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Judicial Watch Sues for Records on Biden Agency’s Welding Open
Border Wall Flood Gates

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Joe Biden is literally opening the flood gates to illegals. And, he is
unlawfully hiding records about this escapade.

We filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
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against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for all records about
Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents welding open “flood gates”
in the border wall in Arizona (_Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of
Homeland Security_
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(No. 1:24-cv-00742)).

We cite an August 22, 2023,
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by the _New York Post_ in which the U.S. Border Patrol admits it was
responsible for a decision to weld open more than 100 “flood
gates” in the wall at the U.S. southern border in Arizona, allowing
access points for illegal aliens to unlawfully enter the U.S.

According to the _Post_, the storm gates are normally kept shut but
are opened during the annual monsoon season, which Arizona is
currently experiencing, to prevent the border wall from being damaged.

We sued after the Department of Homeland Security failed to comply
with an August 28, 2023, FOIA request for: All documents and
communications from August 25, 2022, to August 25, 2023, relating to
welding open 114 flood gates in the border wall in Arizona.

The _New York Post’s_ report cites Border Patrol data showing the
border sector at Tucson, which includes the area with the open flood
gates, had become the busiest in the country with the Border Patrol
encountering 42,561 individuals trying to cross legally and illegally
into the country in July 2023.

The report states: “About 1,400 migrants a day from as far away as
China and Egypt as well as Central and South American countries are
walking through the open gates, then looking for a Border Patrol agent
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to and claim asylum
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In November 2022, we
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records of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
detailing the nighttime transportation of unaccompanied alien children
(UAC) by air from Texas to Tennessee, as well as two other flights
making multiple stops across the country.

In September 2021, we
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HHS documents
that list 33 separate incidents of alleged sexual abuse in a one-month
time period tied to unaccompanied alien children shelters.

I’ll be sure to let you know if we get anything substantial in about
this “flood gate” outrage portion of the Biden border invasion
crisis.

JUDICIAL WATCH SUES FOR 911 CALL, ARREST REPORTS IN LAKEN RILEY’S
MURDER

Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Georgia’s Augusta
University,
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killed
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while jogging in a park on the University of Georgia campus. Her
alleged killer is illegal alien Jose Antonio Ibarra from Venezuela.
This case has gained national attention.

We filed a Georgia Open Records Act
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against the University of Georgia Police Department for audio of any
911 call about the assault and murder.
Our lawsuit also demands the initial arrest report of Ibarra for the
February 22, 2024, murder of Riley (_Judicial Watch v. Jeff Clark, in
his official capacity as Chief of Police of the University of Georgia
Police Department_
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(SU24-cv-0106)).

We filed the lawsuit in the Superior Court of Clarke County after the
police agency failed to comply with March 1 and March 14 Georgia Open
Record Act requests, claiming that the records requested were exempt
because they are “records of law enforcement in pending
investigation of prosecution.”

We are requesting:

> The audio recording of the 911 call reportedly made by Laken Riley
> while she was allegedly being assaulted by Jose Antonio Ibarra on
> February 22, 2024.
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> The initial arrest report of Jose Antonio Ibarra for the February
> 22, 2024, homicide of Laken Riley.
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> The initial incident report relating to the death of Laken Riley.
Our lawsuit states: “911 records are public records that can be
released to the public as long as redactions are made of any names,
addresses, or telephone numbers of the person placing the call to the
public safety answering point.” Initial arrest and incident reports
are also required to be disclosed to the public under Georgia law.

There are many political forces that wish to suppress the truth about
what happened to Laken Riley, but we will insist on transparency under
law for the public interest and public safety.

(Judicial Watch is being ably assisted in this important lawsuit by
attorney John R. Monroe of John Monroe Law, P.C.)

JUDICIAL WATCH MOVES TO REOPEN BIDEN SENATE RECORDS LAWSUIT

Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF)
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the Superior Court of the State of Delaware to reopen their case for
the release of Joe Biden’s Senate records kept at the University of
Delaware in light of the findings of Special Counsel Robert Hur that
contradict representations made under oath made by the University of
Delaware that no taxpayer money was used to process Biden’s records.

The Hur report provides disturbing evidence that the University of
Delaware misled the courts in order to hide Biden’s Senate papers.

In July 2020, we initially filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
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against the
University of Delaware for former Vice President Joe Biden’s Senate
records, which are housed at the university’s library (_Judicial
Watch Inc. and The Daily Caller News Foundation v. DE Department of
Justice and University of Delaware_
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(No. N20A-07-001 CEB)). The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of
the State of Delaware.

In July 2023 the Delaware Supreme Court
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with the University of Delaware, denying the release of the records
because the university stated to the courts no tax dollars were used
to manage the records.

On February 5, 2024, Hur
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his report on the Biden records scandal, which calls into question the
representations by the university that no state tax dollars were used
to manage the Biden Senate papers (which Hur found to have contained
unlawfully retained classified information).

