By Matthew Vadum ——Bio and Archives--June 13, 2017
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The lawsuit filed by D.C. and Maryland mimics that of a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a liberal legal advocacy group once led by Media Matters for America founder David Brock.
Noah Bookbinder, CREW’s executive director, appears on the lawsuit filed by the Democratic attorneys general. Stuart McPhail, CREW’s litigation counsel, is also listed on the lawsuit. The attorneys general are hoping the lawsuit will lead to the release of Trump’s tax returns. Earlier this year, David Brock held a conference with more than 100 liberal donors at the posh Turnberry Isle Resort in Aventura, Fla., mapping out how Democrats would “kick Donald Trump’s #.” The Washington Free Beacon attended the conference and obtained a copy of a private and confidential Brock memo detailing the liberal operative’s plans to attack Trump using CREW, Media Matters, Shareblue, and American Bridge. The memo spoke of defeating Trump through impeachment, delegitimizing his presidency via legal attacks spearheaded by groups such as CREW, and partnering with Facebook to combat “fake news”, among other objectives. It also hit on how Brock would go after Trump using litigation efforts. “CREW will relentlessly probe [Trump’s] global conflicts of interest and administration ethics problems through aggressive use of research, open records requests, legal action, and [Freedom of Information Act] litigation,” the private documents state.This silly, time-wasting lawsuit is exactly the kind of thing a sleazeball like David Brock would initiate.
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