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NEW Censorship Lawsuit

Records Reveal Barack Obama Was at Emergency Scene of Family Chef
Drowning

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We’re learning much more about the tragic death at Obama’s home.

We received 40 pages
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of records from the Massachusetts State Police that indicate the
presence of Barack Obama for a witness interview in the death
investigation of the Obamas’ personal chef Tafari Campbell.

The records, which are heavily redacted, indicate Barack Obama arrived
at the emergency response scene via motorcade. A short time later, a
cold, wet woman, who was a witness, arrived. The next morning, the
eyewitness was interviewed in the Obama residence, again with Barack
Obama present.

It is concerning that we had to push for several months to find out
that Barack Obama was personally involved in the death investigation
of his personal chef Tafari Campbell.

The records also detail the existence of a Secret Service video of
Campbell and his paddleboarding companion entering the water, and the
Secret Service emergency response in the immediate aftermath of the
drowning. The State Police records show they concluded “no foul
play” in Campbell’s “accidental” death.

We received the documents in response to a July 25, 2003,
Massachusetts Public Records Law request for all records relating to
the death of Campbell.

The documents show Campbell’s family told police that he had taken
swimming lessons in 2019 but described his ability as “not a great
swimmer.” The drowning occurred in Edgartown Great Pond, which
Massachusetts Environmental Police estimated “to be approximately
seven to eight feet deep.”

The records also show a female eyewitness, an Obama employee whose
name is redacted, told state police that she saw Campbell “fall off
his paddleboard, began splashing and became extremely panicked,
yelling for help and subsequently went underwater very quickly.” By
the time she reached his paddleboard, the witness said Campbell had
“disappeared into the extremely murky” water.

The records include a July 24, 2023, homicide/death report
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written by Mass. State Trooper Dustin Shaw that lists the details of
the investigation into Campbell’s death. In the narrative portion
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Shaw writes:

> On Sunday, July 23, 2023, at approximately 7:58 PM, [he] … was
> notified by the Dukes County Regional Emergency Communications
> Center of a possible drowning incident that originated from a 911
> call at [redacted] in the Town of Edgartown, on Martha’s Vineyard,
> at 7:46 PM. The 911 caller was identified as [redacted], who
> identified himself as a United States Secret Service Special Agent.
> I am aware that [redacted] in Edgartown is a residence owned by
> [redacted]. I was informed that two (2) people on paddleboards had
> entered the water at Edgartown Great Pond, from the shore of
> [redacted], and one person was unaccounted for after being witnessed
> in distress going under the water and never resurfacing.

***

> I located EFD [Edgartown Fire Dept.] Chief Schaeffer, and he
> informed me that two (2) paddleboarders launched two (2) separate
> paddleboards from the shoreline at [redacted] in Edgartown. Tafari
> CAMPBELL (DOB [redacted]) was identified as the missing
> paddleboarder and [redacted] (DOB [redacted]) was identified as the
> surviving paddleboarder. I was informed that CAMPBELL is the
> personal Chef of [redacted] and his family, and [redacted] is a
> staff member of [redacted], thus the reason they were both at the
> [redacted] residence prior to the incident.

***

> EFD [Edgartown Fire Dept.] Chief Schaeffer went on to explain that
> CAMPBELL and [redacted] were paddleboarding together when [redacted]
> observed CAMPBELL on the board, in the standing position and
> suddenly lose his balance and enter the water, and struggle to stay
> above water. Chief Schaeffer informed me that [redacted] observed
> CAMPBELL go under the water, and never resurface. [Redacted]
> reportedly subsequently paddled back to shore to [redacted] and
> alerted a member of the U.S. Secret Service at a nearby security
> post. I was informed that USSS Special Agent [redacted] called 911
> and reported the incident to the Dukes County Sheriff's Department
> Regional Communications Center. Simultaneously, U.S. Secret Service
> Rescue Swimmers immediately deployed from the shore at [redacted]
> and began searching the immediate area and underwater for CAMPBELL,
> subsequently not locating him.

