First published at Judicial Watch’s Investigative Bulletin, March 16, 2015 At Judicial Watch, we’ve had a long relationship with Bill and Hillary Clinton. For more than twenty years, from our founding in 1994, Judicial Watch has consistently sought to shed sunlight on the Clintons’ activities through the Freedom of Information Act, other state and federal[…]
Read MoreFirst published in the New York Post, January 29, 2015 At her confirmation hearings Wednesday, Loretta Lynch said she’s only “generally aware” of the Justice Department’s investigation of IRS targeting of conservative groups. As a service for our likely new attorney general, here’s a primer on why so many in Congress want a special counsel[…]
Read More“From the Annex in Benghazi, the CIA was collecting intelligence about foreign entities that were themselves collecting weapons in Libya and facilitating their passage to Syria. The Benghazi Annex was not itself collecting weapons.” –Final House Intelligence Report on Benghazi, P. 16 The final House Intelligence Committee Report on Benghazi received its Last Rites on[…]
Read MoreFirst published at the Daily Caller, October 30, 2014 We now have two serious investigative tracks into the Benghazi killings Rep. Trey Gowdy’s Special Select Committee, which I examined here, and the Justice Department’s Ahmed Abu Khatallah prosecution. On October 14, the government filed a superseding indictment in the case. The Benghazi militia figure was snatched by[…]
Read MoreFirst published at Judicial Watch’s Investigative Bulletin, October 27, 2014 In Alabama last week two weeks before Election Day a special state grand jury issued a 23-count indictment against Mike Hubbard, the powerful Republican speaker of the state’s House of Representatives. Hubbard immediately proclaimed his innocence, denouncing the long-expected charges as part of[…]
Read MoreFirst published at Judicial Watch’s Investigative Bulletin, October 21, 2014 On Friday, addressing mounting concerns about a medical crisis in the U.S., President Obama named the noted epidemiologist Dr. Ronald Klain as the country’s “Ebola czar.” Dr. Klain”. Oh, sorry, that didn’t happen. The new Ebola czar is not an expert in infectious diseases, or[…]
Read MoreFirst published at Judicial Watch’s Investigative Bulletin, October 17, 2014 As an Ebola-driven health-care crisis appears to mount across America, Judicial Watch is moving fast to get answers from Washington. We have filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the Defense Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to uncover medical and safety[…]
Read MoreFirst published at Judicial Watch’s Investigative Bulletin, October 1, 2014 On Sept. 19, John G. Rowland, the former governor of Connecticut, was convicted in federal court in New Haven on seven counts related to political corruption. The jury found that Mr. Rowland had created false records and obstructed justice in a conspiracy to hide his[…]
Read MoreFirst published at the Daily Caller, September 22, 2014 Four months after a White House email uncovered by Judicial Watch forced the appointment of a special House committee on Benghazi, the curtain has gone up on the next stage of the investigation. Committee chairman Trey Gowdy led hearings into the State Department’s implementation of recommendations[…]
Read MoreFirst published at Judicial Watch’s Investigative Bulletin, September 10, 2014 Andrew Cuomo took a serious hit yesterday in the New York gubernatorial primary, when an unknown novice with the whimsical name Zephyr Teachout walked off with about 35% of Democratic primary voters. Cuomo prevailed, with 60% of the vote, but the damage was done and[…]
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