Court Orders DOJ to Search and Produce Fusion

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. She preceded her Editor responses with eight “general objec- Carter Clews tions” and two “objections to defini- of key Clinton aides and State De- Editorial Assistant tions.” The words “object” or “objec- partment senior officials, including Janice Rurup tion” appear 84 times throughout the Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills, but Senior Writer 23-page document submitted to the the videotapes of the depositions are Dr. Larry Hunter court and Judicial Watch. currently under seal. Circulation Director Judge Sullivan also will hear ar- These developments came shortly John Albertella guments on Judicial Watch’s motion after the Justice Department inspec- Direct Response Marketing Manager to compel testimony from former tor general issued his report on the Ariana Azizkeya State Department Director of Infor- Hillary Clinton email investigation. Graphic Design Consultant mation Resource Management of the On June 14, Judicial Watch President Jeanne Minnix Executive Secretariat John Bentel Tom Fitton made the following state- Production and Traffic Manager Tim Wathen (who asserted his Fifth Amendment ment regarding that report: Public Affairs Director right and refused to answer 87 ques- Jill Farrell tions at his deposition), and Judicial “The IG report has destroyed the Member Services Watch’s motion to unseal the audio- credibility of the Department of 1 (888) 593-8442 visual recordings of all depositions. Justice and the FBI. It confirms Fax (202) 646-5199 Judicial Watch took the testimony what Judicial Watch has investi- Social Media gated and revealed for nearly two www.JudicialWatch.org years. The Obama DOJ/FBI investi- www.facebook.com/JudicialWatch gation of Clinton was rushed, half- www.twitter.com/JudicialWatch baked, rigged and irredeemably Send your comments compromised by anti-Trump and and questions to Editor, The Judicial Watch Verdict® pro-Clinton bias and actions. As c/o [email protected]. Judicial Watch uncovered the Clin- ton email scandal, it is outrageous Annual suggested donation is $35. Requests should be sent to: to see a politicized FBI and DOJ The Judicial Watch Verdict® then so obviously refuse to uphold Judicial Watch the rule of law. 425 Third Street, SW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20024 “The IG report details repeated The Judicial Watch Verdict® is published DOJ/FBI deference to Hillary Clin- monthly and distributed to its members, supporters and interested parties by ton, her aides and their lawyers. 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.

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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

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Department during a June 14 www Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice hearing: “So, I’m not real sympathetic (No.1:18-cv-00491)) after the Justice Department failed to respond to a “I think if it’s been almost since to the position that you have December 2017 FOIA request. The December when the initial request limited staff and therefore, lawsuit seeks: was made, more should have been you can’t comply with these done by now. And, it seems to me “All records of contact or com- requests. So, I think you’re if you have someone who’s going munication, including but not to come into office and they say going to have to get some limited to emails, text messages, they’re going to be a disrupter, more people.” and instant chats, between DOJ that they should appreciate there’s officials in the Attorney General’s going to be a lot of FOIA requests ~U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Office and Fusion GPS employee B. Walton to Justice Department and, therefore, should gear up to or contractor Nellie Ohr.” attorneys deal with those requests. So, I’m not real sympathetic to the po- www “We are pleased another court sition that you have limited staff rejected the Justice Department’s and, therefore, you can’t comply inexcusable stonewalling on doc- with these requests. So, I think don’t have the resources. I’m not uments of intense public interest you’re going to have to get some real sympathetic to that. FOIA is — concerning Obama Justice De- more people.” important. Open government is partment collusion with the Clinton *** important, and government has campaign vendor Fusion GPS to tar- “I mean FOIA is considered to to comply with FOIA in order to get then-candidate Donald Trump,” be very important. I keep get- make it an open government.” stated Judicial Watch President Tom ting from the government, from Fitton. “How extraordinary it is various agencies, we can’t do In March 2018, Judicial Watch that this Justice Department is now this, we can’t do that because we filed the FOIA lawsuit Judicial( under court order to stop stalling on releasing records about potential corruption in the Obama Justice Department!” In December 2017, Bruce Ohr was removed from his position as U.S. associate deputy attorney general after it was revealed that he conducted undisclosed meet- ings with anti-Trump dossier au- thor Christopher Steele and Glenn Simpson, principal of Fusion GPS. A House Intelligence Committee memo released by Chairman Devin Nunes on February 2, 2018 noted that Ohr’s wife Nellie was “employed by Fusion GPS to assist in the cultivation of opposition research on Trump” and that Bruce Ohr passed on the results of that research to the FBI, which was paid for by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Court order instructing the Justice Department to immediately begin producing records about communications with Nellie and Bruce Ohr

