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Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch, Inc., a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. Through its educational endeavors, Judicial Watch advocates high standards of ethics and morality in our nation’s public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. Judicial Watch fulfills its educational mission through litigation, investigations, and public outreach.

Most Recent Articles by Judicial Watch:


Judicial Watch Obtains Strzok-Page Emails Disputing Hillary Clinton’s Claim That She ‘Never Received nor Sent Any Material That Was Marked Classified’

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received from the U.S. Department of Justice 119 pages of records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) revealing that, after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s statement denying the transmission of classified information over her unsecure email system, former FBI official Peter Strzok sent an email to FBI officials citing “three [Clinton email] chains” containing (C) [classified confidential] portion marks in front of paragraphs.”

- Tuesday, November 12, 2019

JUDICIAL WATCH IS BEING CENSORED BY YOUTUBE!

JUDICIAL WATCH IS BEING CENSORED BY YOUTUBE!In the banned video, Tom Fitton analyzed Obama WH visitor logs (gov't docs!) that showed meetings of the alleged "whistleblower" who also is a CIA employee who held key job at WH in two administrations! YouTube censored our Weekly Update video. The coup against President Trump is destroying our freedom!
- Monday, November 11, 2019

Tom Fitton: Deep State Fears the Whistleblower's Anti-Trump Bias being Exposed!

Tom Fitton: Deep State Fears the Whistleblower's Anti-Trump Bias being Exposed!Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton joins the Dom Giordano Program to give an update about three pressing topics, including the impeachment inquiry, Russiagate, and the Epstein investigation. First, Dom asks Tom about allegations from Huffington Post’s Yashar Ali, who reported that White House aides were certain that Vice President Mike Pence would support using the 25th Amendment to force Trump from office. Then, Dom and Tom get into the alleged tweets of Trump’s whistleblower, which made references to a coup d’etat to overthrow the presidency, and Dom asks Tom about the legality of exposing the whistleblower. Also, Tom discusses a groundbreaking report by Judicial Watch about Russiagate, and Tom gives his thoughts on the ongoing Epstein conspiracy and a Project Veritas video released this week which claims that ABC squashed a comprehensive story about Epstein’s checkered past.
- Sunday, November 10, 2019

Judicial Watch: White House Visitor Logs Detail Meetings of Eric Ciaramella

Judicial Watch: White House Visitor Logs Detail Meetings of Eric Ciaramella(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today analysis of Obama-era White House visitor logs that detail meetings of controversial CIA employee Eric Ciaramella, who had been assigned to the White House. Ciaramella reportedly was detailed to the Obama White House in 2015 and returned to the CIA during the Trump administration in 2017. The logs also reveal Alexandra Chalupa, a contractor hired by the DNC during the 2016 election who coordinated with Ukrainians to investigate President Trump and his former campaign manager Paul Manafort, visited the White House 27 times. The White House visitor logs revealed the following individuals met with Eric Ciaramella while he was detailed to the Obama White House:
- Saturday, November 9, 2019

Mexican Drug Cartels: How Far Is Their Reach

As the Trump administration considers designating Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO), Judicial Watch provides comprehensive documentation that the sophisticated criminal operations meet the U.S. government’s requirements to make the list. In a White Paper, Judicial Watch outlines the unique challenges and national security risks posed by Mexican Transitional Criminal Organizations (TCO) and human trafficking. The threats require policy changes that include classifying Mexican TCOs as FTOs and a reassessment of Mexico under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), which requires countries to implement measures that address human trafficking in order to receive American aid. Mexico does not meet the minimum standards in several key areas, according to State Department documents obtained by Judicial Watch for the White Paper.
- Thursday, November 7, 2019

Bruce Ohr and Peter Strzok Were Key Figures in The Conspiracy Against Trump

Judicial Watch announced recently it received through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit 13 pages out of 42 responsive pages of communications between former FBI official Peter Strzok and DOJ official Bruce Ohr that the DOJ claimed previously it could not find. Judicial Watch obtained the documents in an April 2019 FOIA lawsuit filed after submitting July 2018 FOIA requests to the DOJ and the FBI. The FBI failed to respond, while the Justice Department claimed to find no records of communications between Strzok and Ohr (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-01082)). -- More...


