CIA Cover-Up on Hunter Biden
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Judicial Watch Denounces the Absurd Trump
Verdict
Pure corruption. Judicial Watch denounces this absurd guilty verdict and
Soviet-style criminal proceeding that has so abused President Trump. What
just happened to Trump up in New York is criminal.
The verdict is no surprise considering the rigged, kangaroo court
proceedings run by a biased, conflicted judge and an unethical, politicized
Democratic Party prosecution team. May 30, 2024, the day the verdict came
down, was a terrible day for the rule of law that will go down in infamy.
This whole process is compromised, and this verdict should be overturned in
an emergency fashion.
The evidence shows that Trump committed no crimes, and this is a
prosecution about “nothing.” This and other Democratic Party-political
prosecutions of Trump are an abomination under law and are destabilizing to
our nation.
Judicial Watch will continue to expose in court the truth about these
attacks on the rule of law, free and fair elections, and the U.S.
Constitution. In the meantime, our elections have officially been
compromised by this politicized prosecution.
We have several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits related to the
prosecutorial abuse targeting Trump.
In March 2024, we filed a Georgia Open Records Act
lawsuit
against District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County, Georgia, for
records of any communication Willis and the county had with Special Counsel
Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee. The lawsuit was filed in the
Superior Court of Fulton County after Willis and the county denied having
any responsive records.
In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice
asked
a federal court to allow the agency to keep secret the names of top
staffers working in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office that is targeting
former President Donald Trump and other Americans.
(Before his appointment to investigate and prosecute Trump, Special Counsel
Jack Smith was at the center of several controversial issues, the
IRS
scandal among them. In 2014, a Judicial Watch
investigation
revealed that top IRS officials had been in communication with Jack
Smith’s then-Public Integrity Section about a plan to launch criminal
investigations into conservative tax-exempt groups. Read more
here.)
In January 2024, we filed a
lawsuit
against Fulton County, Georgia, for records regarding the hiring of Nathan
Wade as a special prosecutor by Willis. Wade was hired to pursue
unprecedented criminal investigations and prosecutions against former
President Trump and others over the 2020 election disputes.
In October 2023, we
sued
the DOJ for records and communications between the Office of U.S. Special
Counsel Jack Smith and the Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney’s
office regarding requests/receipt of federal funding/assistance in the
investigation of former President Trump and his 18 codefendants in the
Fulton
County indictment of August 14, 2023. To date, the DOJ is
refusing to confirm or deny the existence of records, claiming that to do
so would interfere with enforcement proceedings. Judicial Watch’s
litigation challenging this is continuing.
Through the New York Freedom of Information Law, in July 2023, we received
the
engagement
letter showing New York County District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg
paid $900 per hour for partners and $500 per hour for associates to the
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm for the purpose of suing Rep. Jim Jordan
(R-OH) in an effort to shut down the House Judiciary Committee’s
oversight investigation into Bragg’s unprecedented indictment of
Trump.
You can expect that the government abuses targeting Trump will not stop and
will only increase – and you can also expect that Judicial Watch will not
stop investigating and exposing this dangerous threat to our republican
form of government.
Defense Department Records Show U.S. Air Force Hosted ‘Drag Story
Time’
Your nation’s military is being ruined by woke ideology.
Judicial Watch received
25
pages of records regarding drag shows, drag story hours and
other pride events for military personnel and their dependent minors
organized and paid for by the U.S. Air Force.
We obtained the documents through a May 5, 2023, Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request submitted with
CatholicVote
Civic Action to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The Defense
Department issued at least half a dozen “no records” responses to the
FOIA request prior to finally releasing these records. We requested:
All emails and text messages sent to and from the Secretary of Defense,
Lloyd J. Austin, III, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks and
the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding drag shows and drag
story hours on U.S. military installations …
All Department of Defense documentation,
including but not limited to PowerPoints, flyers, handouts, that were or
are being used to promote any drag shows and drag story hours on U.S.
military installations …
All Department of Defense documentation
regarding the funding of drag shows and drag story hours on U.S. military
installations …
A June 10, 2021,
social
media post by the Ramstein & Vogelweh Air Force Libraries
advertises:
We’re celebrating PRIDE month with our very first DRAG STORY TIME! Our
local Drag King, Sauvage, will be reading some of our favorite stories
about what makes each of us special. Story time begins at 1030!
Graphics included with the post include a
rainbow flag and two books from which Drag King Sauvage intends to read.
The first book is titled “I
Am Perfectly Designed” by
Karamo Brown. The second book is titled “The
HIPS on the DRAG QUEEN Go Swish, Swish, Swish” with a depiction of three males in
dresses.