6 The Verdict l SEPTEMBER 2018 Judicial Watch Court Report JW Sues DOJ For Texts Of Mueller Deputy Weissmann Regarding Trump, Clinton Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on June 7 asking the court to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to produce “all text messages to or from the [U.S. Department of Justice] official Andrew Weissmann” regarding President Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:18- cv-01356)). Weissmann is a senior deputy for Special Counsel Robert Mueller and a former chief of the Justice Department criminal fraud division. Judicial Watch filed suit after the AP IMAGES Justice Department failed to respond Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Weissmann (center) to a December 15, 2017 FOIA www request for: Hillary Clinton between August 8, 2016 and the present. “Andrew Weissmann l “All text messages sent to or from is demonstrably an DOJ official Andrew Weissmann l “All calendar entries, whether in regarding Donald Trump and/or physical or electronic form, for anti-Trump/pro-Clinton activist.” Weissmann email praising then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates for refusing to enforce Trump travel ban ~Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton

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Weissmann from January 1, 2015 to the present.”

Weissmann’s objectivity in Mueller’s investigation was called into question in December 2017 when a Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit uncovered an email Weissmann wrote praising former acting Attorney General Sally Yates for defying Trump on enforcement of the president’s so-called travel ban. Weissmann wrote to Obama See WEISSMANN on page 8

www.JudicialWatch.org 7 Corruption Chronicles Weissmann From page 7

www appointee Yates in the email: “…it is suspicious the Join over 4.5 million “I am so proud. And in awe. Justice Department Thank you so much. All my Facebook Friends by “liking us” at deepest respects.” refuses to turn over www.facebook.com/judicialwatch any Weissmann text President Trump fired Obama messages.” Follow us on Twitter holdover Yates over her refusal to and Instagram defend his “travel ban.” Yates was ~Judicial Watch President appointed by President Obama and Tom Fitton was serving in an acting capacity as Join 100,000 subscribers www attorney general for President Trump. following us at JWTV YouTube Also, in December 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that team’s case against former Trump Weissmann had been in attendance at campaign manager Paul Manafort. Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election night “Andrew Weissmann is party. According to The Washington demonstrably an anti-Trump/pro- Post, Weissmann contributed more Clinton activist,” said Judicial Watch than $4,000 to the Obama Victory President Tom Fitton. “And it is Fund in 2008 and $2,300 to the suspicious the Justice Department Clinton campaign in 2007. refuses to turn over any Weissmann Weissmann, described by The New text messages, especially given the York Times as Mueller’s “pit bull,” is anti-Trump bias documented in the the lead prosecutor in the Mueller FBI’s Strzok-Page texts.”

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8 The Verdict l SEPTEMBER 2018 Court Report

JW VICTORY! Court-Ordered Consent Decree Requires Kentucky To Clean Up Election Rolls