***

> Campbell was … reported to be wearing a black tee-shirt, black
> shorts, and a black baseball cap at the time he entered the
> water…. I was informed that both CAMPBELL and [redacted]
> paddleboards had been recovered in separate locations along the
> shorelines on Turkeyland Cove, approximately several hundred yards
> from one another.

***

> At approximately 8:40PM [redacted]’s motorcade arrived at the ICP
> [incident command post] and I was introduced to [redacted]. I …
> along with EFD [Edgartown Fire Dept.] Chief Schaeffer briefed
> [redacted] on the situation thus far, as well as the search and
> rescue efforts currently underway. A short time later, [redacted]
> arrived at the ICP and I was introduced to her. I observed that
> [redacted] was visibly emotional and was shaking from being cold and
> wet…. In a preliminary conversation I had with [redacted] and
> [redacted] [she] informed me that when she initially observed
> CAMPBELL fall off his paddleboard, began splashing and became
> extremely panicked, yelling for help and subsequently went
> underwater very quickly. [Redacted] stated that she immediately
> discarded her paddleboard and swam over to CAMPBELL as fast as she
> could in [an] attempt to rescue him. [Redacted] explained that by
> the time she reached CAMPBELL’S paddleboard, she was “too
> late,” and he had disappeared into the murky, very low visibility
> water. [Redacted] stated that she then utilized CAMPBELL’S
> paddleboard and returned to the shore at [redacted] to alert the
> Secret Service and activate emergency help, as neither she nor
> CAMPBELL had cellular phones with them at the time of the incident.
> [Redacted] stated that she left CAMPBELL’S paddleboard on the
> shore and ran to the nearest U.S. Secret Service security post and
> reported the incident to the first USSS Special Agent she saw
> (Special Agent [redacted]).
>
> [Redacted] informed me that he and [redacted], [redacted] were not
> present at their residence ([redacted] Edgartown) at the time of the
> incident and had been out for dinner, therefore, CAMPBELL would not
> have been working for the evening. [Redacted] thanked us for our
> efforts and departed the ICP a short time later.

***

> At approximately 7:55 AM, we arrived at [redacted] accompanied by
> SAIC [special agent in charge] Murray and SAIC Murphy. Upon arrival
> at the residence, we were introduced to [reacted] invited us into
> his residence, and we were directed into the office of [redacted],
> which was to be utilized to conduct the interview.

***

> [Redacted] explained that on Sunday, July 23, 2023, she began her
> day at approximately 8:00AM helping CAMPBELL in the kitchen at
> [redacted] in Edgartown. Throughout the day, and into lunch time,
> [redacted] said it was a quiet day, and she was helping CAMPBELL
> design his Instagram page.

***

> [Redacted] explained that approximately 6:10 PM, on July 23. 2023,
> she asked CAMPBELL if he wanted to go paddleboarding in Edgartown
> Great Pond, to which he agreed…. CAMPBELL walked from the
> residence to the shoreline of Edgartown Great Pond and obtained two
> paddleboards and two paddles from the [redacted] property.
>
> [Redacted] explained to me that CAMPBELL was an inexperienced
> swimmer, and that CAMPBELL had been attempting to teach himself to
> swim at the pool at the residence over the years. [Redacted] also
> stated that CAMPBELL had told her in the past that he couldn’t
> swim.
>
> [Redacted] explained that when she and CAMPBELL began
> paddleboarding, they both remained on their knees while they paddled
> in Edgartown Great Pond. [Redacted] continued to say that at one
> point, she stood up on the paddleboard, and then saw CAMPBELL
> attempting to stand up on his board shortly thereafter. [Redacted]
> stated that after approximately 30 seconds of standing, she observed
> CAMPBELL lose his balance on the board and saw him fall into the
> water. [Redacted] stated that she yelled to CAMPBELL to grab onto
> the board in front of him, however, she observed he quickly begin to
> panic while yelling for help. [Redacted] stated that she left her
> board and attempted to swim to CAMPBELL to help him, however, she
> said by the time she reached CAMPBELLS board it was ‘too late’,
> and he went under the water…. [Redacted] stated that neither she,
> nor CAMPBELL consumed any alcohol or drugs prior to paddleboarding.

