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The Judicial Watch ® SEPTEMBER 2018 VOLUME 24 / ISSUE 9 A News Publication from Judicial Watch VerdictA News PublicationWWW.JUDICIALWATCH.ORG from Judicial Watch Hearing Set On JW Motion To Compel Email Testimony From Hillary Clinton A federal district court ordered The lawsuit, which seeks records a hearing for October 11, 2018 on regarding the authorization for Abe- a Judicial Watch motion to compel din to engage in outside employment testimony about the email practices while employed by the Department of former Secretary of State Hillary of State, was reopened because of Clinton. The order was issued by revelations about the clintonemail. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. com system. Sullivan. The development comes in In 2016, Hillary Clinton was a Judicial Watch Freedom of Infor- required to submit, under oath, mation Act (FOIA) lawsuit about the written answers to Judicial Watch’s controversial employment status of questions. Clinton objected to and Huma Abedin, former deputy chief refused to answer questions about of staff to Clinton (Judicial Watch v. the creation of her email system: her U.S. Department of State (No. 1:13-cv- decision to use the system despite 01363)). warnings from State Department SHUTTERSTOCK See TESTIMONY on page 2 Hillary Clinton 3 Court Orders DOJ To Search And Message from Produce Fusion GPS Records To JW the President 7 Court criticizes Justice Department’s FOIA response Court Report U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton 11 on June 28 instructed the Justice Department to Corruption immediately begin producing records about the Chronicles department’s communications with Nellie Ohr, the wife of senior Justice Department official Bruce Ohr. Nellie Ohr worked for Clinton campaign vendor Fusion GPS on the anti-Trump dossier campaign document. Judge Walton rejected a Justice Department re- U.S. Capitol quest to begin producing documents in six months 14 and ordered Justice to begin producing documents Government immediately, on a rolling basis, during July and Uncovered August. Judge Walton also rejected Department of Justice efforts to restrict their search to only 2016. 18 AP IMAGES Judge Walton repeatedly criticized the Justice In the Media Glenn R. Simpson, co-founder of the research firm Fusion GPS See FUSION on page 6 Cover Story Testimony From page 1 www cybersecurity officials, and the basis for her claim that the State “The Clinton email scandal Department had “90-95 percent” isn’t going away, especially Judicial Watch is a conservative, of her emails. Judge Sullivan is non-partisan American educational considering Judicial Watch’s motion as Mrs. Clinton refuses to foundation that promotes transparency, to compel answers to these questions. accountability and integrity in answer key questions about government, politics and the law. In her responses sent to Judicial her conduct.” Judicial Watch advocates high standards Watch and the court on October 13, of ethics and morality in America’s 2016, Clinton refused to answer three ~ Judicial Watch President public life and seeks to ensure that questions and responded that she Tom Fitton public officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. “does not recall” 20 times concerning www her nongovernment clintonemail. Judicial Watch Board of Directors Chris Farrell, Tom Fitton, Paul Orfanedes com email system. 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Judicial Watch, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Americans should examine the organization incorporated in 1994 report and judge for themselves in the District of Columbia. whether the over-the-top deference Copyright 2018 by Judicial Watch © All rights reserved. to Hillary Clinton can be explained Editorial content may be duplicated with as anything other than political, attribution and without permission. l l U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. See TESTIMONY on page 4 September 2018 Vol. 24 Issue 9 2 The Verdict l SEPTEMBER 2018 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT President Trump’s Supreme Court Pick: A Victory For The Rule Of Law By Tom Fitton as it is written and leave the legislat- www ing to the people’s elected represen- Judge Kavanaugh’s tatives in Congress. With all that in mind, the im- nomination is a huge win portant thing is President Trump is for the American People. almost certain going to get his second It is a big opportunity Supreme Court nominee approved by the Senate. The Democrats and to consolidate a strong the liberals simply don’t have the conservative majority on the numbers to prevent the president JUDICIAL WATCH Supreme Court. from getting his nominee through the President Trump hit a home run Senate. Not only is Judge Kavanaugh www with his nomination of Judge Brett likely to get all of the Republican Kavanaugh to the United States votes, he also is likely to get more ballot box or through the legislative Supreme Court. The President stood than a few Democrat votes as well. process. I think most Americans up for the U.S. Constitution with This is a huge win for the Amer- agree, the courts are designed to ap- this nomination. Judge Kavanaugh ican people. It is a big opportunity ply the law, not make up the law and has a demonstrated record of apply- to consolidate a strong conservative impose a particular point of view by ing the rule of law rather than leg- majority on the Supreme Court. judicial fiat. islating from the bench. His record Anthony Kennedy was conservative This is a losing issue for the Left. shows that he will apply the U.S. on some areas of the law but really That’s why they are so angry about it. Constitution as written and intended out there on others. With Justice There is not much Senate Democrats by our Founding Fathers. Kennedy’s replacement, there is now can do to keep the left wing of their This nomination is a great victory a chance to get someone on the high political base happy, though. Delay- for constitutional government and a court who is more consistently con- ing a vote is the same as a filibuster, blow to politicized decision-making servative; someone who is going to and they don’t have the votes to on the Supreme Court. We have too apply the law rather than inserting his sustain a filibuster. And anyway, a many politicians as it is in D.C., and own view into the court’s decisions. filibuster is inappropriate for Su- we certainly don’t need any more on Left-wing groups and activists preme Court justices. Any Supreme the Supreme Court. Most Americans like to use the courts to impose their Court nominee deserves an up-or- agree with Judge Kavanaugh that the will on the American people since down vote. Supreme Court should apply the law they often can’t convince them at the The real problem for the Demo- crats in the Senate, then, is they are going to have to manage the expecta- tions of their left-wing activists who want them to go down with the ship on this nomination when, in fact, they have no basis to oppose Kava- naugh beyond crass partisanship. Clearly, a judge such as Brett Kava- naugh would not have been their first pick, but it was the president’s prerogative to choose, not theirs, and liberal senators will have a hard time honestly justifying a “no” vote on his confirmation. Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination not only was a victory for the rule of law, it also was the result of a reform AP IMAGES Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh See MESSAGE on page 5 www.JudicialWatch.org 3 Cover Story Fight Corruption Testimony and Receive From page 2 www Income For Life especially from agencies that at the same time were actively collabo- “Will the Sessions rating with the Clinton campaign’s Justice Department now Fusion GPS to spy on and target do the right thing and then-candidate Trump.