In another victory for Judicial Watch, a federal court judge has issued a consent decree directing the Commonwealth of Kentucky to remove the names of ineligible voters no longer in residence from its official voter registration lists. U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove of the Eastern District of Kentucky, Central Division, signed the consent decree between Judicial Watch, Kentucky and the U.S. De- partment of Justice. The state of Kentucky has consented to clean its voter rolls of ineligible names in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act AP IMAGES (NVRA). Election clerk signs in voter in Lexington, Kentucky The Kentucky State Board of Elections shall develop and imple- l Procedures for a general pro- tation of the general program ment a general program of statewide gram of list maintenance; activities; voter list maintenance that makes l Sources of information used l A detailed description of any a reasonable effort to remove from regularly; role that local election officials the statewide voter registration list l Procedures for sending a non- may play in list maintenance the names of registrants who have forwardable canvass mailing; activities; and become ineligible due to a change in l Procedures for using the data l Public outreach.” residence in accord with Section 8 of that is successfully matched to the NVRA: the statewide voter registration In November 2017, Judicial Watch list; sued Kentucky over its failure to take “Kentucky State Board of Elec- l Timing of notices and updates; reasonable steps to maintain accurate tions shall create a Comprehen- l List of registrants to whom voter registration lists (Judicial Watch, sive Plan and implement and notices have been sent; Inc. v. Alison Lundergan Grimes et al.(- adhere to its terms. l Procedures for removing from No. 3:17-cv-00094)). In June 2018, the statewide voter registra- with Judicial Watch’s consent, the Jus- “The decree instructs that the tion list any registrant who is tice Department moved to intervene plan is to include: mailed a notice; in the lawsuit against Kentucky. l A description of databases to The Judicial Watch lawsuit argued www be used in list maintenance that 48 Kentucky counties had more activities and a plan to consult registered voters than citizens over The state of Kentucky has with relevant database manag- the age of 18. The suit noted that consented to clean its voter ers, assess the quality of data Kentucky was one of only three states rolls of ineligible names to be used in list maintenance in which the statewide active registra- in accordance with the activities, and develop sound tion rate is greater than 100 percent of and reliable matching criteria; the age-eligible citizen population. National Voter Registration l Procedures for maintaining Judicial Watch argued that Act (NVRA). and making available for Kentucky’s inflated voter rolls inspection and copying the indicated that it was not complying www records concerning implemen- See KENTUCKY on page 10

www.JudicialWatch.org 9 Court Report Kentucky From page 9 with federal laws requiring it to cancel the registrations of citizens who have died or moved elsewhere. This conclusion was bolstered by Kentucky’s failure to divulge registration-related records as required by federal law. In April 2017, Judicial Watch sent notice-of-violation letters threatening to sue Kentucky and ten other state and local jurisdictions for having more registered voters than citizens of voting age, as calculated by the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Com- munity Survey. Judicial Watch filed U.S. Supreme Court suit against Kentucky later that year. www In 2018, the Justice Department also in violation of the NVRA, as well as contacted Kentucky regarding its California and Los Angeles County for The Kentucky win for Judicial failure to comply with Section 8’s list their failure to clean their voter rolls. Watch is the first statewide maintenance requirements. Those lawsuits are ongoing. consent decree ever issued The Kentucky win is the first “This consent decree is a victory in a Section 8 lawsuit statewide consent decree ever issued for the voters of Kentucky and across in a Section 8 lawsuit started by pri- America that want clean elections,” started by private litigants. vate litigants. Judicial Watch previ- said Judicial Watch President Tom www ously filed successful NVRA lawsuits Fitton. “Dirty voter rolls can mean against Ohio and Indiana, causing dirty elections, so Judicial Watch finally returned to enforcing the law those states voluntarily to clean up is pleased our lawsuit succeeded in requiring states to take reasonable their voting rolls. requiring Kentucky to take com- steps to maintain the accuracy of Judicial Watch also sued the State monsense steps to clean its rolls. It voting rolls.” of Maryland and Montgomery County is good to see that the Justice De- Judicial Watch has taken the over their failure to release documents partment, after years of inaction, has lead nationwide in defending state voter ID laws and other common- Federal court-orderd consent decree among the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sense election integrity measures, the U.S. Department of Justice and Judicial Watch filing amicus briefs in the Supreme Court and in several circuit courts of appeal and trial courts. Judicial Watch supported North Carolina’s implementation of its election integrity reform laws, most recently filing amicus briefs in the Supreme Court in March 2017. And, the Supreme Court recently upheld efforts by Ohio to maintain accurate voting rolls, which were part of a historic settlement with Judicial Watch. Eric W. Lee from Judicial Watch also worked on this case. Judicial Watch is being assisted by Mark Wohlander of the Wohland- er Law Office in Lexington, and by Christopher Coates of the Law Office of H. Christopher Coates in Charles- ton, South Carolina.

