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The DC Board has removed 65,000 ineligible registrations and will remove 38,000 more — California and Illinois also contacted by Judicial Watch (Washington, DC)– Judicial Watch announced today that it sentnotice lettersto election officials in the District of Columbia, California, and Illinois, notifying them of evident violations of theNational Voter Registration Act(NVRA)of 1993, based on their failure to remove inactive voters from their registration rolls. The letters point out that these jurisdictions publicly reported removing few or no ineligible voter registrations under a key provision of the NVRA. The letters threaten federal lawsuits unless the violations are corrected in a ti..

DC Removing 103,000 Ineligible Names from Voter Rolls in Response to Judicial Watch Judicial Watch Questions Candidates at the Republican Presidential Debate Judicial Watch Taxpayer Lawsuit over Racially Discriminatory Minneapolis Teachers’ Contract to Proceed More Evidence of Government Censorship During 2020 Election FBI Director Concerned About Terrorists’ Ability to Exploit Southwest Border DC Removing 103,000 Ineligible Names from Voter Rolls in Response to Judicial Watch We’ve achieved another significant victory in our fight to clean up the nation’s voter rolls – this time in our nation’s capital. We sent notice letters to election officials in the District of Columbia, Ca..

Foreign terrorist organizations can exploit the southwest border as the United States faces the highest risk of an attack following the Hamas onslaught in Israel, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray. The FBI chief revealed that terrorist threats to the nation have skyrocketed since October during testimony this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee. In his prepared statement Wray failed to include the dire security threats created by the Biden administration’s disastrous open border policies. The crucial information only surfaced and became part of the official record because a Republican lawmaker grilled Wray about it. The hearing, called “O..

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 44 pages of records in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that show a close collaboration between DHS’s Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA) and the leftist Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) to engage in “real-time narrative tracking” on all major social media platforms in the days leading up to the 2020 election. The records discuss “takedowns” of social media posts and the avoidance of creating public records subject to FOIA. The records also show that the EIP, which was initially called the Election Misinformation Partnership in the days..

Top Headlines of the Week Press Releases Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton to Question Candidates Wednesday at Republican Presidential Debate Judicial Watch, America’s leading government watchdog group, today announced that Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton will question candidates at the next Republican presidential debate to be aired on NewsNation and Rumble at 8 p.m. ET, Wednesday, December 6, from the University of Alabama. Judicial Watch: DC Government Spends $270,000 To Repaint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on Street Near White House “DC crime is out of control but local leaders continue to waste $270,000 in tax money promoting the extremist Black Lives Matter movement in the heart ..

Contract Explicitly Discriminates on Behalf of Racial Minorities (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s ruling and allows Judicial Watch’s historic lawsuit filed on behalf of a Minneapolis taxpayer over a teachers’ contract that provides discriminatory job protections to certain racial minorities to proceed (Clapp v. Cox et al. (No. 27-CV-22-12454)). Hennepin County District Court had dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that Judicial Watch’s taxpayer client lacked standing and that her claims were not ripe. Judicial Watch appealed and, on December 4, the Minnesota Court of Appeals overturned the lower court’s dec..

From Newsweek: The Department of Justice recently released a redacted subpoena for ex-President Donald Trump‘s account on Twitter, now named X, amid Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s investigation of attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Tom Fitton, president of watchdog Judicial Watch, also spoke about the warrant, saying that it “lends further urgency to Congress DEFUNDING NOW this rogue operation. Call your members of Congress now to share your views.” Read more here… The post Did Jack Smith Investigate Trump’s Twitter Followers? What We Know appeared first on Judicial Watch.

Debate Will Air on NewsNation, Rumble, and The CW Networks (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, America’s leading government watchdog group, today announced that Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton will question candidates at the next Republican presidential debate to be aired on NewsNation and Rumble at 8 p.m. ET, Wednesday, December 6, from the University of Alabama. Fitton will present his questions through pre-recorded video. Former Amb. Nikki Haley, Gov Ron DeSantis, Mr. Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Gov. Chris Christie are reportedly expected to meet Republican National Committee requirements to participate in the debate. Judicial Watch is a non-partisan educational foundation that doe..

