Judicial Watch announced it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for all records regarding Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate President Trump on July 13, 2024, (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:25-cv-02216)).

Federal agents at one of the nation’s busiest border crossings failed to screen illegal immigrants from a country that poses a security threat to the United States as record numbers of the Special Interest Aliens (SIAs) poured in through its California sector. The SIAs—identified by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as foreign nationals originating from countries with possible or established links to terrorism—from Central Asia were being smuggled into the U.S. through Mexico in record numbers yet Border Patrol agents in San Diego did not have a process for identifying or vetting them like their counterparts in other southwest border sectors during an unprecedented illegal immigration crisis.

O’Donnell was U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General from 2020 to 2025, where he was a lone voice in the EPA warning against “fast money” and careless spending. His reputation as a relentless fighter against fraud, waste, and abuse was earned, having taken the agency’s Office of Inspector General from one that realized only $3 million in annual monetary impact to one realizing over $2 billion in 2024.

“The Hunter Biden pardon for undefined crimes going back a decade is invalid on its face. The Trump Justice Department should immediately release any and all records about the Biden pardon scandal,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.