10 The Verdict l SEPTEMBER 2018 Corruption Chronicles Drugs, Gangbangers, Convicts Enter United States Via Mexico www While the mainstream media and or wanted by law enforcement and much of the nation are preoccupied 509 gang members, mostly from “In the last five months, we with sob stories about the shelter ac- Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), a feared have a 314 percent increase commodations of illegal immigrants, street gang of mostly Central Amer- in adults and children the U.S.-Mexico border remains ican illegal immigrants that’s spread a cesspool of crime where federal throughout the U.S. and is renowned arriving at the border, agents have confiscated more than for drug distribution, murder, rape, fraudulently claiming to 360,000 pounds of drugs, arrested robbery, home invasions, kidnap- thousands of individuals with crim- pings, vandalism and other violent be a family unit.” inal convictions and busted hun- crimes. ~Secretary of Homeland Security dreds of violent gangbangers so far The Justice Department’s National Kirstjen Nielsen this year. The latest statistics issued Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) www by the Border Patrol are downright says criminal street gangs like MS-13 disturbing and illustrate the urgency are responsible for the majority of of properly securing the famously violent crimes in the U.S. and are the tion of illegal alien families, Border porous southwest border. primary distributors of most illicit Patrol sectors tasked with guarding Through the end of May 2018, the drugs. Criminal aliens listed in the the 2,000-mile southern border report frontline Department of Homeland 2018 Border Patrol figures include large quantities of smuggled drugs and Security agency reveals that it seized those convicted of felonies such as other illicit activity from Mexico. In 360,241 pounds of marijuana, 7,205 assault, battery and domestic violence late June, a Honduran man, convicted pounds of methamphetamine, 5,321 as well as burglary, possession of of raping a child, was caught trying to pounds of cocaine, 315 pounds of illegal weapons and driving under the re-enter the United States through the heroin and 309 pounds of fentanyl. influence of drugs or alcohol. Eagle Pass station in Texas. The man The agency also encountered 18,568 As media coverage has focused is a registered sex offender in Houston criminal aliens convicted of a crime almost exclusively on the separa- who got deported after serving a five- year sentence. U.S. Customs and Border Protection notice of arrest of illegal-alien child rapist at Eagle Pass border station Press releases issued by the Border Patrol during that same period offer alarming details of the crime that has gripped the Mexican border region. Drug smuggling appears to be the most popular activity, with most southern border sectors reporting multiple busts. More than 123 pounds of methamphetamine were seized on one day in June at Arizona’s Port of San Luis, and a day later the See SHELTER page 13

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U.S./Soros-Funded Colombian Group Blasts JW For Exposing Ties To Marxist Guerrillas

A Colombian human rights group funded by the U.S. government and left-wing billionaire George Soros is attacking Judicial Watch for exposing its ties to the country’s famously violent Marxist guerrillas. Judicial Watch’s involvement is on behalf of American taxpayers who unknow- ingly finance the political activities of the Soros Open Society Founda- tions (OSF) abroad, including in Colombia. The cash flows through the State Department and U.S. Agen- cy for International Development (USAID) and is used to support extremist groups that want to rewrite AP IMAGES Colombia’s history by granting ter- George Soros rorists — from the Fuerzas Arma- das Revolucionarias de Colombia Among them is a Bogota-based non- democracies and uses its name to (FARC), the guerrilla group formed profit called Dejusticia that claims to trick Latin Americans into thinking by communist farmers in the coun- promote human rights and is run by that it’s a serious group like Human try’s central region — the same rights a left-wing attorney named Rodrigo Rights Watch. The piece further as legitimate police and military Uprimny. Both Soros and Uncle Sam accuses Judicial Watch of falsely forces. The movement, supported by fill Dejusticia’s coffers, and Uprimny reporting that ISIS is operating in the Obama administration, also seeks is considered one of FARC’s biggest Mexico, a story published three years to rebrand decades of massacres, kid- allies and promoters. A Colombian ago as part of an ongoing investiga- nappings, child soldiering and drug news report describes Dejusticia as a tion into the national security threats trafficking by a criminal syndicate as highly influential entity that has pro- along the southern border. Judicial simply “50 years of armed conflict.” moted the “terrorist group FARC” Watch’s reporting is based on rock- In March, Judicial Watch filed a to the point of converting it into a solid sources inside Mexican and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) legitimate political ally of the gov- U.S. military and law enforcement lawsuit against USAID and the State ernment, which includes personal agencies. They confirm that ISIS Department for records relating to sessions with Colombia’s president. established a base near El Paso, Tex- their funding of the political activ- Because it’s impossible for FARC to as around eight miles from the U.S. ities of OSF groups in Colombia. erase its crimes, it depends on the border in an area known as “Anapra” well-known attorney’s systematic situated just west of Ciudad Juárez defense, which makes a mockery in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. www of victims,” the news report states. In a social media post, Dejusticia Communist guerrilla Like Judicial Watch, the news agency encourages those committed to the is also a target of Dejusticia’s attacks. truth, democracy and human rights group’s ally, Dejusticia, In a lengthy piece on its website to denounce Judicial Watch. One blasts Judicial Watch for and in a social media posting, Dejus- Colombian man responded to the investigating its leader as ticia blasts Judicial Watch for inves- order by posting that it’s well-known tigating its leader as well as other the Open Society and Uprimny are well as other leftist figures leftist figures funded with American actively seeking to impose totalitari- funded with American tax tax dollars in the region. Dejusti- anism in Colombia. dollars in the region. cia’s director accuses Judicial Watch As part of the same investigation of being a racist organization that into the U.S.-funded Soros agenda www strives to bring down progressive See GUERRILLAS page 13