Joe Biden Email Shows Hunter Was Copied on Ukraine President Information DC Spends $270,000 To Repaint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on Street Near White House Congress Inches Forward on Biden Corruption Inquiries Social Security Overpays Billions Under Leadership of Racial Equity Activist Soros-Tied Facebook Censors Consider Suppressing Anti-Immigration Speech Joe Biden Email Shows Hunter Was Copied on Ukraine President Information We received five pages of records from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) that show then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter received a May 26, 2016, email detailing a scheduled “8:45 am prep for a 9 am phone call with Pres Poroshenko,..

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received five pages of records from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) that show then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter received a May 26, 2016, email detailing a scheduled “8:45 am prep for a 9 am phone call with Pres Poroshenko,” who was the president of Ukraine. Joe Biden’s email address is the alias robert.l.peters@pci.gov, Hunter Biden’s email account is disclosed as hbiden@rosemontseneca.com. (Hunter Biden was on the board of the controversial Ukrainian firm Burisma at the time.) The email, with the subject line “Friday Schedule Cards” was sent by John S. Flynn, who was Joe Biden’s assis..

A few years after Facebook (now Meta) launched a censorship board to decide which posts get blocked an update on the panel, which is currently inviting public opinion on whether to suppress anti-immigration speech, is in order. The original board—as well as new members—is stacked with leftists, including a close friend of leftwing billionaire George Soros who served on the board of directors of his Open Society Foundations (OSF). This is important because the oversight board, as it is officially known, determines which posts get blocked from the world’s most popular social networking website which has an estimated 3 billion users. In a recent example, the Meta censorship board is consi..

From Fox News: The Washington, D.C., government dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars touching up its “Black Lives Matter” street painting as crime skyrockets in the Democrat-run city. The refurbishment of the infamous mural, which Democrat MayorMuriel Bowserinitially painted in June 2020 as BLM protests were underway in the city and across the country, appears to have run taxpayers $271,231, including $217,680 in labor costs and $53,551 in paint supplies, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch from D.C.’s Department of Transportation. “DC crime is out of control but local leaders continue to waste $270,000 in tax money promoting the extremist Black Live..

From Daily Wire: A House Democratsaid former President Donald Trumpshould be “eliminated” moments after he decried the use of “dangerous” rhetoric, an ironic choice of words that prompted blowback and led the congressman to issue an apology. Rep. Dan Goldman(D-NY), who served as lead counselin the first impeachment of Trump, alluded to Trump’s 2024 bid to return to the White House while issuing a warning about the former president’s comments in relation to January 6 and legal cases. Tom Fitton, president of the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, said, “In the least, Goldman should be investigated by the Secret Service for this threat.” Collin Rugg, co-owner of Trendi..

From Daily Caller: Washington, D.C., spent an eyebrow-raising amount of money to refresh a Black Lives Matter mural amid concerns of surging crime and declining support for the group, according to Judicial Watch. The nation’s capital reportedly spent$270,000 to repaint“Black Lives Matter Plaza,” according to a statement released by Judicial Watch on Nov. 22. The decision to refresh the Black Lives Matter mural, which rests on a two-block-long portion of 16th street NW, has raised eyebrows by those who suggest the group has heavily contributed to worsening crime rates. The Washington, D.C., city council voted to reducethe police budget by millions in the summer of 2020 as violent riots ..

Under the leadership of a noted racial equity activist the Social Security Administration (SSA) has mistakenly overpaid beneficiaries tens of billions of dollars, including a 65% spike in overpayments in one year. In 2023 the agency with a stated mission of ensuring equity and accessibility by addressing systemic barriers to participation and a commitment to providing services to underserved communities made a whopping $23 billion in overpayments, according to its latest Agency Financial Report. The figure is a marked increase over the already stunning $11.1 billion in overpayments that SSA erroneously made in 2022. SSA’s dreadful habit of overpaying billions in benefits goes back years as..

