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Oct 6, 2018 6 tweets 3 min read
NEW: Judicial Watch President @TomFitton: In confirming Judge Kavanaugh, the Senate has confirmed a good man with an impeccable record of honoring the U.S. Constitution. 1/
jwatch.us/AxTsB3 Judicial Watch President @TomFitton: Judge Kavanaugh’s record shows him to be a believer in the rule of law, and I believe he will serve the American people with distinction. 2/
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Oct 4, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: JW filed a FOIA lawsuit with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives (ATF) – part of DOJ – for 1900 pages of docs about a proposed reclassification that would effectively ban certain types of AR-15 ammo as “armor-piercing.” (1/4)
jwatch.us/3oRfBZ JW filed the lawsuit after the ATF failed to respond to our May 2018 FOIA request for the 1900 docs on the Obama Admin’s AR-15 ammo ban efforts. The docs include ATF talking points about the “Armor Piercing Ammunition Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.” (2/4)
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Oct 3, 2018 9 tweets 4 min read
BREAKING: Judicial Watch today released 49 pages of new documents obtained from the State Department about U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) taxpayer funding of George Soros’s left-wing nonprofit organizations in Albania. (1/9)
jwatch.us/tdBgpy The documents deal mainly with the activities of the top Soros operative in Albania – Andri Dobrushi – the director of Open Society Foundation-Albania who channeled funding to what Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls Soros’s “mercenary army.” (2/9)
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Oct 2, 2018 6 tweets 4 min read
BREAKING: Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit with the Defense Department seeking info about the September 2016 contract between the Defense Dept & prominent Spygate figure Stefan Halper who targeted @realDonaldTrump's campaign. (1/6)
jwatch.us/MkdRpo Stefan Halper is the Cambridge professor identified as a secret FBI informant used by the Obama administration to spy on @realDonaldTrump’s presidential campaign. Stefan Halper also reportedly has high-level ties to both U.S. & British intelligence. (2/6)
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Sep 28, 2018 9 tweets 4 min read
NEW: Weekly Update: Leftists are trying to kick the Senate confirmation for a Supreme Court nominee down field & past the November elections - at any cost. While compelling emotionally, Ms. Ford has no witnesses and no facts to back up her story. (1/9)
jwatch.us/7jd9x2 There was no legitimate reason the allegations were not summarily evaluated and a Judiciary Committee vote taken this week. (2/9)
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Sep 27, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
Important: JW President @TomFitton released a statement responding to more efforts to delay Judge Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation: Americans should brook no further delay of a full Senate vote on Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. (1/5)
jwatch.us/o5CPoA JW President @TomFitton: Let’s be clear: Leftists are trying to blow up the confirmation process w/ smears. There’s no legitimate reason that these last-minute allegations can’t be summarily evaluated & a Judiciary Committee vote be taken this week. (2/5)
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Sep 26, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
ICYMI: JW President @TomFitton released this statement in response to new efforts to delay Judge Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation: Americans should brook no further delay of a full Senate vote on Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. (1/5)
jwatch.us/o5CPoA JW President @TomFitton: Let’s be clear: Leftists are trying to blow up this confirmation process w/ smears. There’s no legitimate reason that these last-minute allegations can’t be summarily evaluated & a Judiciary Committee vote be taken this week. (2/5)
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Sep 24, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
NEW: JW President @TomFitton released this statement in response to new efforts to delay Judge Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation: Americans should brook no further delay of a full Senate vote on Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. (1/5)
jwatch.us/o5CPoA JW President @TomFitton: Let’s be clear: Leftists are trying to blow up the confirmation process w/ smears. There’s no legitimate reason that these last-minute allegations can’t be summarily evaluated & a Judiciary Committee vote be taken this week. (2/5)
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Sep 21, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information lawsuit with the Department of Homeland Security for Secret Service records about expense costs associated with President @realDonaldTrump’s travel between December 22, 2017 and April 28, 2018. (1/5)
jwatch.us/ifHg3G In a separate lawsuit, Judicial Watch received Secret Service expense records totaling $3,024,036.50, which brings the known total for President Trump’s travel expenses (including for the operation of Air Force One) to $17,224,938.46 so far. (2/5)
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Sep 20, 2018 4 tweets 3 min read
ICYMI: JW President @TomFitton: “Let’s be clear. Leftists are trying to blow up the Senate confirmation process with this latest attack on Judge Kavanaugh. This latest gambit is about delaying the nomination past the midterm elections.” (1/4)
jwatch.us/5FmqFf JW President @TomFitton: “There is no legitimate reason that these last-minute allegations can’t be summarily evaluated and then a Judiciary Committee vote be taken within days. There is no reason to further delay Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation.” (2/4)
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Sep 19, 2018 4 tweets 3 min read
NEW: JW President @TomFitton: “Let’s be clear. Leftists are trying to blow up the Senate confirmation process in this latest attack on Kavanaugh. This latest gambit is about delaying the nomination past the elections.” (1/4)
jwatch.us/5FmqFf JW President @TomFitton: “There is no legitimate reason that these last-minute allegations can’t be summarily evaluated and a Judiciary Committee vote taken within days. There is no reason to further delay Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation.” (2/4)