12 The Verdict l SEPTEMBER 2018 Corruption Chronicles Guerrillas From page 12 in Latin America, Judicial Watch country’s leftist narcoterrorism. also recently exposed the FARC ties During eight years as Colombia’s pres- of the head of a global commission ident, Uribe’s hard-line security stance operating in Guatemala under the transformed the country from a no- notoriously corrupt United Nations toriously violent narcoterrorism state (UN). He’s a Colombian attorney and to a thriving democracy. Velásquez former judge named Ivan Velásquez, abuses the justice system to persecute who runs the UN-backed Internation- his political enemies, according to al Commission against Impunity in Uribe, who currently serves in Colom- Guatemala (CICIG), a controversial bia’s senate. Incredibly, Velásquez was body known to utilize measures that in Washington, D.C. a few months threaten the impoverished Central ago to promote his leftist agenda in American nation’s sovereignty. As Central America. Weeks later, Judicial a lawyer in Colombia, Velásquez Watch published a special investiga- aligned with FARC. Former Colom- tive report detailing how the U.S. gov- bian President Alvaro Uribe says that ernment is using taxpayer dollars to as a judge in Colombia, Velásquez support Soros’ radical globalist agenda U.S. Department of State headquarters, launched a crusade to absolve the in Guatemala. Washington, D.C. Shelter From page 11 Circling back to the media frenzy parent is a national security, public Laredo sector in Texas seized nearly involving the supposed separation or safety risk, including when there 26 pounds of methamphetamine. of illegal immigrant families, Judi- are criminal charges at issue: Less than 24 hours earlier, the Laredo cial Watch spent a few days on the sector seized $4.2 million worth of U.S.-Mexico border in late June and “We also separate a parent and crystal meth at the Gateway to the spoke to Border Patrol and U.S. Cus- child if the adult is suspected of Americas International Bridge. toms officers who say the vast major- human trafficking. There have In the same week, federal agents in ity of kids arriving from Mexico are been cases where minors have Hidalgo, Texas confiscated nearly $3 either totally unaccompanied or with been used and trafficked by unre- million worth of methamphetamine, adults who are not their parents. In lated adults in an effort to avoid and agents in nearby Pharr discovered a June 18 White House press brief- detention. And I’d stop here to commercial trailer moving more than ing, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen say, in the last five months, we half a million dollars in heroin from said illegal immigrants are separat- have a 314 percent increase in Mexico. ed if there is no documentation to adults and children arriving at the During the last week in June, offi- confirm the claimed relationship border, fraudulently claiming to be cers in New Mexico seized more than between an adult and a child or if the a family unit.” $1.1 million in narcotics smuggled in a wrecked vehicle, and violent gangbangers were captured by Border Pa- Was this issue of the Verdict® passed along trol in Arizona, California and Texas. to you? Want your own copy each month? The Judicial Watch ® One of the men, a Mexican national

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JW Files Complaint Against Rep. Waters For Inciting Violence/Assaults On Trump Cabinet Rep. Maxine Waters seems to be in violation of House rules Judicial Watch in late June sent a you get out and you create a crowd hand-delivered letter to the chairman and you push back on them! And, and co-chairman of the House Office you tell them that they are not of Congressional Ethics calling for an welcome, anymore, anywhere.” investigation into whether Rep. Max- (Watch on Judicial Watch website: ine Waters (D-CA) violated House http://jwatch.us/Maxine) ethics rules by encouraging violence against Trump administration Cabinet In the letter to the Office of members. Congressional Ethics co-chairman, Rep. Maxine Waters addressed a Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton SHUTTERSTOCK www rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, June writes: 23, telling a crowd: “If you see anybody “In encouraging individuals to from that Cabinet in a “If you see anybody from that Cab- create ‘crowds’ who will ‘push inet in a restaurant, in a depart- back’ on President Trump’s Cab- restaurant, in a department ment store, at a gasoline station, inet members at private business store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you Judicial Watch letter seeking House Ethics Committee investigation of Rep. Maxine Waters’ violation of House rules push back on them! And, you tell them that they are not welcome, anymore, anywhere.” ~ Rep. Maxine Waters