Top Headlines of the Week Press Releases Judicial Watch: DC Government Spends $270,000 To Repaint “Black Lives Matter” on Street Near White House Judicial Watch announced recently it received 25 pages of records in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Washington, DC Department of Transportation which show the cost to taxpayers to repaint the Black Lives Matter slogan on a street in the nation’s capital was over $270,000. (The repainting seems to have taken place shortly before Black Lives Matter groups began defending Hamas terrorist murders of Jews in Israel.) U.S. Spends $30 Mil to Counter Corruption in Foreign Programs that Get Billions Fraud and waste are so rampant..

Congress is fitfully inching forward with investigations that could result in the impeachment of President Joseph R. Biden. In the House impeachment inquiry, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed Hunter Biden, presidential brother James Biden, and key business associates. “The House Oversight Committee has followed the money and built a record of evidence revealing how Joe Biden knew, was involved, and benefited from his family’s influence peddling schemes,” Comer said. “Now, the House Oversight Committee is going to bring in members of the Biden family and their associates to question them on this record of evidence.” The committee already has produced a remarkab..

Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving! There is much to concern us this year but also much to be thankful for, including the brave men and women who volunteer to guard our shares and police our streets. At this Thanksgiving we should recall what life was like for the Pilgrims who arrived on these shores in December of 1620. As the Plimoth Plantation describes it: Many of the colonists fell ill. They were probably suffering from scurvy and pneumonia caused by a lack of shelter in the cold, wet weather. Although the Pilgrims were not starving, their sea-diet was very high in salt, which weakened their bodies on the long journey and during that first winter. As many as two or three people died..

(Washington, DC)– Judicial Watch announced today it received 25 pages of records in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Washington, DC Department of Transportation which show the cost to taxpayers to repaint the Black Lives Matter slogan on a street in the nation’s capital was over $270,000. (The repainting seems to have taken place shortly before Black Lives Matter groups began defending Hamas terrorist murders of Jews in Israel.) On June 5, 2020, after days of protests and riots in DC led by the Black Lives Matter movement, a team of artists, residents, District employees, and demonstrators painted “Black Lives Matter” in 50-foot-tall yellow capital letters and the..

From Catholic Vote: Parents and faith leaders in Lebanon, Connecticut, are outraged that satanists are planning an after-school club for elementary school children in their town beginning December 1. A representative of The Satanic Temple’s (TST) After School Satan Club says Connecticut’s first such club was requested by a parent whose child attends Lebanon Elementary School as an alternative to the Bible-based Good News Club. In 2017, the government watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained documents that showedthe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had fast-tracked tax-exempt status for an “After School Satan Club” in Tacoma, Washington, at the same time it was found to have either denied..

From Catholic Vote: The FBI finallysent us files. Only after a court forced them… At long last, the FBI handed over the documents to our legal team. That’s because time ran out (again) for the FBI in our months-long legal battle to get their records surrounding the “radical traditionalist Catholic” memo – also known as the “Richmond memo.” NOT BACKING DOWN: CatholicVote and our partners at Judicial Watch are prepared to litigate this matter to the end. We’re willing to play the long game, too. We believe Americans – and especially Catholics – have every right to know what led to the decision to authorize spying on Catholics in church! Nevertheless, as of today, they are s..

Top Headlines of the Week Press Releases Judicial Watch: Secret Service Photos of Cocaine Found inside the White House – Documents Suggest the Cocaine Evidence Was Set for ‘Destruction’ Judicial Watch announced recently it received 112 pages of Secret Service records in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that show photos and communications regarding cocaine found inside the Biden White House in July. The DHS withheld 34 pages in their entirety under the “foreseeable harm” standard, which states “the agency reasonably foresees that disclosure would harm an interest protected by an exemption …” and/or the Privacy Act. J..