***

> At approximately 8:32 AM [redacted] agreed to again board a fire
> boat to assist with the recovery effort in [an] attempt to provide a
> more precise location as to where she last saw CAMPBELL in the
> water, now that it was daylight.

***

> [Redacted] directed the fire boat to a location that she provided,
> to the best of her recollection as where she saw CAMPBELL go
> underwater. This location was marked with a buoy.

***

> Upon our arrival back at the ICP [incident command post], we were
> informed that the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP) had
> arrived on scene and deployed Side Scan Sonar equipment to the area
> [redacted] identified and were searching that area, which was
> approximately 100-200 yards from the shore at [redacted]

***

> At approximately 9:45 AM, I was informed that an area of interest
> had been identified by the MEP Side Scan Sonar, directly in the
> vicinity of where [redacted] identified last observing CAMPBELL.
>
> At approximately 9:58 AM, we arrived on location as outlined by MEP
> [Massachusetts Environmental Police]. MSP [Mass. State Police] dive
> team members deployed into the water.
>
> At approximately 10:00 AM, within minutes of entering the water, MSP
> divers recovered the body of a black male, fully submerged in the
> water … Divers estimated the water depth to be approximately seven
> to eight feet deep. I observed the body of a black male removed from
> the water and placed onto the deck of the boat…. I observed the
> male to be wearing a black t-shirt, black workout style shorts, and
> an Apple Watch on his left wrist, and a wedding band style ring on
> his left ring finger.

***

> I met with CAMPBELL’S [redacted] and other family members and
> representatives on the CG [Coast Guard] dock in Menemsha. [Redacted]
> explained that CAMPBELL had taken swimming lessons in 2019 that
> consisted of one lesson a week for six weeks and described his
> swimming ability as “not a great swimmer.”

***

> On Friday, August 18, 2023, I (Tpr. Dustin Shaw) was notified that
> the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) determined that
> Tafari J. CAMPBELL’S cause of death was a result of a drowning
> (submersion in a body of water), and the manner of death is
> accidental, as determined by OCME Dr. Anand Shah.

***

> On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at approximately 4:45 PM, I traveled
> to [redacted] in Edgartown and met with U.S. Secret Service SAIC Ben
> Murray for the purposes of viewing Secret Service surveillance
> footage of [redacted], Edgartown, from Sunday, July 23, 2023. My
> attention was drawn to a specific section of surveillance camera
> footage, beginning at approximately 6:54 PM on Sunday, July 23,
> 2023.

***

> The following is a summary of my observations of the video footage
> provided to me from this specific vantage point and is not intended
> to be an exact depiction of the overall entirety of the surveillance
> footage from [redacted] On Sunday, July 23, 2023, at approximately:

* 6:54 PM; two (2) individuals identified as CAMPBELL and
[redacted] are observed walking on the boardwalk from the area of the
residence, toward the shoreline of Edgartown Great Pond. Both
CAMPBELL’S and [redacted] appearance and clothing are consistent
with prior descriptions. Once near the shoreline, it appears that
CAMPBELL and [redacted] obtain paddleboards and paddles from a small
alcove near the shoreline, and subsequently enter the water.
* 7:40 PM; Secret Service Agent [redacted] (Rescue Swimmer) is
observed running from his assigned post towards the shoreline of
Edgartown Great Pond, utilizing his handheld radio.
* 7:42 PM; Agent [redacted] observed running from the shoreline of
Edgartown Great Pond, towards the area of the Command Post.
* 7:43 PM; Agent [redacted] observed running back to shoreline of
Edgartown Great Pond.
* 7:50 PM; USSS boat launches
* 7:57 PM; USSS vehicle/first responder vehicle arrives to the
area of the shoreline of Edgartown Great Pond.
* 7:58 PM; First Edgartown Police vehicle arrives to the area of
the shoreline.
* 7:59 PM; Second Edgartown Police vehicle arrives to the area of
the shoreline.