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establishments and in seemingly trying to prevent these Cabinet officials from obtaining basic necessities without fear of assault and violence, Rep. Waters seems to be violation of House rules, specifically:

‘A Member, Delegate, Resi- dent Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall conduct himself at all times in

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a manner that shall reflect cred- itably on the House. [House Rule 23, clause 1.]’

“We hereby request that the Office of Congressional Ethics conduct a preliminary investigation into whether Rep. Maxine Waters violated House Rules in encouraging attacks on Cabinet officials.”

“Rep. Maxine Waters incited violence and assault against members of President Trump’s Cabinet,” stated AP IMAGES Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “It is urgent that the House Ethics Of- Call to Action: From Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton fice quickly acts to hold her account- Maxine Waters incited violence and assault against members of able for this dangerous incitement.” President Trump’s Cabinet. And, the House of Representatives needs to do something about it. Waters encouraged people to create “crowds” to “push back” and harass President Trump’s Cabinet members. That is outrageous and dangerous. Judicial Watch filed an official ethics complaint against Waters for this incitement, but the House won’t act unless it hears from you. Share your views on Congresswoman Waters dangerous incitement with your con- gressman by calling 202-224-3121.

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www.JudicialWatch.org 15 Government Uncovered Documents Reveal McCain Staffer Urged IRS To Conduct “Financially Ruinous” Audits McCain minority staff director Henry Kerner to IRS: “The solution is to audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous”

Judicial Watch recently released Lerner and other IRS officials www internal IRS documents, including met with select top staffers from the “The Obama IRS scandal material revealing that Sen. John Senate Governmental Affairs Com- McCain’s former staff director and mittee in a “marathon” meeting to is bipartisan, and it is chief counsel on the Senate Home- discuss concerns raised by both Sen. not over yet.” land Security Permanent Subcom- Carl Levin (D-MI) and Sen. John ~Judicial Watch President mittee, Henry Kerner, urged top IRS McCain (R-AZ) that the IRS was not Tom Fitton officials, including then-director of reining in political advocacy groups exempt organizations Lois Lerner, in response to the Supreme Court’s www to “audit so many that it becomes Citizens United decision. Senator financially ruinous.” Kerner was McCain had been the chief sponsor response, Lerner responds that “it is appointed by President Trump as of the McCain-Feingold Act and her job to oversee it all: special counsel for the United States called the Citizens United decision, Office of Special Counsel. which overturned portions of the “Henry Kerner asked how to get The explosive exchange was Act, one of the “worst decisions I to the abuse of organizations contained in notes taken by IRS have ever seen.” claiming section 501(c)(4) but employees at an April 30, 2013 meet- In the full notes of an April 30 designed to be primarily political. ing among Kerner, Lerner and other meeting, McCain’s high-ranking Lois Lerner said the system works, high-ranking IRS officials. Just 10 staffer Kerner recommends harassing but not in real time. Henry Kern- days following the meeting, former nonprofit groups until they are un- er noted that these organizations IRS director of exempt organiza- able to continue operating. Kerner don’t disclose donors. Lois Lerner tions Lois Lerner admitted that the tells Lerner, Steve Miller, then chief said that if they don’t meet the IRS had a policy of improperly and of staff to IRS Commissioner, Nikole requirements, we can come in deliberately delaying applications for Flax, and other IRS officials, “May- and revoke, but it doesn’t happen tax-exempt status from conservative be the solution is to audit so many timely. Nan Marks said if the con- nonprofit groups. that it is financially ruinous.” In cern is that organizations engag- ing in this activity don’t disclose donors, then the system doesn’t work. Henry Kerner said that maybe the solution is to audit so many that it is financially ruinous. Nikole noted that we have budget constraints. Elise Bean suggested using the list of organizations that made independent expenditures. Lois Lerner said that it is her job to oversee it all, not just political campaign activity.”