Our filing states:

> The [university’s affidavit] provides, in relevant part, that no
> consideration was paid to President Biden, “State funded or
> otherwise,” in connection with the Senatorial Papers. To the
> contrary, the Special Counsel Report found that “Mr. Biden asked
> two of his former longtime Senate staffers to review his boxes in
> courtesy storage,” and that “[t]he staffers were paid by the
> University of Delaware to perform the pre-gift review….”
> “These former staffers reviewed and catalogued the boxes and
> recommended to him which papers to donate….” One staffer emailed
> President Biden: “I have not forgotten about the boxes and files
> at your house. I am looking to start on those just after
> Thanksgiving” — another email notes that a staffer was
> “looking through about 20-25 boxes in the garage … From that
> group, he has about 2 boxes of Senate material so far….” The
> search for Senate documents took place at Mr. Biden’s direction,
> required the participation of many, and was paid for by the
> University. Even the University General Counsel was involved in
> coordinating with Mr. Biden’s Chief of Staff….
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> In sum, the Report shows that President Biden directed his former
> staffers’ work in reviewing and cataloguing the Senate Papers,
> received the benefit thereof—and the University paid for it. Such
> payments constitute consideration paid on President Biden’s behalf
> in connection with the donation of Senatorial Papers to the
> University—contrary to the representations [of the university].
Our filing points out:

> On February 20, 2024, Petitioners wrote to counsel for the
> University seeking clarification and additional information
> regarding the discrepancies between the Special Counsel Report and
> the Supplemented Affidavit…
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> On March 13, 2024, the University responded, dismissing
> Petitioners’ concerns and doubling down on the representation that
> “no consideration was paid to Mr. Biden for the gift of his Senate
> Papers …” and that “[y]our apparent assertion that payment for
> services provided to the University by _former_ Biden staffers who
> were independent contractors, constitutes a payment of consideration
> to Mr. Biden for the gift of his Senate Papers, is simply
> false….” (emphasis in original). Counsel’s assertion, however,
> directly contradicts the Special Counsel Report, which found that
> (1) Mr. Biden solicited and directed his former staffers’ work,
> (2) the former staffers performed the work for Mr. Biden—rather
> than the University, and (3) the University paid the former
> staffers.
“The stunning revelations from the Hur report extend beyond the
president’s memory lapses and mental state. The court needs to
reopen this case to determine whether the University of Delaware
lied,” said Michael Bastasch, editor-in-chief for the Daily Caller
News Foundation.

(Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation are being
represented by Delaware lawyers Ted Kittila and Bill Green of Halloran
Farkas + Kittila LLP.)

JUDICIAL WATCH SUES FOR EMAILS FROM PRIVATE ACCOUNTS OF TOP BIDEN
JUSTICE DEPT OFFICIAL

One thing I love about Judicial Watch is how we are able to find leads
and pull threads leading to potentially bigger scandal. In June 2023,
we received Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
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from the
Justice Department that showed top officials of its National Security
Division discussing the political implications of former President
Trump allowing CNN to use closed-circuit TV footage of the raid on his
Mar-a-Lago home.

The records included an email exchange in which Principal Deputy
Associate Attorney General Marshall Miller appears to forward
information to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco’s personal
account.

We just followed up with a FOIA
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against the Department of Justice for work-related emails on
Monaco’s nongovernment email accounts (_Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S.
Department of Justice_
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(No. 1:24-cv-00527)).

This new lawsuit comes after the Justice Department completely ignored
our follow-up June 22, 2023, FOIA request for “all work-related
emails sent to and from Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco using
non-.gov email accounts from January 20, 2021, to [June 2023].”

Judicial Watch caught Monaco using her personal email accounts for
sensitive government business – including the unprecedented
targeting of President Trump. And, in further echoes of the Hillary
Clinton email scandal, the Justice Department is trying to cover it
up.

In addition to having
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the
Clinton email scandal, Judicial Watch is in the forefront of the court
battles for transparency regarding the Biden administration’s
targeting of former President Trump.

In August 2023, we filed a
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against the
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for records of the
Archives’ role in President Trump’s White House records
controversy; whether it offered Trump a secure storage location other
than the National Archives; and if the Archives consulted with the
Office of the Director of National Intelligence regarding the
classification or declassification procedures of any of the alleged
classified documents found at Trump’s Florida residence.

In June 2023, we obtained
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records
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that showed top officials of the National Security Division discussing
the political implications of Trump allowing CNN to use closed-circuit
TV (CCTV) footage of the raid on his Mar-a-Lago home. The documents
confirmed that the Justice Department had asked that Mar-a-Lago CCTV
be turned off before the raid.

A separate Judicial Watch FOIA
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against the
National Archives and Records Administration resulted in the release
of records about the unprecedented document dispute between Archives
and President Trump. Click
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or
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to review the records.

In August 2022, we successfully
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to unseal
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search warrant affidavit
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used to
justify the unprecedented raid on the home of former President Trump.

In September 2022, we
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lawsuits against the DOJ for its records and the FBI’s records about
the Mar-a-Lago raid search warrant application and approval, as well
as communications about the warrant between the FBI, Executive Office
of the President and the Secret Service.

In October 2022, we
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the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) for all communications of the U.S. Secret
Service internally and with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
regarding the raid on Trump’s home and for any video or audio
recordings made during the raid.

In November 2022, we
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the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) for all communications between the Secret
Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the search
warrant that precipitated the raid on former Trump’s Florida
residence at Mar-a-Lago.

Until next week...





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