- Saturday, November 2, 2019

Docs reveal Obama State Dept. official in contact with Russian Embassy Political Chief One Month Before Trump Inauguration

Docs reveal Obama State Dept. official in contact with Russian Embassy Political Chief One Month Before Trump Inauguration

Documents also reveal State Department officials continued use of unsecure BlackBerrys to transmit classified material long after Clinton email scandal revelations

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch and The Daily Caller News Foundation today released eight pages of State Department documents revealing that on December 23, 2016, 28 days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump, State Department Special Coordinator for Libya Jonathan Winer had a 10-minute phone call with Alexey Vladimirovich Skosyrev, the “political chief” at the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC.

- Saturday, November 2, 2019

Judicial Watch Obtains Records Showing Contact Between Peter Strzok, Bruce Ohr That DOJ Claimed It Couldn’t Find

Judicial Watch Obtains Records Showing Contact Between Peter Strzok, Bruce Ohr That DOJ Claimed It Couldn’t Find

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit 13 pages out of 42 responsive pages of communications between former FBI official Peter Strzok and DOJ official Bruce Ohr that the DOJ claimed previously it could not find. 

Judicial Watch obtained the documents in an April 2019 FOIA lawsuit filed after submitting July 2018 FOIA requests to the DOJ and the FBI. The FBI failed to respond, while the Justice Department claimed to find no records of communications between Strzok and Ohr (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-01082)). The lawsuit seeks:

- Thursday, October 31, 2019



Obama admin. Knew Weapons Were Shipped From Benghazi to Syrian Rebels/Jihadists

Obama admin. Knew Weapons Were Shipped From Benghazi to Syrian Rebels/JihadistsDOD records obtained by Judicial Watch contain the first official documentation that the Obama administration knew that weapons were being shipped from the Port of Benghazi to rebel troops in Syria. The heavily redacted documents do not disclose who was shipping the weapons. Another DIA report, written in August 2012 (the same time period the U.S. was monitoring weapons flows from Libya to Syria), said that the opposition in Syria was driven by al Qaeda and other extremist Muslim groups: “the Salafist, the Muslim Brotherhood, and AQI are the major forces driving the insurgency in Syria.” The growing sectarian direction of the war was predicted to have dire consequences for Iraq, which included the “grave danger” of the rise of ISIS.
- Monday, October 21, 2019

Were Media Journalists & President Trump's Allies Targeted by the State Department?

Were Media Journalists & President Trump's Allies Targeted by the State Department?Judicial Watch is investigating if prominent conservative figures, journalists and persons with ties to President Donald Trump were unlawfully monitored by the State Department in Ukraine at the request of ousted U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, an Obama appointee. Yovanovitch testified “in secret” to the House impeachment inquiry against Trump on Friday, October 11, 2019. Her “secret” testimony was leaked to the New York Times during the hearing.
- Thursday, October 17, 2019

New Docs Show State Dept. Knew About Hillary Clinton's Secret Email Account

New Docs Show State Dept. Knew About Hillary Clinton's Secret Email AccountJoin Judicial Watch’s Ramona Cotca for an in-depth update on the progress which Judicial Watch has made in the legal battle to obtain documents related to the private Clinton email server from the State Department. New documents obtained by Judicial Watch from the State Department reveal the extent to which high ranking department officials were aware of then-Secretary Clinton’s use of a private server.
- Friday, October 11, 2019

Trump rids Major U.S. Container Port of Chinese Communist Control

Trump rids Major U.S. Container Port of Chinese Communist ControlUnder a long-term deal sealed by the Obama administration, a Chinese Communist company was set to control the second-busiest container port in the United States. In an unreported Trump administration victory, the Communists are out after a drawn-out national security review forced a unit of China-based COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. (Orient Overseas Container Line—OOCL) to sell the cherished container terminal business, which handles among the largest freight of imports into the U.S.
- Thursday, October 10, 2019

Judicial Watch: Court Forces Release of Clinton WikiLeaks Discussion Email that Confirms State Department Knew about Her Email Account

(Washington, DC)Judicial Watch announced today that the State Department provided a previously hidden email which shows that top State Department officials used and were aware of Hillary Clinton's email account. On December 24, 2010, Daniel Baer, an Obama State Department deputy assistant secretary of state, writes to Michael Posner, a then-assistant secretary of state about Clinton's private email address:
- Tuesday, October 1, 2019



Judicial Watch Sues DOJ for Electronic Communication that Initiated Counterintelligence Investigation of President Trump's 2016 Campaign

(Washington, DC)--Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for communications related to the initiation of the counterintelligence investigation of President Trump's 2016 presidential campaign (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-02743)).
- Sunday, September 22, 2019


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