Judicial Watch Denounces Abuse of Trump!
Judicial Watch Denounces the Absurd Trump Verdict
Defense Department Records Show U.S. Air Force Hosted âDrag Story Timeâ
Judicial Watch Sues CIA for Records on Hunter Biden Investigation
Biden Agency Releasing Suspected Terrorists Threatens Military Bases, Infrastructure
Judicial Watch Denounces the Absurd Trump Verdict
Pure corruption. Judicial Watch denounces this absurd guilty verdict and Soviet-style criminal proceeding that has so abused President Trump. What just happened to Trump up in New York is criminal.
The verdict is no surprise considering the rigged, kangaroo court proceedings run by a biased, conflicted judge and an unethical, politicized Democratic Party prosecution team. May 30, 2024, the day the verdict came down, was a terrible day for the rule of law that will go down in infamy. This whole process is compromised, and this verdict should be overturned in an emergency fashion.
The evidence shows that Trump committed no crimes, and this is a prosecution about ânothing.â This and other Democratic Party-political prosecutions of Trump are an abomination under law and are destabilizing to our nation.
Judicial Watch will continue to expose in court the truth about these attacks on the rule of law, free and fair elections, and the U.S. Constitution. In the meantime, our elections have officially been compromised by this politicized prosecution.
We have several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits related to the prosecutorial abuse targeting Trump.
In March 2024, we filed a Georgia Open Records Act lawsuit against District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County, Georgia, for records of any communication Willis and the county had with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee. The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County after Willis and the county denied having any responsive records.
In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal court to allow the agency to keep secret the names of top staffers working in Special Counsel Jack Smithâs office that is targeting former President Donald Trump and other Americans.
(Before his appointment to investigate and prosecute Trump, Special Counsel Jack Smith was at the center of several controversial issues, the IRS scandal among them. In 2014, a Judicial Watch investigation revealed that top IRS officials had been in communication with Jack Smithâs then-Public Integrity Section about a plan to launch criminal investigations into conservative tax-exempt groups. Read more here.)
In January 2024, we filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, for records regarding the hiring of Nathan Wade as a special prosecutor by Willis. Wade was hired to pursue unprecedented criminal investigations and prosecutions against former President Trump and others over the 2020 election disputes.
In October 2023, we sued the DOJ for records and communications between the Office of U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorneyâs office regarding requests/receipt of federal funding/assistance in the investigation of former President Trump and his 18 codefendants in the Fulton County indictment of August 14, 2023. To date, the DOJ is refusing to confirm or deny the existence of records, claiming that to do so would interfere with enforcement proceedings. Judicial Watchâs litigation challenging this is continuing.
Through the New York Freedom of Information Law, in July 2023, we received the engagement letter showing New York County District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg paid $900 per hour for partners and $500 per hour for associates to the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm for the purpose of suing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in an effort to shut down the House Judiciary Committeeâs oversight investigation into Braggâs unprecedented indictment of Trump.
You can expect that the government abuses targeting Trump will not stop and will only increase â and you can also expect that Judicial Watch will not stop investigating and exposing this dangerous threat to our republican form of government.
Defense Department Records Show U.S. Air Force Hosted âDrag Story Timeâ
Your nationâs military is being ruined by woke ideology.
Judicial Watch received 25 pages of records regarding drag shows, drag story hours and other pride events for military personnel and their dependent minors organized and paid for by the U.S. Air Force.
We obtained the documents through a May 5, 2023, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted withCatholicVote Civic Action to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The Defense Department issued at least half a dozen âno recordsâ responses to the FOIA request prior to finally releasing these records. We requested:
All emails and text messages sent to and from the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, III, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding drag shows and drag story hours on U.S. military installations âŠ
All Department of Defense documentation, including but not limited to PowerPoints, flyers, handouts, that were or are being used to promote any drag shows and drag story hours on U.S. military installations âŠ
All Department of Defense documentation regarding the funding of drag shows and drag story hours on U.S. military installations âŠ
A June 10, 2021, social media post by the Ramstein & Vogelweh Air Force Libraries advertises:
Weâre celebrating PRIDE month with our very first DRAG STORY TIME! Our local Drag King, Sauvage, will be reading some of our favorite stories about what makes each of us special. Story time begins at 1030!
Graphics included with the post include a rainbow flag and two books from which Drag King Sauvage intends to read. The first book is titled âI Am Perfectly Designedâ by Karamo Brown. The second book is titled âThe HIPS on the DRAG QUEEN Go Swish, Swish, Swishâ with a depiction of three males in dresses.