Fraud and waste are so rampant in foreign programs that receive enormous amounts of money from American taxpayers that the U.S. government is spending $30 million to counter corruption in the projects it already funds. The new anti-corruption initiative will operate within the scandal-plagued United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which has a massive budget to provide humanitarian assistance worldwide and annually doles out billions to causes like reducing global poverty and under nutrition, providing bicycles for rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, racial equality, and a national condom strategy in Eswatini. Programs funded by USAID have long been plagued with wron..

Documents Suggest that Biden Secret Service Was Set to Destroy WH Cocaine Evidence Biden FBI Officials Rushed to Respond to Leaked Memo on its Targeting of Catholics Illegal Immigration Costs More Than Gross Domestic Product of 15 States Documents Suggest that Biden Secret Service Was Set to Destroy WH Cocaine Evidence For nearly two weeks this summer the White House engaged in federal law enforcement in an investigation of a bag of cocaine discovered in the West Wing. We received 112 pages of Secret Service records from our July 13 FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that include photos and communications regarding the discovery. The DHS withheld 34 pages in thei..

Mass illegal immigration resulting from the Biden administration’s open border policies is costing American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars to provide an unprecedented number of migrants with medical treatment, housing, education, and other welfare services, not to mention law enforcement. A new congressional report that includes federal and state figures reveals the shocking price of supporting an estimated 16.8 to 29 million illegal aliens currently living in the United States. The “net cost of illegal immigration is greater than the annual gross domestic product (GDP) of 15 different states,” according to the lengthy report, published this week by the House Committee on Ho..

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it, along with CatholicVote Civic Action, received 131 heavily redacted pages of records from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) showing top officials rushing to craft a public response to the leaked FBI intelligence memo that revealed its targeting of Catholics who adhere to traditional beliefs on church issues. Judicial Watch received the records in response to an April 2023 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit it filed along with CatholicVoteCivic Action against the FBI and the Department of Justice after their failure to respond to March 2023 requests for records about an FBI intelligence memo targeting “radical trad..

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 112 pages of Secret Service records in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that show photos and communications regarding cocaine found inside the Biden White House in July. The DHS withheld 34 pages in their entirety under the “foreseeable harm” standard, which states “the agency reasonably foresees that disclosure would harm an interest protected by an exemption …” and/or the Privacy Act. Judicial Watch obtained the records in a July 13 FOIA request filed with the Department of Homeland Security for records, about: A white powdery substance found inside the Wes..

Top Headlines of the Week Press Releases Judicial Watch: Emails Show Communications Between Biden Surgeon General and Facebook on Covid Censorship Judicial Watch announced recently that it received 14 pages of emails between U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and top Facebook executives in 2021 regarding the censorship of user posts about Covid controversies. The emails show Facebook leadership seeking to “better understand the scope of what the White House expects from us on misinformation going forward.” Judicial Watch: Records Show Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity Agency Worked with Election Integrity Partnership to Suppress 2020 Election ‘Disinformation’ “The documents show t..

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it received 14 pages of emails between U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and top Facebook executives in 2021 regarding the censorship of user posts about Covid controversies. The emails show Facebook leadership seeking to “better understand the scope of what the White House expects from us on misinformation going forward.” Judicial Watch received these emails in response to its January 13, 2023, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (No. 1:23-cv-00113)) for: All records, including, but not limited to, electronic mail, texts, memoranda, and handwritten notes, ..

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 63 pages of heavily redacted records from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that show the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a division of DHS, communicated during the 2020 election campaign with the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP), which was created to flag online election content for censorship and suppression. The records show that Twitter participated in discussions with the Cybersecurity Agency and EIP through the software system Jira, contrary to what former Twitter head of trust and safety Yoel Roth claimed in congressional testimony. The CISA records show government involvement in ..