JUDICIAL WATCH NEWSLINK 10/09/2018 FBI STONEWALLING TO PREVENT EMBARRASSMENT?

FBI’s smoking gun: Redactions protected political embarrassment, not ‘national security’ Source: The Hill FBI general counsel James Baker met with a top lawyer at the firm representing the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and received allegations from that lawyer about Russia, Trump and possible hacking. It was the same DNC that funded the unverified, salacious dossier by a British intel operative that became a central piece of evidence used to justify the FBI surveillance of the Trump campaign in the final days of the election. READ MORE

Background Notes from Judicial Watch

05/31/2018 JW Sues Over DOJ FISA Warrant Abuses and Stonewalling of Congress Source: Judicial Watch Judicial Watch filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records of communications between the DOJ and the Federal Bureau of Investigation with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against foreign policy advisor Carter Page and other members of Trump campaign. READ MORE 08/31/2018 Justice Department: No FISA Court Hearings Held on Carter Page Warrants Source: Judicial Watch In response to a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, the Justice Department (DOJ) admitted in a court filing last night that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court held no hearings on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) spy warrant applications targeting Carter Page, a former Trump campaign part-time advisor who was the subject of four controversial FISA warrants. READ MORE 03/05/2018 Judicial Watch Sues Justice Department for Docs on Top Officials’ Ties to Clinton Dossier Creator Fusion GPS Source: Judicial Watch Judicial Watch filed two FOIA lawsuits against the Justice Department for records about top Justice Department official Bruce Ohr and his wife Nellie Ohr’s involvement in the Trump dossier. Tom Fitton: “Bruce Ohr, a top Justice Department official in the Obama administration, had an obvious conflict of interest through his wife Nellie’s work with the Clinton/DNC vendor Fusion GPS on the anti-Trump Dossier.” READ MORE

Daywatch Updates

Chris Farrell: Strzok, Page wanted to undermine then-candidate Trump JW Director of Investigations and Research Chris Farrell appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on the Fox Business Network to discuss the texts exchanged between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. READ MORE

Tom Fitton: A DOJ Spying Investigation would be a Win for the Rule of Law JW President Tom Fitton appeared on “Fox and Friends” on the Fox News Channel to discuss President Trump’s request for a DOJ probe into whether the FBI infiltrated his campaign. READ MORE

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