $560,000, according to esti- mates issued by federal authorities. The thrice-deported illegal immigrant, Saul Bustos Bustos, and WWW.DEA.GOV his partner in crime, fellow Mexican Saul Bustos Bustos Irepan Juanchi Salgado Irepan Juanchi Salgado, were arrested when they tried to sell five kilograms “During the transaction, the narcotics conviction. Authorities of crystal meth to undercover Drug defendants, who possessed a total say his brother, Luciano Salgado, is a Enforcement Administration (DEA) of 3,717 grams of 98-percent- renowned meth dealer. agents in Miami. The exchange pure crystal methamphetamine, Previously deported illegal im- occurred in November 2017, and in worked together to transfer the migrants have reentered the United mid-February this year, both men drugs from their vehicle to the States to commit a multitude of pled guilty to conspiring to possess undercover officer…Bustos Bus- atrocious crimes over the years, but with intent to distribute drugs. tos also pled guilty to illegal reen- this one stands out because President According to a statement from the try after removal, after reentering Donald Trump vowed to tighten U.S. Department of Justice: the United States subsequent to border security and the violations removal on April 13, 2017, July 6, occurred after he took office. 2017, and July 19, 2017.” Under the famously lax Obama www rules, this type of thing was par It’s not clear how or where Bustos for the course. In fact, the former Bustos entered the country after get- president’s own uncle, Onyango The thrice-deported illegal ting deported, but court documents Obama, an illegal immigrant from immigrant, Saul Bustos reveal he drove from Atlanta with Kenya, reentered the United States Bustos, and his partner in the drugs as part of an operation and even got a driver’s license after based in Georgia and New York. On getting deported. Uncle Onyango crime, fellow Mexican Irepan November 28, the two Mexican men lost the license for driving drunk Juanchi Salgado, were drove to a restaurant in the Miami and was somehow able to obtain a special “hardship license” from the arrested when they tried to Dade County city of Hialeah to make the sale. The customer, an under- Massachusetts Registry of Motor sell five kilograms of crystal cover DEA agent, followed the drug Vehicles, even though he wasn’t even meth to undercover Drug dealers to a warehouse to complete supposed to be in the United States the transfer and the Mexican men and had been removed. Enforcement Administration were arrested. Bustos Bustos was Not long ago, a previously deport- (DEA) agents in Miami. scheduled to be sentenced on March ed gang member was charged with 29 and faces life in prison. Salgado, attempted murder and kidnapping www who was to be sentenced later, also in the northern Colorado city of Ft. faces a lengthy jail sentence for the See DEPORTED page 17

16 The Verdict l MAY 2018 Government Uncovered Deported From page 16 Collins. The illegal alien from El Salvador, Angel Ramos, was deported from Texas to El Salvador last year after getting arrested for domestic violence. Somehow, he reentered the United States and tried to kill a woman by stabbing her repeatedly with a screwdriver and then running her over with his car before trying to stuff her body in the trunk. Ramos is a confirmed member of the violent AP IMAGES street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS- DEA display of seized methamphetamine 13) and is wanted for homicide in his native El Salvador, according to charged with attempted murder, as- helped operate after being deport- information provided to the media sault, menacing with a deadly weap- ed two times from the United States by the U.S. Marshals Service. In on, kidnapping, domestic violence runs from El Paso to Chicago to New November 2017, the 36-year-old was and criminal impersonation. York. Though he was an illegal alien Back in 2014, a Judicial Watch with a substantial criminal record and www investigation uncovered that a deportation history, Huerta lived in El twice-deported illegal immigrant Paso and planned several bomb plots Irepan Juanchi Salgado Previously deported illegal was a key figure in a sophisticat- targeting oil refineries in Houston and immigrants have reentered ed narcoterror ring. The Mexican the Fort Worth Stockyards. He also national, Hector Pedroza Huerta, is alleged to have smuggled explo- the United States to commit plotted a Chicago truck bombing sives and weapons from the Fort Bliss a multitude of atrocious with two of the FBI’s “most wanted” range and exercise areas in concert crimes over the years. terrorists and was deeply involved with corrupt U.S. Army soldiers and in smuggling drugs and weapons. government contractors with gate www The narcoterror ring that Huerta passes at the El Paso base.

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Judicial Watch sues NYPD, seeking case file of murdered Officer Phillip Cardillo Daily News January 4, 2018 A conservative watchdog group has sued the NYPD for records on the unsolved 1972 murder of Police Officer Phillip Cardillo. Judicial Watch wants the case file assembled for the murder of Cardil- lo, who was shot and killed April 14, 1972 at a Nation of Islam mosque on W. 116th St. in Harlem. Cardillo was killed after some- one phoned in a fake officer-in-dis- David Asman, host on Fox Business Network and Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, March 2018 tress phone call. The lawsuit also seeks records on surveillance of the www tions remain and the status of any mosque between 1970 and 1973. “The whole super structure investigation into these allegations, including the Uranium One matter, of the Russia investigation IG is our best hope for criminal is unclear. It’s only because of FOIA investigation of Clinton is compromised, and those and groups like ours that a lot of this dealings caught up in it deserve some information has seen the light of day. The Hill protection. It’d be appropriate Op-ed by David Bossie for the president to consider Conservatives urge Trump to February 12, 2018 pardons for people who are grant pardons in Russia probe We now see that President Politico Obama’s Justice Department was caught up in the prosecution.” February 19, 2018 in the tank for Hillary Clinton all After months of criticizing Special ~ Judicial Watch President along. Since then, many lawmakers Tom Fitton Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, President Donald Trump’s www supporters are issuing increasingly bold calls for presidential pardons to limit the investigation’s impact. also have called for a special counsel *** for the Clinton case. Tom Fitton, president of the *** conservative activist group Judicial Through Freedom of Information Watch, said that allegations of Act litigation with the State Depart- anti-Trump bias among Justice ment, Citizens United and Judicial Department and FBI officials Watch have released thousands of circulated by conservatives would pages of relevant documents pertain- justify granting clemency to Trump ing to the Clinton State Department’s associates like Flynn. cozy relationship with the Clinton “The whole superstructure of Foundation and their private email the Russia investigation is compro-