The records also include a graphic for a
June 2 “Drag
Queen Story Time” event at the
Ramstein Library.
An advertisement for an 18 and older event on June 4 called “Drag
Karaoke” at “Club E” with “special guest from Monarchy
of RoyalTEA” announces prizes for “best dressed” and drink
specials.
An advertisement for a seven-week
summer
reading program re-promotes “Drag Queen Storytime” on June
10 and shows each week given a different color identification for events
that include virtual story times, teen socials and scavenger hunts.
The newly obtained records include several additional
advertisements
for adult events (e.g. Bingo Night, Karaoke Night and D&I Pride
Night) at “Club E” and the “Galaxy Club.”
A
communication
from the marketing department of the 100th Force Support Squadron discusses
proofs of brochures, posters and tickets for a “LGBT Obsurvance [sic]
Event” to be held at the Galaxy Club on February 25, 2022. The names of
all participants in the chain are redacted.
One individual requests:
Can you pretty please with a cherry on top please add, Drag In front of
Show? Drag Show: 7:pm, I will need it on the tickets as well. Will I be
getting a proof for the 250 pre-sale tickets? Please advise.
Later in the chain, an individual states:
I just had TSg [Redacted] in my office requesting LGBT Observance
removed and changed to Drag Show. She claims she spoke to the FSSS [Force
Support Squadron] commander. If you like [sic] to confirm with her before
changing. I will pick up what is printed. I will not need anymore [sic]
printed material except for an electronic sli.de with the change so they
can print as they wish. I will take the 60 tickets and all printed
material. It will work. No more printed material we are fine with what was
done.
May 2022
meeting
minutes from an international diversity and inclusion group
called “Pathfinders” lists an extensive number of upcoming Pride Month
and Diversity Day events that will be supported at Ramstein Air Force
Base.
A May 2022
email
with redacted sender and recipient(s) and subject line “Diversity and
Inclusion Events” contains a list of upcoming events:
- Luau at
the Crown – Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
(AAPIHM)
- Lei
Making at the CDC (RAFA & RAFC)
- Luau at
the Stukeley (AAPIHM)
- Lunch
and Learn (AAPIHM)
- Origami
at the Youth Center (RAFA only)
- Color
Run (RAFC)
-
Juneteenth (RAFA & RAFC)
- Drag
Show Bingo (RAFA)
- Glow
Party/Karaoke (RAFA)
-
Diversity Day (All bases) – Strat Calendar
In a May 30, 2022,
email
with redacted sender and recipient and the subject line “Drag Events”
the sender writes:
I have attached our posters, FSS [Force Support Squadron] Calendar, and
screen shots of the Facebook events. I’ve also attached a screenshot of
the video the drag queen sent us to promote the events. The full video is
too big for the NIPR server. The images are too big for the server so I am
sending this in 2 emails. Also, I’m sure we also did at least one e-blast
but I can’t seem to find it in my email. Let me know if you need anything
else.
A June 2022
invoice
for $400 covers booking Miss Lexi Andrews, Drag Queen, for an appearance at
“Drag Queen Bingo” on June 23 and a performance at a “Glow Party”
the following day.
“The Department of Defense has once again proven that radical leftist
ideology is more important than military preparedness and protecting
Americans from tangible threats at home and abroad,” said Tim Huelskamp,
Ph.D., CatholicVote senior advisor. “After an entire year of
stonewalling, the DOD finally returned materials from just one command in
one branch, which confirmed what we feared – that taxpayer funds were
being used to promote drag shows and radical gender ideology on military
bases, with full approval from Air Force leadership.”
How on Earth is it appropriate to spend our limited defense dollars on
promoting these sexually themed events for children and adults rather than
on advancing the military’s mission?
Judicial Watch Sues CIA for Records on Hunter Biden Investigation
Judicial Watch is digging into reports that federal agencies interfered in
investigations of Hunter Biden.
In our latest effort, we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
lawsuit
against the Central Intelligence Agency for all agency records relating to
the Department of Justice or Internal Revenue Service investigations of
Hunter Biden and all records relating to efforts to interview lawyer
Patrick Kevin Morris regarding Hunter Biden (Judicial
Watch v. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (No.
1:24-cv-01537)).
Los Angeles-based lawyer
Morris
is reportedly a friend of Hunter Biden’s, who allegedly loaned the
president’s son millions of dollars. Since 2019, Morris has
allegedly
loaned
him approximately $4.9 million for “personal expenses,” including
federal taxes.
We sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the
CIA failed to respond to two FOIA requests. The first, dated March 22,
2024, asks the agency for:
All documents and communications referring or relating to the Department
of Justice or Internal Revenue Service investigation of Rober Hunter Biden,
DPOB: February 4, 1970, Wilmington, DE.