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Sep 14, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
Weekly Update: JW is again having to sue the Justice Dept under the Freedom of Information Act for all the emails the FBI found on the laptop of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner – including emails sent via Clinton’s private email server. (1/4)
jwatch.us/1UnNrf Weekly Update: Thanks to JW’s efforts in court, we know that Hillary Clinton used her unsecure illicit email system to transmit sensitive info. And based on DOJ records JW received, those supposedly investigating her in the FBI did some of the same. (2/4)
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Sep 13, 2018 7 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: JW received 47 pages of docs from the DOJ, including emails between Peter Strzok & Lisa Page revealing that FBI officials used unsecured devices to discuss how the U.S. could improve sharing sensitive data with E.U.’s governing commission. (1/7)
jwatch.us/ERzvyD These new DOJ / FBI documents – obtained by Judicial Watch through a January 2018 Freedom of Information Act federal lawsuit – also reveal that several high-ranking FBI officials were not properly read-in to top secret compartmented programs. (2/7)
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Sep 12, 2018 7 tweets 4 min read
BREAKING: JW filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Justice for information on the 302 Forms for the FBI’s interviews with DOJ official Bruce Ohr, who was removed from his position as U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General in December 2017. (1/7)
jwatch.us/LzQmAu A 302 Form is used by FBI agents to summarize interviews they conduct & contains interview note info. The FBI interviews with Bruce Ohr could be key to understanding how anti-Trump Dossier author Christopher Steele’s info was transmitted to the FBI. (2/7)
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Sep 12, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: JW hand-delivered a letter to the chairman & co-chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics calling for an investigation into Senator Cory Booker’s admitted violation Senate rules by releasing confidential records via social media. (1/4)
jwatch.us/W6NNx7 Senator Cory Booker admitted to violating Senate rules on social media, and he faces expulsion from the Senate for his violation of these rules by releasing Committee Confidential records. (2/4)
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Sep 11, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: JW filed a FOIA lawsuit with DOJ for all emails the FBI found on the laptop of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner. A separate JW lawsuit already uncovered at least 18 classified emails from the Clinton server on Weiner’s laptop. (1/4)
jwatch.us/NcssUG Weiner is the incarcerated husband of former Clinton aide Huma Abedin. In October 2016, FBI investigators discovered Abedin’s emails on Weiner’s laptop, including data indicating the emails went through Clinton’s non-“state(dot)gov” email system. (2/4)
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Sep 7, 2018 10 tweets 4 min read
Court Victory: JW announced U.S. District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper issued an order stating the Army must reconsider its decision denying a Purple Heart to Sgt. Joshua Berry for injuries he sustained in the 2009 terrorist attack at Ft. Hood. (1/10)
jwatch.us/2Q8ezz This August 22nd court order calls for the Army to reconsider its decision & to act appropriately. If the Army wishes to stick with its denial, it must sufficiently explain why Sgt. Joshua Berry is not entitled to a Purple Heart. JW contends he is. (2/10)
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Sep 5, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: JW released 424 pgs of FBI docs, including an email showing fired FBI official Peter Strzok created the draft of the Oct 2016 letter then-FBI Director Comey sent to Congress about the discovery of Clinton emails on Anthony Weiner’s laptop. (1/5)
jwatch.us/MfAYRF Another email released by JW suggests the FBI hadn’t yet completed its review of Clinton’s emails by the time Comey sent a second letter to Congress on November 6, 2016, reconfirming his belief that Hillary Clinton shouldn’t be charged with a crime. (2/5)
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Aug 31, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: In response to JW’s FOIA lawsuit, DOJ admitted that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court held *no* hearings on the FISA spy applications targeting Carter Page (former Trump campaign adviser who was the subject of four FISA warrants). (1/5)
jwatch.us/Aq6rZa DOJ previously released to JW the heavily redacted Carter Page warrant applications which seemed to confirm the FBI & DOJ misled the FISA Court in withholding that Clinton & the DNC were behind the Dossier used in the FISA process to target Trump. (2/5)
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Aug 16, 2018 7 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: JW released two batches (184 pages & 45 pages) of new emails from the State Dept that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent & received over her unsecure non-“state(dot)gov” email system. Five of the emails contain classified info. (1/7)
jwatch.us/EcsViC These new classified emails (plus the many other emails) that Judicial Watch forced out of the State Dept appear to be among those emails that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had attempted to delete or had otherwise failed to disclose. (2/7)
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Aug 13, 2018 7 tweets 3 min read
NEW: JW Prez @TomFitton: The firing of Peter Strzok is another blow to the Mueller special counsel operation’s credibility. Strzok hated Trump and compromised the Clinton & Trump investigations that saw Clinton protected & Trump illicitly targeted. (1/7)
jwatch.us/zaSjts JW Prez @TomFitton: Peter Strzok’s anti-Trump texts show the Russia investigation he helped invent with Clinton campaign operatives is irredeemably compromised. As Mueller’s operation is founded on Strzok’s corrupt activities, it must be shut down. (2/7)
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