The records also include a graphic for a June 2 âDrag Queen Story Timeâ event at the Ramstein Library.
An advertisement for an 18 and older event on June 4 called âDrag Karaokeâ at âClub Eâ with âspecial guest from Monarchy of RoyalTEAâ announces prizes for âbest dressedâ and drink specials.
An advertisement for a seven-week summer reading program re-promotes âDrag Queen Storytimeâ on June 10 and shows each week given a different color identification for events that include virtual story times, teen socials and scavenger hunts.
The newly obtained records include several additional advertisements for adult events (e.g. Bingo Night, Karaoke Night and D&I Pride Night) at âClub Eâ and the âGalaxy Club.â
A communication from the marketing department of the 100th Force Support Squadron discusses proofs of brochures, posters and tickets for a âLGBT Obsurvance [sic] Eventâ to be held at the Galaxy Club on February 25, 2022. The names of all participants in the chain are redacted.
One individual requests:
Can you pretty please with a cherry on top please add, Drag In front of Show? Drag Show: 7:pm, I will need it on the tickets as well. Will I be getting a proof for the 250 pre-sale tickets? Please advise.
Later in the chain, an individual states:
I just had TSg [Redacted] in my office requesting LGBT Observance removed and changed to Drag Show. She claims she spoke to the FSSS [Force Support Squadron] commander. If you like [sic] to confirm with her before changing. I will pick up what is printed. I will not need anymore [sic] printed material except for an electronic sli.de with the change so they can print as they wish. I will take the 60 tickets and all printed material. It will work. No more printed material we are fine with what was done.
May 2022 meeting minutes from an international diversity and inclusion group called âPathfindersâ lists an extensive number of upcoming Pride Month and Diversity Day events that will be supported at Ramstein Air Force Base.
A May 2022 email with redacted sender and recipient(s) and subject line âDiversity and Inclusion Eventsâ contains a list of upcoming events:
- Luau at the Crown â Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM)
- Lei Making at the CDC (RAFA & RAFC)
- Luau at the Stukeley (AAPIHM)
- Lunch and Learn (AAPIHM)
- Origami at the Youth Center (RAFA only)
- Color Run (RAFC)
- Juneteenth (RAFA & RAFC)
- Drag Show Bingo (RAFA)
- Glow Party/Karaoke (RAFA)
- Diversity Day (All bases) â Strat Calendar
In a May 30, 2022, email with redacted sender and recipient and the subject line âDrag Eventsâ the sender writes:
I have attached our posters, FSS [Force Support Squadron] Calendar, and screen shots of the Facebook events. Iâve also attached a screenshot of the video the drag queen sent us to promote the events. The full video is too big for the NIPR server. The images are too big for the server so I am sending this in 2 emails. Also, Iâm sure we also did at least one e-blast but I canât seem to find it in my email. Let me know if you need anything else.
A June 2022 invoice for $400 covers booking Miss Lexi Andrews, Drag Queen, for an appearance at âDrag Queen Bingoâ on June 23 and a performance at a âGlow Partyâ the following day.
âThe Department of Defense has once again proven that radical leftist ideology is more important than military preparedness and protecting Americans from tangible threats at home and abroad,â said Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D., CatholicVote senior advisor. âAfter an entire year of stonewalling, the DOD finally returned materials from just one command in one branch, which confirmed what we feared â that taxpayer funds were being used to promote drag shows and radical gender ideology on military bases, with full approval from Air Force leadership.â
How on Earth is it appropriate to spend our limited defense dollars on promoting these sexually themed events for children and adults rather than on advancing the militaryâs mission?
Judicial Watch Sues CIA for Records on Hunter Biden Investigation
Judicial Watch is digging into reports that federal agencies interfered in investigations of Hunter Biden.
In our latest effort, we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency for all agency records relating to the Department of Justice or Internal Revenue Service investigations of Hunter Biden and all records relating to efforts to interview lawyer Patrick Kevin Morris regarding Hunter Biden (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (No. 1:24-cv-01537)).
Los Angeles-based lawyer Morris is reportedly a friend of Hunter Bidenâs, who allegedly loaned the presidentâs son millions of dollars. Since 2019, Morris has allegedly loaned him approximately $4.9 million for âpersonal expenses,â including federal taxes.
We sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the CIA failed to respond to two FOIA requests. The first, dated March 22, 2024, asks the agency for:
All documents and communications referring or relating to the Department of Justice or Internal Revenue Service investigation of Rober Hunter Biden, DPOB: February 4, 1970, Wilmington, DE.
All documents and communications referring or relating to Attorney Patrick Kevin Morris, including but not limited to requests or efforts to interview Mr. Morris concerning Robert Hunter Biden.
The second FOIA request, dated March 27, 2024, asks the CIA for:
All records of communications including, but not limited to, emails and text messages between officials of the CIA and officials of the U.S. Justice Department regarding Hunter Biden and/or Hunter Bidenâs lawyer, Kevin Morris.
In March 2024, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer revealed that a whistleblower disclosed to the committees that the CIA intervened to stop the IRS from interviewing Morris:
Recently, the Committees received information from a whistleblower alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) intervened in the investigation of Hunter Biden to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigators from interviewing [Morris]. We therefore write to request relevant material from the CIA.
As part of the impeachment inquiry, the Committees are investigating, among other things, whether President Biden âabuse[d] his power as President to impede, obstruct, or otherwise hinder investigations or the prosecution of Hunter Biden.â As background, for years, the IRS and DOJ had been investigating Hunter Biden for tax crimes. The Committees have documented how the DOJ deviated from its standard processes to afford preferential treatment to Hunter Biden. The Committees learned about the deviations in the spring of 2023 after two brave whistleblowers testified to Congress that DOJ officials deviated âfrom the normal process that provided preferential treatment, in this case to Hunter Biden . . . .â Among other deviations, DOJ officials restricted what investigative steps the investigators could pursue, tipped off Hunter Biden’s attorneys about investigative steps, and even prevented investigators from conducting witness interviews. The whistleblowersâ testimony about the preferential treatment provided to Hunter Biden has been corroborated by testimony from other witnesses and documents the Committees have received.
Hunter Biden faces two separate criminal trials in June. Bidenâs trial on gun charges in Delaware is scheduled to begin on June 3. On June 20, his trial on various tax charges begins in California.
It is more than interesting that the CIA is stonewalling our Hunter Biden-related request.
We have several FOIA lawsuits and information requests focused on Biden family corruption.
We sued the FBI for records regarding the gun owned by Hunter Biden that reportedly was thrown in a trash can behind a Delaware grocery store. In a joint status report to the court, the FBI stated it would not produce records about the incident due to an âongoing criminal investigation.â
In February 2023, from a separate lawsuit, we released records from the United States Secret Service that implicate the FBI in the unusual action to help Hunter Biden.
In response to a February 24, 2021, email inquiry from Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger regarding the Secret Serviceâs involvement in the investigation of the Hunter Biden gun incident, the Communications Department asks for âmore information or documentation.â Schreckinger responds: âSure thing. Agents visited StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply and asked to take possession of the paperwork Hunter had filled out to purchase a gun there. The FBI also had some involvement in the investigation.â
In October 2020, The Blaze reported that in October 2018, Hunter Bidenâs handgun was taken by Hallie Biden, the widow of then-presidential nominee Joe Bidenâs son Beau. In 2021, Politico reported:
Hallie took Hunterâs gun and threw it in a trash can behind a grocery store, only to return later to find it gone.
Delaware police began investigating, concerned that the trash can was across from a high school and that the missing gun could be used in a crime, according to law enforcement officials and a copy of the police report obtained by POLITICO.
But a curious thing happened at the time: Secret Service agents approached the owner of the store where Hunter bought the gun and asked to take the paperwork involving the sale, according to two people, one of whom has firsthand knowledge of the episode and the other was briefed by a Secret Service agent after the fact.
In June 2023, we sued the CIA for all communications of the spy agencyâs Prepublication Classification Review Board (PCRB) regarding an October 19, 2020, email request to review and âclearâ a letter signed by 51 former intelligence community officials characterizing the Hunter Biden laptop story as having âall the earmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign.â
In July 2023, we sued the DOJ for records from the Office of the Attorney General and Office of the Deputy Attorney General regarding the Internal Revenue Service investigation of Hunter Biden.
In June 2023, we filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice for a copy of the FBI FD-1023 form that describes âan alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions.â Judicial Watch also asked for communications about the FD-1023.
In May 2023, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the National Archives for Biden family records and communications regarding travel and finance transactions, as well as communications between the Bidens and several known business associates.