SHUTTERSTOCK server. Many unanswered ques- mised,” Fitton said. “Those caught Hillary Clinton See MEDIA page 19

18 The Verdict l MAY 2018 In the Media Media From page 18 tion surrounding efforts by Wash- following the Justice Department’s up in it deserve some protection. ington to illegally influence the 2016 failure to respond to Judicial Watch’s Rather than just let the virus run election inflicts even more damages December 2017 Freedom of Informa- its course, it’d be appropriate for on the instigating perpetrators from tion Act requests about the couple the president to consider pardons the swamp. Today’s latest memo fur- and their connection to research firm for people who are caught up in the ther underscores the critical impor- Fusion GPS. prosecution.” tance of the immediate disclosure of *** all my FISA applications and other “Once again, the Deep State Democratic intelligence relevant documents, as requested by Justice Department is covering up memo released the House Intelligence Committee, evident misconduct targeting Presi- CBS News both Congressional Judiciary Com- dent Trump,” Judicial Watch Presi- mittees, Judicial Watch, The New February 24, 2018 dent Tom Fitton said in a statement. York Times, Yale Law School, et al.” WASHINGTON — The 10-page “A top Justice Department official Democratic memo intended to in the Obama administration had an Judicial Watch sues DOJ for counter the GOP memo related to obvious conflict of interest through surveillance of a former Trump cam- Bruce and Nellie Ohr records his wife Nellie’s work with the Clin- paign official has been released, with related to Fusion GPS, anti- ton/DNC vendor Fusion GPS on the some redactions. Trump dossier anti-Trump dossier.” *** Fox News “This latest smear campaign by March 5, 2018 Judicial Watch files two DNC loyalists is going to turn out Conservative watchdog group lawsuits against Justice the same way as their original multi- Judicial Watch is suing the Justice Department million dollar attack of 2016,” [Car- Department for records related to Washington Times ter] Page said in a statement. “As Bruce Ohr, his wife Nellie Ohr, and March 6, 2918 we’ve seen many times before with their involvement in the now-infa- A government watchdog group the felonious news leaks of the past mous anti-Trump dossier. launched two lawsuits this week year, this new round of misinforma- The suit was filed Monday, demanding the Justice Department See MEDIA page 20

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www.JudicialWatch.org 19 In the Media Media From page 19 turn over information on one of GPS owner Glenn R. Simpson, and its officials’ involvement with the with any other Fusion GPS em- controversial Trump dossier, which ployees. It also seeks access to Mr. the FBI used to spy on Trump Ohr’s calendar entries and his travel campaign officials. requests. Judicial Watch seeks records be- over. They can’t even take a picture tween Bruce Ohr, who had been the Sean Hannity Interviews of anything. fourth-ranking official at the Justice Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton It’s like don’t they have oversight, Department, and his wife, Nellie Fox News isn’t that part of checks and balances Ohr, who worked for Fusion GPS, The “Hannity” Show oversight committees are to check the opposition-research firm hired by March 16, 2018 and balance to make sure that things the Democratic National Commit- Sean Hannity: Tom Fitton, you don’t go wrong? tee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign. have struggled and your organization Tom Fitton, President, Judicial Fusion GPS is the firm that retained [Judicial Watch] has struggled. And Watch: Well, there was oversight, British ex-spy Christopher Steele to this gets — so, why are they trying to not only from Congress and Depart- author the now infamous dossier. hide, remember, Devin Nunes waited ment of Justice and FBI, too, but also *** until the final five minutes before from the courts. I mean, we’re in One lawsuit asks a judge to order the subpoena of this information federal court asking for these types the Justice Department to turn over from the DOJ that should have been of text messages. We’re asking, emails, text messages and instant handed over much earlier and now, why haven’t we gotten them yet? messages between Mr. Ohr and his Congressman Jordan, Congressman We know you have them, why don’t wife, as well as Mr. Ohr’s communi- Meadows, Congressman DeSantis, you turn them over, on McCabe and cations with Mr. Steele, with Fusion they have to send their entire staffs Strzok and Page? SHUTTERSTOCK Before the end of 2018, complete To assist you in preparing your will, and update your will call for our free brochure, “How to Make a Will that Works.” DID YOU KNOW THAT HALF OF ALL AMERICANS DIE WITHOUT A WILL? AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR STATE, NOT YOUR FAMILY, Steve Andersen WILL DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR ASSETS? Director of Development (888) 593-8442 Don’t let the government decide for you. [email protected]

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