> A request has been made to obtain a copy of the above-described
> video and is pending its release as of the time of this report.

***

> [I]t is my investigative opinion that the death of Tafari J.
> CAMPBELL is a result of an accidental drowning in Edgartown Great
> Pond, and is not criminal in nature, and foul play is not suspected.
> I respectfully request this case be classified as closed, pending
> any future information that would warrant it being re-opened.
The homicide/death report lists as seized evidence
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under “Property #1” an “Under Armour Baseball Hat (Black)” and
in the description notes: “West Tisbury Firefighter Stephen Serusa
recovers a black, Under Armour baseball hat in Edgartown Great Pond,
floating in the marsh area of Turkeyland Cove … during search for
Tafari CAMPBELL. Hat matches the description of CAMPBELLS hat he was
last seen wearing. Hat later confirmed by witnesses to be
CAMPBELLS.”

The report also notes that Property #2 is “1 USB flash drive
containing two audio files (original 911 call and follow up call).”
It was collected on August 9, 2023, and is described as “DCSO [Dukes
County Sheriff's Office] Original 911 Audio Recordings.”

Property #3 is a computer/telecom flash drive described as “CSSS
[Crime Scene Service] Victim/Scene Photo Disc #1-1,” including the
comment “One paper envelope containing Digital Video Disk (DVD-R-RW)
Victim/Scene Photos.”

Property #4 is a flash drive containing autopsy photos.

Property #5 is a U.S. Coast Guard Station Menemsha log dated July 24,
2023. The comment section notes: “Tpr. Shaw retrieves US Coast Guard
Station Menemsha Log dated "24JUL23" (1 page/double sided). Log signed
by USCG Station Menemsha Command Staff.”

In a July 24 case master report
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Shaw writes:

* He was notified at 7:58 p.m. on July 23 of “a possible drowning
in Edgartown Great Pond” by the Dukes County Regional Emergency
Communications Center.
* He was “briefed on situation by EFD [Edgartown Fire Department]
Chief Alex Schaeffer” after Shaw arrived at the incident command
post set up at Edgartown Great Pond, Wilsons Landing at 8:15 p.m. The
report notes, “Chief Schaeffer identifies missing paddleboarder as
Tafari CAMPBELL (DOB [redacted]).”
* At 8:25 p.m., Shaw requested MSP Airwing assistance for a search
of Edgartown Great Pond.
* At 9:15 p.m., he boards a Secret Service boat, “along with USSS
[Secret Service] Rescue Swimmers” to assist in searching for
Campbell in Edgartown Great Pond.
* At 11:30 p.m., Shaw disembarked from the USSS boat and returned to
his command post, ended his duty that night and would return the
following day at 5:00am.
* At 7:55 a.m. on July 24, Shaw, along with Lt. Cosgrove, Capt.
Benson and Major Farley of MSP arrived in Edgartown “for the
interview of [redacted] (witness/survivor).” The entry notes,
“Also present at the interview was USSS Special Agent Ben Murra
[sic].”
* At 10:00 a.m. Shaw was on board a Tisbury Fire Department boat
along with a state police dive team, “at which time the body of a
black male, matching the description of CAMPBELL was recovered from
the Edgartown Great Pond…. Body was transported to CP [command post]
at Wilsons Land[ing].”
* At 10:25 a.m. “US Secret Service Assistant Special Agent in
Charge of the [redacted] Protection Detail, [redacted], views and
positively identified the body recovered from Edgartown Great Pond to
be Tafari CAMPBELL (DOB [redacted]).”
* At 11:21 a.m. “Chapman Funeral Home arrives at Wilsons Landing
CP and transports the body of CAMPBELL, at the request of the OCME
[Office of the Chief Medical Examiner], from CP to US Coast Guard
Station Menemsha. Tpr. Shaw, DLT Cosgrove, DCAPT Benson, Major Farley
and USSS SA [Special Agent] Murphy follow hearse to USCG [US Coast
Guard].”
* At 11:57 a.m. “The body of CAMPBELL arrives at U.S. Coast Guard
Station Menemsha.”
* At 1:57 p.m. Shaw goes to Coast Guard Station Menemsha to pick up
its daily log from July 24, 2023 re: 2023-102-251 (the state police
case number for Campbell’s death).
* The final two entries indicate that at 4:45 p.m. Shaw arrives at a
redacted location in Edgartown “re: meeting with US Secret Service
SAIC [Special Agent in Charge] Ben Murray.” At 5:41pm they conclude
their meeting and Shaw departs.”

