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Clinton Files Answers Under Oath About Email System in JW Discovery CA and L.A. County to Remove up to 1.5 Million Inactive Vote The Judicial Watch ® MARCH 2019 VOLUME 25 / ISSUE 3 VerdictA News Publication from Judicial Watch A News PublicationWWW.JUDICIALWATCH.ORG from Judicial Watch CA and L.A. County To Remove Up To 1.5 Million Inactive Voters, Settle JW Lawsuit Judicial Watch signed a settlement agreement with the state of California and county of Los Angeles under which they will begin the process of removing from their voter registration rolls as many as 1.5 million in- active registered names that may be invalid. These re- movals are required by the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). The NVRA is a federal law requiring the removal of inactive registrations from the voter rolls after two gen- eral federal elections (encompassing from two to four years). Inactive voter registrations belong, for the most part, to voters who have moved to another county or state or have passed away. Los Angeles County has over 10 million residents, more than the populations of 41 of the 50 United AP PHOTO/RICH PEDRONCELLI,FILE See VOTERS on page 2 Former California Governor Jerry Brown Clinton Files Answers Under Oath About Email System In JW Discovery Hillary Clinton on December 14, 2018 submitted additional written answers under oath about her email system. Clinton testified that she used the controver- 3 sial email system for the “purpose of convenience.” Message from Clinton initially objected and refused to answer the the President questions, but was ordered to do so by U.S. District 8 Court Judge G. Emmet Sullivan. Court Report The court ordered Clinton to “[D]escribe the cre- ation of the clintonemail.com domain name and the 11 decision to set the domain up on the existing server, Corruption the date it was decided to create the domain and set it Chronicles up on the existing server, who made those decisions, 15 and when the domain became operational on the exist- Government ing server.” Uncovered Mrs. Clinton answered under oath: 18 BY EVAN EL-AMIN “Subject to and without waiving the foregoing In the Media Hillary Clinton See EMAIL on page 6 Cover Story Voters From page 1 www States. California is America’s largest state, with almost 40 million resi- “Judicial Watch and its dents. clients are thrilled with Judicial Watch is a conservative, Judicial Watch filed a 2017 fed- non-partisan American educational eral lawsuit to force the cleanup of this historic settlement foundation that promotes transparency, voter rolls (Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. that will clean up election accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. v. Dean C. Logan, et al. (No. 2:17-cv- rolls in Los Angeles County Judicial Watch advocates high standards 08948)). JW sued on its own behalf and California — and set of ethics and morality in America’s and on behalf of Wolfgang Kupka, public life and seeks to ensure that Rhue Guyant, Jerry Griffin and De- a nationwide precedent public officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. lores M. Mars, who are lawfully reg- to ensure that states istered voters in Los Angeles County. Judicial Watch Board of Directors take reasonable steps Chris Farrell, Tom Fitton, Paul Orfanedes Judicial Watch was also joined by to ensure that dead and Editor Election Integrity Project California, Carter Clews Inc., a public interest group that has other ineligible voters are Editorial Assistant long been involved in monitoring removed from the rolls.” Janice Rurup California’s voter rolls. Senior Writer In its lawsuit, Judicial Watch al- ~ Judicial Watch President Dr. Larry Hunter leged: Tom Fitton Circulation Director John Albertella www l Los Angeles County has more vot- Direct Response Marketing Manager er registrations on its voter rolls Ariana Azizkeya than it has citizens who are old Graphic Design Consultant Jeanne Minnix enough to register. Specifically, l The entire state of California has a according to data provided to and registration rate of about 101 per- Production and Traffic Manager Tim Wathen published by the U.S. Election As- cent of its age-eligible citizenry. Public Affairs Director sistance Commission, Los Angeles Jill Farrell County has a registration rate of l Eleven of California’s 58 counties Member Services 112 percent of its adult citizen have registration rates exceeding 1 (888) 593-8442 population. 