All documents and communications referring
or relating to Attorney Patrick Kevin Morris, including but not limited to
requests or efforts to interview Mr. Morris concerning Robert Hunter
Biden.
The second FOIA request, dated March 27, 2024, asks the CIA for:
All records of communications including, but not limited to, emails and
text messages between officials of the CIA and officials of the U.S.
Justice Department regarding Hunter Biden and/or Hunter Biden’s lawyer,
Kevin Morris.
In March 2024, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Oversight
and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer
revealed
that a whistleblower disclosed to the committees that the CIA intervened to
stop the IRS from interviewing Morris:
Recently, the Committees received information from a whistleblower
alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) intervened in the
investigation of Hunter Biden to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
and the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigators from interviewing
[Morris]. We therefore write to request relevant material from the CIA.
As part of the impeachment inquiry, the
Committees are investigating, among other things, whether President Biden
“abuse[d] his power as President to impede, obstruct, or otherwise hinder
investigations or the prosecution of Hunter Biden.” As background, for
years, the IRS and DOJ had been investigating Hunter Biden for tax crimes.
The Committees have documented how the DOJ deviated from its standard
processes to afford preferential treatment to Hunter Biden. The Committees
learned about the deviations in the spring of 2023 after two brave
whistleblowers testified to Congress that DOJ officials deviated “from
the normal process that provided preferential treatment, in this case to
Hunter Biden . . . .” Among other deviations, DOJ officials restricted
what investigative steps the investigators could pursue, tipped off Hunter
Biden's attorneys about investigative steps, and even prevented
investigators from conducting witness interviews. The whistleblowers’
testimony about the preferential treatment provided to Hunter Biden has
been corroborated by testimony from other witnesses and documents the
Committees have received.
Hunter Biden faces two separate criminal trials in June. Biden’s trial on
gun charges in Delaware is scheduled to begin on June 3. On June 20, his
trial on various tax charges begins in California.
It is more than interesting that the CIA is stonewalling our Hunter
Biden-related request.
We have several FOIA lawsuits and information requests focused on Biden
family corruption.
We sued the FBI for records regarding the gun owned by Hunter Biden that
reportedly was thrown in a trash can behind a Delaware grocery store. In
a
joint
status report to the court, the FBI stated it would not produce
records about the incident due to an “ongoing criminal
investigation.”
In February 2023, from a separate lawsuit, we
released
records from the United States Secret Service that implicate the
FBI in the unusual action to help Hunter Biden.
In response to a February 24, 2021,
email
inquiry from Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger regarding the Secret
Service’s involvement in the investigation of the Hunter Biden gun
incident, the Communications Department asks for “more information or
documentation.” Schreckinger responds: “Sure thing.
Agents visited StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply and asked to take
possession of the paperwork Hunter had filled out to purchase a gun there.
The FBI also had some involvement in the investigation.”
In October 2020, The Blaze
reported
that in October 2018, Hunter Biden’s handgun was taken by Hallie Biden,
the widow of then-presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son Beau. In 2021,
Politico reported:
Hallie took Hunter’s gun and threw it in a trash can behind a grocery
store, only to return later to find it gone.
Delaware police began investigating,
concerned that the trash can was across from a high school and that the
missing gun could be used in a crime, according to law enforcement
officials and a copy of the police report obtained by POLITICO.
But a curious thing happened at the time:
Secret Service agents approached the owner of the store where Hunter bought
the gun and asked to take the paperwork involving the sale, according to
two people, one of whom has firsthand knowledge of the episode and the
other was briefed by a Secret Service agent after the fact.
In June 2023, we sued
the CIA for all communications of the spy agency’s Prepublication
Classification Review Board (PCRB) regarding an October 19, 2020, email
request to review and “clear” a letter signed by 51 former intelligence
community officials characterizing the Hunter Biden laptop story as having
“all the earmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign.”
In July 2023, we sued
the DOJ for records from the Office of the Attorney General and Office of
the Deputy Attorney General regarding the Internal Revenue Service
investigation of Hunter Biden.
In June 2023, we filed a lawsuit
against the Department of Justice for a copy of the FBI FD-1023 form that
describes “an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden
and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy
decisions.” Judicial Watch also asked for communications about the
FD-1023.
In May 2023, we filed a FOIA lawsuit
against the National Archives for Biden family records and communications
regarding travel and finance transactions, as well as communications
between the Bidens and several known business associates.