The State Police write in their cover letter
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to Judicial Watch: “The Department conducted a diligent search of
its records and is unable to locate any body worn and cruiser mounted
video recordings. The Department is in the process of reviewing
responsive records and will supplement this response.

A July 24, 2023, administrative log note
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lists the case as closed and includes the synopsis “US Secret
Service Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of the [redacted] Protection
Detail [redacted], views and positively identified the body recovered
from Edgartown Great Pond to be Tafari CAMPBELL (DOB [redacted]).”

(In August 2023, we released records
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it received from
the Edgarton, MA, Police Department that show the Secret Service
reported Obama’s Personal Chef Tafari Campbell missing and that the
body was found using sonar. The records also detail that clothing was
found separate from the body and that he was not wearing a life vest.)


JUDICIAL WATCH RELEASES NEW DOCUMENTARY ON GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA
CENSORSHIP

This week we released a four-part documentary that details the
coordinated effort by the government and Big Tech to censor and
suppress information on topics such as Hunter Biden’s laptop,
COVID-19, and election debates.

This series exposes how the censorship partnership between government
and Big Tech is a dire threat to our First Amendment and other
freedoms. We seek to hold the censors accountable – working with
elected officials, journalists, and other leaders to protect free
speech.

The documentary premiered last week, on our website
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X/Twitter
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Rumble
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YouTube
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Facebook
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and Instagram
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You can catch all
episodes here
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(A trailer
for the documentary is available here
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The series features interviews with those who have taken leading roles
in exposing the collusion between government and social media to
control what Americans see and hear. Included in the lineup of experts
is:

* Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) who as attorney general of Missouri
filed a lawsuit
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in 2020
against President Biden and other administration officials, alleging
they were working with social media platforms to censor information
related to COVID-19 and other topics.
* Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), who is chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee. Jordan’s committee is leading the House
investigation into government-led censorship on social media.
* Journalist Matt Taibbi, one of the journalists who covered the
release of the “Twitter Files,” which exposed government
involvement in Twitter and other Big Tech censorship of Americans.
Taibbi testified before Congress about what the “Twitter Files”
revealed about the partnership between government and social media to
censor information and opinions.
* Chris Nelson, senior investigator at Judicial Watch, formerly a
career counterintelligence officer with the U.S. Government.
* And me as I led Judicial Watch in filing Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) lawsuits
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and other
litigation concerning government and Big Tech censorship.

The premiere episode, _The Hearing_, looks at Taibbi’s experience
exposing the “Twitter Files:”

> Today, American taxpayers are unwittingly financing the growth and
> power of a censorship-industrial complex run by America’s
> scientific and technological elite, which endangers our liberties
> and democracy.
>
> What we found in the [Twitter] Files was a sweeping effort to
> reverse that promise and use machine learning and other tools to
> turn the internet into an instrument of censorship and social
> control. Unfortunately, our own government appears to be playing a
> lead role.
>
> The Twitter Files, state attorneys general lawsuits, and
> investigative reporters have revealed a large and growing network of
> government agencies, academic institutions, and nongovernmental
> organizations that are actively censoring American citizens, often
> without their knowledge, on a range of issues.
Elon Musk took ownership of Twitter, now X, in October 2023. On
December 2, 2023, the _New York Post_ reported
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Taibbi posted the first Twitter thread containing what became known as
the “Twitter Files.” This first installment contained documents
related to Twitter's internal discussions related to moderating
content on the Hunter Biden laptop story which the
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shortly before the 2020 presidential election.