100 percent of the age-eligible citi- Fax (202) 646-5199 zenry. Social Media www.JudicialWatch.org The lawsuit confirmed that Los www.facebook.com/JudicialWatch Angeles County has on its rolls more www.twitter.com/JudicialWatch than 1.5 million potentially ineligible Send your comments voters. This means that more than and questions to Editor, The Judicial Watch Verdict® one out of every five LA County reg- c/o [email protected] istrations likely belongs to a voter Annual suggested donation is $35. who has moved or is deceased. Judi- Requests should be sent to: cial Watch notes that “Los Angeles The Judicial Watch Verdict® County has the highest number of Judicial Watch inactive registrations of any single 425 Third Street, SW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20024 county in the country.” The Judicial Watch lawsuit also The Judicial Watch Verdict® is published monthly and distributed to its members, uncovered that neither the state of supporters and interested parties by California nor Los Angeles County Judicial Watch, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit had been removing inactive voters organization incorporated in 1994 from the voter registration rolls for in the District of Columbia. the past 20 years. The Supreme Copyright 2019 by Judicial Watch © All rights reserved. Court affirmed last year inHusted v. Editorial content may be duplicated with A. Philip Randolph Inst., 138 S. Ct. attribution and without permission. 1833 (2018), that the NVRA “makes SHUTTERSTOCK March 2019 l Vol. 25 l Issue 3 U.S. Supreme Court See VOTERS on page 4 2 The Verdict l MARCH 2019 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT JW Testifies Before Congress About Clinton Foundation Ethics/Pay-To-Play By Tom Fitton fidence in these promises, so we www began immediately monitoring the “Judicial Watch had ethics process for the Clintons and zero confidence in these submitted a Freedom of Informa- tion Act (FOIA) request in 2011. [Hillary Clinton] promises, The Clinton State Department so we began immediately leadership ignored our FOIA monitoring the ethics request and we sued after waiting process for the Clintons JUDICIAL WATCH for two years. Our 2013 lawsuit produced documents showing the and submitted a Freedom of On December 13, 2018, I was State Department rubber-stamped Information Act request honored to testify on behalf of President Clinton’s and the Clin- in 2011.” Judicial Watch before the House ton Foundation’s ethics review Committee on Oversight and Gov- requests, which we deailed in a ~ Judicial Watch President ernment Reform’s Subcommittee on report with the Washington Exam- Tom Fitton Government Operations in a hear- iner in 2014: www ing titled, “Oversight of Nonprofit Organizations: A Case Study on “A joint investigation by the the Clinton Foundation.” Here is Washington Examiner and the entities with business or policy an abridged version of my opening nonprofit watchdog group Ju- interests in the U.S. — did not ob- statement on this major scandal: dicial Watch found that former ject to a single one. And, the State President Clinton gave 215 Department approved a consulting Judicial Watch has had speeches and earned $48 million agreement between Bill Clinton long-standing concerns with the while his wife presided over U.S. and a controversial Clinton Foun- Clintons’ ethics and respect for foreign policy, raising questions dation adviser, Doug Band. the rule of law. So, it was with about whether the Clintons The consultancy with Band’s some skepticism that we greeted fulfilled ethics agreements relat- Teneo Strategy ended eight months Hillary Clinton’s promises 10 ed to the Clinton Foundation later following an uproar over years ago to avoid conflicts of during Hillary Clinton‘s tenure Teneo’s ties to the failed invest- interest with her Foundation and as secretary of state.” ment firm MF Global. The memos her husband’s business activities approving Mr. Clinton’s speeches as secretary of state. State Department officials were routinely copied to Cheryl She pledged that as secretary charged with reviewing Bill Clin- Mills, Hillary Clinton’s senior coun- of state, she would not participate ton’s proposed speeches — some sel and chief of staff. Additionally, personally and substantially in of which were delivered in global an inspection by the Examiner and any particular matter involving hotspots and were paid for by JW of donations to the Clinton specific parties in which The Foundation, Hillary Clinton’s per- William J. Clinton Foundation (or sonal financial disclosure forms and the Clinton Global Initiative) is a the State Department conflict-of-in- party or represents a party; and the terest reviews show that at least Clintons promised that President $48 million flowed to the Clintons’ Clinton’s speeches and business personal coffers from many entities activities would undergo a State that clearly had interests in influ- Department ethics review and that encing the Obama administration the Clinton Foundation would — and perhaps currying favor with disclose its donors online and a future president as well. agree to significant restrictions on Saudi Arabia, for example, support from foreign governments. was a key Clinton benefactor. Judicial Watch had zero con- See MESSAGE on page 5 www.JudicialWatch.org 3 Cover Story Voters From page 2 this removal mandatory.” The new settlement agreement, filed with U.S. District Court Judge Manuel L. Real, requires all of the 1.5 million potentially ineligible registrants to be notified and asked to respond. If there is no response, those names are to be removed as required by the NVRA.
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