Judicial Watch previously reported on the 2013 meeting. Senator McCain then issued a statement decrying “false reports claiming that his office was somehow in- volved in IRS targeting of conserva- AP IMAGES Senator John McCain (R-AZ) See AUDITS page 17

16 The Verdict l SEPTEMBER 2018 Government Uncovered Audits From page 16 tive groups.” The IRS previously blacked out the notes of the meeting but Judicial Watch found the notes among subsequent documents released by the agency. Judicial Watch separately uncovered that Lerner was under significant pressure from both Democrats in Congress and the Obama Justice Department and FBI to prosecute and jail the groups the IRS was already improperly targeting. In discussing pressure from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to prosecute these “political groups,” Lerner admitted, “It is ALL about 501(c)(4)

orgs and political activity.” AP IMAGES The April 30, 2013 meeting came Former IRS official Lois Lerner just under two weeks prior to Lern- er’s admission during an American in Calendar Year 2010, the IRS government agency regarding the Bar Association meeting that the IRS began using inappropriate criteria to review process for organizations had “inappropriately” targeted con- identify organizations applying for applying for tax-exempt status servative groups. In her May 2013 tax-exempt status” (e.g., lists of past under 501(c)(4); answer to a planted question, in and future donors). The illegal IRS which she admitted to the “absolute- reviews continued “for more than l “Copies of any questionnaires and ly incorrect, insensitive, and inap- 18 months” and “delayed processing all records related to the prepa- propriate” targeting of tea party and of targeted groups’ applications” in ration of questionnaires sent to conservative groups, Lerner suggest- advance of the 2012 presidential organizations applying for 501(c) ed the IRS targeting occurred due to election. (4) tax-exempt status; and an “uptick” in 501(c)(4) applications All these documents were forced to the IRS, but in actuality there had out of the IRS as a result of an l “All records related to Lois Lern- been a decrease in such applications October 2013 Judicial Watch Free- er’s communication with other IRS in 2010. dom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit employees, as well as government On May 14, 2013, a report by filed against the IRS after it failed or private entities outside the IRS the treasury inspector general for to respond adequately to four FOIA regarding the review and approval tax administration revealed: “Early requests sent in May 2013 (Judicial process for 501(c)(4) applicant Watch, Inc. v. Internal Revenue Ser- organizations.” vice (No. 1:13-cv-01559)). Judicial www Watch is seeking: “The Obama IRS scandal is bipartisan — McCain and Democrats Judicial Watch uncovered l “All records related to the number who wanted to regulate political that Lerner was under of applications received or relat- speech lost at the Supreme Court, so ed to communications between they sought to use the IRS to harass significant pressure from the IRS and members of the U.S. innocent Americans,” said Judicial both Democrats and the House of Representatives or the Watch President Tom Fitton. “The Obama Justice Department U.S. Senate regarding the review Obama IRS scandal is not over — as process for organizations apply- Judicial Watch continues to uncover and FBI to prosecute and ing for tax-exempt status under smoking-gun documents that raise jail the groups the IRS was 501(c)(4); questions about how the Obama already improperly targeting. administration weaponized the IRS, l “All records concerning commu- the FEC, FBI and Justice Department www nications between the IRS and the to target the First Amendment rights Executive Branch or any other of Americans.”

