The Biden administration’s failure to secure the Mexican border forced Texas officials to establish a security initiative that has endured heavy criticism from Democrats and the media despite its success in apprehending hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants—including thousands of criminals—and seizing millions of lethal doses of fentanyl. It is known as Operation Lone Star, and it was launched by Governor Greg Abbott in March 2021 as the illegal immigration crisis gripped his border state. Under the program, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas National Guard pick up ..read more

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for all records regarding Joe Biden’s improper removal of classified materials while he was a U.S. Senator or Vice President and storage of the materials in unclassified settings as detailed in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s February 5, 2024 report (Judicial Watch v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (No. 1:24-cv-01036)). Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after ODNI failed to comply with a February 21, 2024, FOIA re ..read more

From The Washington Examiner: Some, such as Tom Fitton, president of the conservative watchdog Judicial Watch, say the term hostages is a “fair analysis” and that Trump would be right to wield pardon power in their favor. “These are folks who are the victim of government abuse,” Fitton told the Washington Examiner. “Call them what you will. They need to be pardoned. They need to have their sentences commuted.” Read more here… The post Riot revisited: Trump’s plan to pardon Jan. 6 defendants appeared first on Judicial Watch ..read more

From Independent: Tom Fitton, the president of the conservative organisation Judicial Watch, says Mr Trump is right to criticise the legal system, including judges, arguing that many of his complaints are “well-founded”. “It’s his absolute right as a citizen to raise these issues, and certainly as a criminal defendant and presidential candidate there are even heightened First Amendment protections for what he has said,” he tells The Independent. “Unfortunately, we have too many judges acting politically as opposed to following and applying the law in an unbiased manner. Read more here… The pos ..read more

Fraud and corruption are so rampant in the U.S. government’s mammoth pandemic relief program that the Justice Department created a special COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (CFETF) to crack down on scams and recover some of the stolen funds. A few days ago, it published an update on its work and American taxpayers should be furious. In the program’s short existence, over $2 billion have been lost to fraud and more than $1.4 billion have been seized or forfeited. More than 3,500 defendants have been criminally charged and civil enforcement actions have resulted in north of 400 civil settlem ..read more

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that a hearing is set for Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 10 a.m. CT, 9 a.m. ET, before Chancellor I’Ashea Myles in the Chancery Court for Davidson County, 20th Judicial District, in the public records lawsuit against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for records related to the March 2023 shooting at The Covenant School in Tennessee, including the reported “manifesto” written by the female shooter. Judicial Watch filed an open records lawsuit on behalf of retired Hamilton County Sheriff James Hammond and the Tennessee Firear ..read more

Top Headlines of the Week Press Releases Judicial Watch Asks Court to Order Release of CIA Communications with Clinton Campaign Lawyer “The CIA is in cover-up mode about its communications with the lawyer implicated in a shady spy operation against President Trump,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “What is the CIA hiding about its role in this plot against President Trump?” Mexican Drug Cartels Operate on Indian Reservations Near and Far from Southern Border Indian reservations near and far from the Mexican border are actively targeted by drug cartels whose operations are facilitated ..read more

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement regarding the unprecedented prosecution of President Donald Trump by Democrats in New York: It will be nearly impossible for Trump to receive a fair trial in a courtroom run by biased, anti-Trump Democratic Party politicians. Today’s s kangaroo court proceedings in the Manhattan Supreme Court mark the first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president. Today is a sad day that will go down in infamy. This is a dangerous attack on the rule of law and a brazen attempt to rig the 2024 elections for President Biden and D ..read more

Judicial Watch Asks Court to Order Release of CIA Communications with Clinton Lawyer OUTRAGE: FBI Records Reveal Posthumous Criminal Investigation of Ashli Babbitt Public University Makes Future Journalists Take Diversity Course Mexican Drug Cartels Operate on Indian Reservations Near and Far   Judicial Watch Asks Court to Order Release of CIA Communications with Clinton Lawyer It’s an open secret here in Washington that the Central Intelligence Agency strays beyond its foreign purview, inserting itself into domestic political issues. Judicial Watch’s legal team battled the CIA in a fede ..read more

From Washington Examiner: Eight days after a U.S. Capitol Police officer shot and killed Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6, 2021, political riots, the FBI opened a criminal investigation into her actions and even considered adding her to the terrorist watch list. According to FBI documents received by the legal watchdog Judicial Watch and shared with Secrets, the FBI considered investigating Babbitt for four “potential violations of federal law,” including rioting. Read more here… The post FBI probed Ashli Babbitt, saw her as terrorist, after her Jan. 6 death appeared first on ..read more