Nineteen installments of the “Twitter Files” would be released
through March 2023. These included internal communications related to
the suspension of former President Donald Trump from the platform,
exchanges between the FBI and Twitter's Trust and Safety Team
regarding suppressing election misinformation, and moderation of
COVID-19 content.

The second episode, _The Hunter Biden Problem,_ addresses the
pre-election censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story. From the
suppression of the initial and subsequent reporting on the laptop to
the promotion of the letter
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signed by 51 intelligence officials calling the laptop “Russian
disinformation,” the episode details the coordinated effort to
suppress Americans’ access to stories exposing the contents of the
laptop while promoting stories denying the authenticity of the laptop.
Congressman Jordan responded to this coordination saying:

> The guy who put the whole letter together, Mike Morrell, former
> acting director of the CIA, said “we” did it because we wanted
> Joe Biden to have something to use against President Trump in the
> final debate on October 22nd, 2020. And we wanted that because we
> want Joe Biden to win.
In _The Censorship Industrial Complex_, the third episode, Jordan,
Taibbi, and I warn of the partnership among government, traditional
and social media to control Americans’ access to information. Taibbi
states:

> Civil society organizations are supposed to watch the government.
> The news media is supposed to watch both. The tech platforms are
> supposed to have different interests from the government. But what
> we see in the center in the censorship industrial complex is
> they’re all working together in what you know and what they call
> the shared endeavor. And, so it’s a consolidation of power.
I add this:

> I think we just have to come to terms with the fact that the Big
> Tech companies or social media companies are partisan leftist
> ideologues, and they’ve been lying about the reasons they’ve
> been quote, “moderating content.” They’ve been censoring
> content, not following a set of rules, but following government
> dictates and their own ideological predilections and political
> biases.
The series finale, _COVID, Censorship and Consequences,_ examines the
organized censorship of debate about the origins of the COVID-19
pandemic, mask mandates, and Dr. Anthony Fauci’s efforts to control
the narrative surrounding the pandemic. Senator Eric Schmitt notes:

> [I]n the lead up to the 2020 election, we saw this massive effort by
> the federal government to work with big tech to suppress dissenting
> views. And that’s an un-American thing to do. And so, we filed the
> lawsuit, which was a landmark lawsuit. And what we uncovered in that
> lawsuit was a vast censorship enterprise, broader and bigger than
> anybody could have ever imagined.
This documentary series was directed by Joe Weasel of Full Story
Films LLC., and produced by me, Paul Orfanedes and Chris Farrell.

We are deeply involved in the investigation of censorship by
government entities and Big Tech.

In April 2023, we filed two FOIA lawsuits
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against the
DOJ and other federal agencies for communications between the agencies
and Facebook and Twitter regarding the government’s involvement in
content moderation and censorship on the social media platforms.

In June 2023, we sued
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DHS for
all records of communications tied to the Election Integrity
Partnership. Based on representations from the EIP (see here
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and here
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the federal
government, social media companies, the EIP, the Center for Internet
Security
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(a non-profit
organization funded partly by DHS and the Defense Department
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and numerous other leftist groups communicated privately via the Jira
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software platform developed by Atlassian.

In February 2023, we sued
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the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for records showing cooperation
between the Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA) and
social media platforms to censor and suppress free speech.

In January 2023 we sued
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the DOJ for
records of communications between the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) and social media sites regarding foreign influence in elections,
as well as the Hunter Biden laptop story.

In September 2022, we sued
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the
Secretary of State of the State of California for having YouTube
censor our election integrity video.

In May 2022, YouTube censored a Judicial Watch video about Biden
corruption and election integrity issues in the 2020 election. The
video
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titled “Impeach? Biden Corruption Threatens National Security,”
was falsely determined to be “election misinformation” and removed
by YouTube, and our YouTube account was suspended for a week. Judicial
Watch continues to post its video
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content on its Rumble channel
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In July 2021, we uncovered
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records
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which
revealed that Facebook coordinated closely with the CDC to control the
COVID narrative and “misinformation” and that over $3.5 million in
free advertising given to the CDC by social media companies.