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McCain’s office urged IRS to use audits as weapons to destroy political advocacy groups — UPDATED Washington Times June 22, 2018 A new report from Judicial Watch reveals a concerted effort from Sen. John McCain’s office to urge the IRS under Lois Lerner to strike out against political advocacy groups, including tea party organizations. Thanks to the results of an ex- tensive Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that has been delayed for many years, Judicial Watch Tom Fitton (right) on Lou Dobbs Tonight has obtained several key emails from 2013 that chronicle McCain’s and FISA wiretaps on it. But according occupied arguably the most powerful Democrat Sen. Carl Levin’s efforts to the Justice Department’s inspec- seat on an ideologically divided to reign in the advocacy groups that tor general, the bureau is refusing institution, has announced his sprouted immediately following the to allow even members of Congress retirement — a surprise move that Citizens United decision from the with top security clearance to see will unleash an epic political battle Supreme Court. intercepted material alleging political over the future of the nation’s highest The documents uncovered by interference by President Obama’s court — and whether President Judicial Watch include notes from a attorney general, Loretta Lynch. Donald Trump gets to anchor it high-level meeting on April 30, 2013 That material — which has been further to the right. between powerful members of Mc- outlined in press reports — consists *** Cain’s and Levin’s staffs and Lerner, of unverified accounts intercepted Conservatives, meanwhile, urged then-director of tax exempt orga- from putative Russian sources in Trump and the Senate to nominate nizations at the IRS under Barack which the head of the Democratic another conservative like Gorsuch, Obama. The notes reveal the sug- National Committee allegedly impli- and put the candidate on a fast track gestions from McCain’s former staff cates the Hillary Clinton campaign to confirmation. director and chief counsel on the and Lynch in a secret deal to fix the *** Senate Homeland Security Perma- Clinton email investigation. Tom Fitton, president of the nent Subcommittee, Henry Kerner, “It is remarkable how this right-leaning Judicial Watch con- who urges Lerner to use IRS audits Justice Department is protecting curred, urging Trump to quickly “put on the advocacy groups to financial- the corruption of the Obama Justice forward another nominee who has ly ruin them. Department,” said Tom Fitton, a demonstrated record of applying president of Washington-based the rule of law rather than legislating Here’s One Unverified File the watchdog Judicial Watch, which is from the bench. The Senate,” he add- Feds Won’t Leak: About Loretta suing for the material. ed, “should move quickly to work Lynch with President Trump to consider Real Clear Investigations Kennedy’s Retirement Will and approve a new justice who will June 26, 2018 Reshape the Court apply the U.S. Constitution as writ- The FBI had little problem leak- U.S. News and World Report ten and understood by our Founding ing “unverified” dirt from Russian June 27, 2018 Fathers.” sources on Donald Trump and his Supreme Court Justice Anthony campaign aides — and even basing Kennedy, a centrist conservative who See MEDIA page 19

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Fitton: Getting the Supreme Court Justice Department sued for Back on Track records of FBI’s ‘abusive’ raids Breitbart op-ed by Judicial Watch on Michael Cohen President, Tom Fitton Washington Examiner July 2, 2018 July 2, 2018 Judicial Watch is pleased that A conservative advocacy group is Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retire- demanding the Justice Department ment from the Supreme Court will hand over all of its records deal- provide President Trump another ing with the FBI’s raids of Michael opportunity to nominate a constitu- Cohen, President Trump’s longtime tional conservative who will honor personal lawyer. the Constitution and the rule of law, Judicial Watch said the raids were rather than legislate from the bench. JUDICIAL WATCH “abusive” and “out of line” and filed And the U.S. Senate should move Chris Farrell, Director of Research and a Freedom of Information Act law- Investigation quickly to work with President suit in the U.S. District Court for the Trump to consider and approve a week in the court’s 5-4 vote to District of Columbia on Monday. The new justice who will apply the U.S. uphold President Trump’s so-called group said the department ignored Constitution as written and under- travel ban. The wording of the law three information requests from the stood by our Founding Fathers. under which he established the ban, nonprofit organization pertaining to The importance of solidifying a and which politically motivated an- the FBI’s April 9 raids of Cohen’s New conservative majority on the Su- ti-Trump lower court judges simply York City home, office and hotel preme Court was made clear this ignored, could not be clearer. See MEDIA page 20

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www.JudicialWatch.org 19 In the Media Media From page 19 in public, as he urged a formal ethics room. investigation on Capitol Hill. The FBI conducted the raids as “When you’re out there … part of an ongoing criminal inves- inciting mob violence against sit- tigation into Cohen’s conduct as ting Trump Cabinet members, that Trump’s “fix-it” man, which was doesn’t obviously reflect credibly on launched by the U.S. Attorney’s Of- the House,” Judicial Watch Presi- fice in the Southern District of New dent Tom Fitton told Fox & Friends. York. Cohen has not been charged “And the House has to decide with a crime, but New York federal whether it’s going to allow its mem- prosecutors are probing whether he bers to use the House as a platform committed bank and wire fraud or and its power and position to attack broke any campaign finance laws. and incite violence.” Judicial Watch earlier sent a letter Watchdog says Maxine Waters to the House Office of Congressional inciting ‘mob violence,’ presses Ethics calling for an investigation into whether the California

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