Judicial Watch Statement on the Confirmation of Kash Patel

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Judicial Watch Statement on the Confirmation of Kash Patel

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement regarding the confirmation of Kash Patel as director of the FBI: Kash Patel is a patriot and a fighter. I congratulate him on his confirmation as director of the FBI. It was a scandal his confirmation took this long.

Behind the bombshell end of the criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams

Rotten Big Apple? Prosecutorial pile-on? Politics as blood sport? To legal observers in New York City, those were the questions haunting the pending criminal trial of Mayor Eric Adams.

Judicial Watch Sues Pentagon for Records on Milley Jan 6 Calls

Judicial Watch announced recently that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense for information about two conference calls involving then-Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Mark Milley with the Departments of Justice, Interior and Homeland Security regarding coordination for the January 6, 2021, election certification (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Defense (No. 1:25-cv-00439)).

Soros-Funded Group Sues Trump for Cutting Aid of Another Nonprofit Bankrolled by the Leftist Billionaire

Highlighting the need to crack down on waste at the nation’s famously corrupt global aid agency, a group funded by leftwing billionaire George Soros is suing the Trump administration for freezing the funds of another nonprofit, also bankrolled by Soros, that receives millions of dollars from the from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Trump goes on ‘unprecedented’ Pentagon firing spree: report

Fox News

President Donald Trump fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, and a number of other top military officers in a dramatic shakeup of Pentagon leadership. Trump campaigned heavily on the idea of removing "woke" generals from the top of the military. Trump’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has also made it a point to root out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the military.

Watchdog pushes for investigation of ex-Gen. Milley’s Jan. 6 planning

Washington Examiner

Judicial Watch today said that after being stonewalled by the Pentagon for details about conference calls hosted by Milley and two other Pentagon officials, it has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to get access to reports and transcripts.

It is unclear what those calls covered, although Judicial Watch said that the targeting of “far right” groups has been reported.

The USAID Nightmare Continues

Townhall

In April 2017, the government watchdog filed an open records lawsuit against the U.S. State Department and USAID after both failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking records related to grants, payment authorizations, and communications between U.S. officials and all subsidiaries affiliated with Open Society Foundations. Judicial Watch also asked for responsive records of messages sent from Obama appointee Jess L. Baily, the former U.S. ambassador to Macedonia, as well as documents pertaining to the political activities of Open Society Foundation’s Macedonia arm.