On October 14, 2022,we sued the DOJ for all records in the possession of FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Brian Auten regarding an August 6, 2020, briefing provided to members of the U.S. Senate. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) raised concerns that the briefing was intended to undermine the senatorsâ investigation of Hunter Biden.
We filed a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department on April 20, 2022, for messages sent through the SMART (State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolkit) system that mention Hunter Biden.
In December 2020, State Department records obtained through a Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit showed that former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie âMashaâ Yovanovitch had specifically warned in 2017 about corruption allegations against Burisma Holdings.
In October 2020, weh forced the release of State Department records that included a briefing checklist of a February 22, 2019, meeting in Kyiv between then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and Sally Painter, co-founder and chief operating officer of Blue Star Strategies, a Democratic lobbying firm which was hired by Burisma Holdings to combat corruption allegations. At the time of the meeting, Hunter Biden was serving on the board of directors for Burisma Holdings.
Biden Agency Releasing Suspected Terrorists Threatens Military Bases, Infrastructure
The recent incident involving two Jordanian nationals trying to breach the Marine base at Quantico is concerning. And it highlights the national security risk of the Biden administration permitting a border invasion, as our Corruption Chronicles blog reports.
Under the Biden administration the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a pattern of releasing suspected terrorists at the southwest border resulting in national security risks that include threats to U.S. military installations and critical infrastructure, a congressional committee affirms. Federal lawmakers reveal that since Biden took office the U.S. Border Patrol has encountered at least 351 illegal aliens on the Terrorist Screening Data Set coming into the country between ports of entry. Among them are two Jordanian nationals who recently attempted to breach a military base not far from the nationâs capital. The men drove a truck to the main gate of Marine Corps Base Quantico earlier this month and ignored guardsâ orders to stop when they could not provide credentials required to gain access to the facility. The Virginia base is about 35 miles south of Washington, D.C.
Now the House Homeland Security Committee, established nearly two decades ago to ensure that the American people are protected from terrorist attacks, is investigating the matter and demanding action from administration officials charged with safeguarding the nation, including the secretaries of Homeland Security (Alejandro Mayorkas) and Defense (Lloyd Austin) as well as FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a letter to the Biden officials, high-ranking committee members including chairman Mark Green of Tennessee, ask for documents and other pertinent information to aid in their investigation into threats posed by foreign nationals to U.S. military bases and other critical infrastructure. That includes communications such as text messages and electronic mail between DHS, DOD and the FBI related to the May 3 incident at Marine Corps Base Quantico, documents to identify the names and countries of origin of the truckâs occupants and their current alien file. The committee also wants files with all derogatory information in the Terrorist Screening Data Set associated with any individual who attempted to breach the military compound and all files containing notes from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and prosecutors referring to the individuals involved.
The attempted breach at the Marine Corps base reflects a possibly more dire reality for the state of U.S. national security, the committee members write, adding recent congressional testimony delivered by the FBI director. âAs Director Wray stated in a recent Senate hearing, âa wide array of very dangerous threats . . . emanate from the border, requiring âmuch greater vigilanceâ to protect the country.â The legislators point out that DHSâs relaxed vetting standards, which complement Bidenâs avowed desire to surge the border with inadmissible migrants, have created an environment ripe for exploitation by individuals aiming to undermine the United States at its most critical points. âIf individuals on the terrorist watchlist are so emboldened to attempt to breach a Marine Corps base, the Department of Homeland Security and the entire executive branch must act swiftly to identify, apprehend, and detain such hostile actors on American soil,â the letter states.
The recent incident in Virginia appears to be part of a broader security issue involving U.S. military bases and foreign intruders. Less than a year ago a mainstream newspaper published an alarming exposĂ© involving Chinese nationals, sometimes posing as tourists, accessing military bases and other sensitive U.S. sites as many as 100 times. In the story U.S. officials, from agencies such as the FBI and DOD, describe the incidents as espionage threats designed to test security practices at U.S. military installations and other federal sites. Examples include Chinese nationalsârequired to report back to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)âcrossing into a U.S. missile range in New Mexico to scuba divers swimming in murky waters near a U.S. government rocket-launch facility in Florida. The same Homeland Security Committee also initiated an investigation into the Chinese breaches after learning about them in the media. In a September 2023 letter to Mayorkas, Wray and Austin, the committee points out that the âpersistent and multi-faceted threats posed by the CCP to U.S. homeland security have only intensified under the Biden-Harris administration.â
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