On October 14, 2022, we sued
the DOJ for all records in the possession of FBI Supervisory
Intelligence Analyst Brian Auten regarding an August 6, 2020, briefing
provided to members of the U.S. Senate. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck
Grassley (R-IA) raised concerns that the briefing was intended to undermine
the senators’ investigation of Hunter Biden.
We filed a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department on April 20, 2022, for
messages sent through the SMART
(State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolkit) system that mention Hunter
Biden.
In December 2020, State Department records
obtained through a Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit showed that former U.S.
Ambassador to Ukraine Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch had specifically warned
in 2017 about corruption allegations against Burisma Holdings.
In October 2020, weh forced the release of State Department records
that included a briefing checklist of a February 22, 2019, meeting in Kyiv
between then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and Sally
Painter, co-founder and chief operating officer of Blue Star Strategies, a
Democratic lobbying firm which was hired by Burisma Holdings to combat
corruption allegations. At the time of the meeting, Hunter Biden was
serving on the board of directors for Burisma Holdings.
Biden Agency Releasing Suspected Terrorists Threatens Military Bases,
Infrastructure
The recent incident involving two Jordanian nationals trying to breach the
Marine base at Quantico is concerning. And it highlights the national
security risk of the Biden administration permitting a border invasion, as
our Corruption Chronicles blog reports.
Under the Biden administration the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
has a pattern of releasing suspected terrorists at the southwest border
resulting in national security risks that include threats to U.S. military
installations and critical infrastructure, a congressional committee
affirms. Federal lawmakers reveal that since Biden took office the U.S.
Border Patrol has encountered at least 351 illegal aliens on the Terrorist
Screening Data Set coming into the country between ports of entry. Among
them are two Jordanian nationals who recently attempted to breach a
military base not far from the nation’s capital. The men drove a truck to
the main gate of Marine Corps Base Quantico earlier this month and ignored
guards’ orders to stop when they could not provide credentials required
to gain access to the facility. The Virginia base is about 35 miles south
of Washington, D.C.
Now the House Homeland Security Committee,
established nearly two decades ago to ensure that the American people are
protected from terrorist attacks, is investigating the matter and demanding
action from administration officials charged with safeguarding the nation,
including the secretaries of Homeland Security (Alejandro Mayorkas) and
Defense (Lloyd Austin) as well as FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a
letter to the
Biden officials, high-ranking committee members including chairman Mark
Green of Tennessee, ask for documents and other pertinent information to
aid in their investigation into threats posed by foreign nationals to U.S.
military bases and other critical infrastructure. That includes
communications such as text messages and electronic mail between DHS, DOD
and the FBI related to the May 3 incident at Marine Corps Base Quantico,
documents to identify the names and countries of origin of the truck’s
occupants and their current alien file. The committee also wants files with
all derogatory information in the Terrorist Screening Data Set associated
with any individual who attempted to breach the military compound and all
files containing notes from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
officers and prosecutors referring to the individuals involved.
The attempted breach at the Marine Corps
base reflects a possibly more dire reality for the state of U.S. national
security, the committee members write, adding recent congressional
testimony delivered by the FBI director. “As Director Wray stated in a
recent Senate hearing, ‘a wide array of very dangerous threats . . .
emanate from the border, requiring ‘much greater vigilance’ to protect
the country.” The legislators point out that DHS’s relaxed vetting
standards, which complement Biden’s avowed desire to surge the border
with inadmissible migrants, have created an environment ripe for
exploitation by individuals aiming to undermine the United States at its
most critical points. “If individuals on the terrorist watchlist are so
emboldened to attempt to breach a Marine Corps base, the Department of
Homeland Security and the entire executive branch must act swiftly to
identify, apprehend, and detain such hostile actors on American soil,”
the letter states.
The recent incident in Virginia appears to
be part of a broader security issue involving U.S. military bases and
foreign intruders. Less than a year ago a mainstream newspaper published an
alarming exposé involving
Chinese nationals, sometimes posing as tourists, accessing military bases
and other sensitive U.S. sites as many as 100 times. In the story U.S.
officials, from agencies such as the FBI and DOD, describe the incidents as
espionage threats designed to test security practices at U.S. military
installations and other federal sites. Examples include Chinese
nationals—required to report back to the Chinese Communist Party
(CCP)—crossing into a U.S. missile range in New Mexico to scuba divers
swimming in murky waters near a U.S. government rocket-launch facility in
Florida. The same Homeland Security Committee also initiated an
investigation into the Chinese breaches after learning about them in the
media. In a September 2023 letter to
Mayorkas, Wray and Austin, the committee points out that the “persistent
and multi-faceted threats posed by the CCP to U.S. homeland security have
only intensified under the Biden-Harris administration.”
Until next week,
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