In May 2021, we revealed
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documents
showing that Iowa state officials pressured social media companies
Twitter and Facebook to censor posts about the 2020 election.

In April 2021, we published
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documents
revealing how California state officials pressured social media
companies (Twitter, Facebook, Google (YouTube)) to censor posts about
the 2020 election.

JUDICIAL WATCH SUES DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OVER SOCIAL
MEDIA CENSORSHIP

The Biden administration will not give up in its efforts to control
what we write, say and think. It has weaponized the intelligence
agencies against the American people.

We filed a FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. Office of the Director of
National Intelligence
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(ODNI) for records and concerning censorship of social media users
(_Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Office of the Director of National
Intelligence_
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_(No. 1:23-cv-02943)).

We sued after the Office of the ODNI failed to respond to a May 2023
FOIA request for:

> Records and communications of the National Counterterrorism Center
> … regarding the Foreign Malign Influence Center, including:

* Organizational chart;
* Position description of full-time employees and contractors;
* Annual budget;
* Communications with Twitter @twitter.com [now known as X],
Facebook @facebook.com, Meta @meta.com, TikTok @tiktok.com, Reddit
@reddit.com, YouTube @YouTube.com, Instagram @instagram.com,
concerning “foreign influence operations,” “misinformation,”
“disinformation;” and
* Policies, procedures, standard operating procedures, and strategic
plans 6. Working groups established with governmental, nongovernmental
organizations, or private entities.
* Working groups established with governmental, nongovernmental
organizations, or private entities.

In April 2022, the Department of Homeland Security announced a new
Disinformation Governance Board
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The new agency quickly became a flashpoint of controversy
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characterized by critics as a frontal assault on the First Amendment.
In August 2022, it was disbanded
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In September 2022, the Foreign Malign Influence Center
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was established under the Office of Director National Intelligence
with essentially the same mission: “as the primary U.S. Government
organization for analyzing and integrating all intelligence and other
reporting possessed or acquired pertaining to foreign malign
influence, including election security.” The Center has proposed a
public-private initiative
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calling for “significant monetary and resource investment by the
government” for “enhancing information sharing with private sector
entities.”

The Biden administration apparently believes it could resurrect its
domestic thought police deep inside the heart of America’s spy
agencies, and no one would notice. Well, we noticed and will pursue
the facts in spite of the Director of National Intelligence’s
illegal stonewalling.

JUDICIAL WATCH SUES CDC FOR RECORDS ABOUT CDC GUIDANCE ON MALE
BREASTFEEDING

Does the CDC have any credibility left when, with a straight face, it
purports to advise men on breastfeeding infants? Has our country sunk
this low?

We filed a FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) for records related to updated guidance from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on breastfeeding by
transgender biological males_ _(_Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services_
[[link removed]
_(No. 1:23-cv-03001)).

We sued after the CDC, a component of Health and Human Services,
failed to respond to a July 6, 2023, FOIA request asking for:

> 1. All records reviewed, referenced, or relied upon in the drafting
> and publishing of updated guidance pertaining to breastfeeding by
> transgender individuals on the CDC’s web site. For purposes of
> clarification, this guidance is published at
>
[link removed]
> and
>
[link removed].
> 2. All records of communication between any official or employee of
> the CDC and any other individual or entity regarding the updated
> guidance described in part one of this request.
The CDC posted
[[link removed]]
on its website advice to “transgender parents who have had breast
surgery” about breastfeeding or “chestfeeding” infants:

> Some transgender parents who have had breast/top surgery may wish to
> breastfeed, or chestfeed (a term used by some transgender and
> non-binary parents), their infants. Healthcare providers working
> with these families should be familiar with medical, emotional, and
> social aspects of gender transitions to provide optimal
> family-centered care and meet the nutritional needs of the infant.
In an article
[[link removed]]
dealing with “Health Equity Considerations” is a subsection titled
“Here are some things your emergency preparedness and response team
can do to help achieve health equity when working with families who
have young children.” The CDC advises:
Remember that:

* If you have questions about infant nutrition or medications before
and while breastfeeding, please consult with your healthcare
provider….
* Transgender and nonbinary-gendered individuals may give birth and
breastfeed or feed at the chest (chestfeed). The gender identity or
expression of transgender individuals is different from their sex at
birth. The gender identity of nonbinary-gendered individuals does not
fit neatly into either man or woman.
* An individual does not need to have given birth to breastfeed or
chestfeed.
* Some families may have other preferred terminology for how they
feed their babies, such as nursing, chestfeeding, or bodyfeeding.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Roger
Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and
Pensions in July 2023 sent a letter
[[link removed]]
to CDC Director Mandy Cohen, asking for information about the CDC’s
guidance for transgender women (biological men) who wish to
breastfeed:

We are writing to you with serious concern about the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidance for biological men
who identify as women (transgender individual) who wish to breastfeed.
CDC’s Pledge to the American People commits that the basis of all
public health decisions will be made on the highest quality scientific
data that is derived openly and objectively. This guidance, however,
seems driven by political considerations rather than science, and the
Agency has provided no explanation of the reasoning and data behind
these recommendations.

The senators ask for “information regarding the scientific basis”
regarding its guidance, including:

> Did the CDC use any peer-reviewed studies to inform its guidance on
> transgender individuals breastfeeding? If so, please provide these
> studies with your response. If not, why not?
>
> What data did CDC rely on that compares the nutritional benefits of
> biological women’s breast milk with the breast milk produced by a
> transgender individual?
>
> What data did CDC rely on to evaluate the long-term effects or
> health risks to an infant from being breastfed by a transgender
> individual who has received hormonal therapy to transition genders?
>
> Why does the CDC recommend that health care providers help
> transgender individuals obtain a drug that is not approved for use
> in the U.S.?
The Biden administration attacks the health and welfare of infants by
encouraging biological men to pretend to nurse them. This dangerous
transgender extremism is now the subject of a cover-up, as the CDC
refuses to turn over any records under FOIA to us about its
“advice” to help biological men attempt to “chestfeed”
infants.


JUDICIAL WATCH SUES STATE OVER ELIGIBILITY OF HUNGARIANS IN VISA
WAIVER PROGRAM

The vindictive nature of the Biden administration is on full display
in its treatment of Hungarian citizens because of the country’s
conservative prime minister.

We filed a FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for
communications and records regarding the eligibility of citizens of
Hungary to participate in a visa waiver program (_Judicial Watch v.
U.S. Department of State_
[[link removed]
_(No. 1:23-cv-02964)).
_ _
We sued after the Department of State failed to respond to an August
8, 2023, FOIA request sent to its Office of the Information Programs
and Services for:

> All records related to the modifications to the eligibility of
> citizens of Hungary to participate in the visa waiver program which
> went into effect on August 1, 2023
>
([link removed]).
This request
> includes, but is not limited to, all records reviewed, referenced,
> or relied upon in making the determination to implement the
> modifications, as well as all related records of communication
> between any official or employee of the Department of State and any
> other individual or entity.
On August 1, 2023, _Reuters_ reported
[[link removed]],
“The United States imposed restrictions for Hungarian passport
holders under its Visa Waiver Program on Tuesday … Relations between
the two governments have been burdened recently with Budapest's delay
of a parliament vote on Sweden’s NATO accession and curbs on LGBTQ
rights by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist government.”

Citing “vulnerabilities” because Hungary granted citizenship to
“nearly one million people” over the nine-year period of 2011 to
2020, the State Department announced on its website
[[link removed]


> Today, we notified the Government of Hungary that the Electronic
> System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) validity period for travel by
> Hungarian passport holders is reduced from two years to one year.
> Additionally, the validity of an ESTA for Hungarian passport holders
> will be limited to a single use.
The Leftists running the Biden administration want to punish Hungary
because they hate Viktor Oban, Hungary’s conservative prime
minister. And, as they try to bully Hungary over immigration, the
Biden administration continues to allow millions of illegal aliens to
come unhindered into the U.S.

Until next week,





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