What is Biden Hiding?

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FDA BOUGHT FETAL ORGANS, HEADS AND TISSUE FOR ‘HUMANIZED MICE’
PROJECT

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Judicial Watch has uncovered more documents detailing the evil
activities of your federal government – the trafficking of the
remains of unborn human beings killed by abortion.

We received another 198 pages
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of records and communications from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) involving “humanized mice
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research with human fetal heads, organs and tissue, including
communications and contracts with human fetal tissue provider Advanced
Bioscience Resources (ABR).

Most of the records are communications and related attachments between
Perrin Larton
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a
procurement manager for ABR, and research veterinary medical officer
Dr. Kristina Howard
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of the FDA.

We received the records through a March 2019 FOIA lawsuit
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against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, of which the
FDA is a part (_Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department Health and Human
Services_
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(No. 1:19-cv-00876)).

Our lawsuit asks for all contracts and related documentation on
disbursement of funds, procedural documents and communications between
FDA and ABR for the provision of human fetal tissue to be used in
humanized mice research. After we successfully opposed the FDA’s
redaction of certain information from its records, a federal court
ordered
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HHS to release additional information about its purchases of organs
harvested from aborted human fetuses – including “line item
prices,” or the price per organ the government paid to ABR. The
court also found “there is reason to question” whether the
transactions violate federal law barring the sale of fetal organs.
Documents previously uncovered in this lawsuit show that the federal
government demanded the purchased fetal organs be “fresh and never
froze
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The records include an FDA generated contract
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with ABR, based on a “requisition” it issued on July 27, 2012, for
$12,000 worth of “tissue procurement for humanized mice,” which
indicates the requisition was for a “non-competitive award.”
Although the initial award was for $12,000, the total estimated amount
of funds allocated for the requisition was $60,000. Under
“Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition,” the FDA
writes:

Scientists within the FDA and in the larger field of humanized mouse
research have searched extensively over the past several years, and
ABR is the only company in the U.S. capable of supplying tissues
suitable for HM research. No other company or organization is capable
of fulfilling the need.

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Costs are estimated [for the fetal parts] at $230 per tissue x two
tissues per shipment = $460 plus $95 shipping = $555 per shipment. A
total of 21 shipments = $11,655.00.

An April 1, 2013, “Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of
Contract
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form that shows the FDA purchased fetal livers and thymuses from ABR
going back to at least October 2012, billing $580 per liver/thymus
set, but later paying a unit price of $685.
A January 1, 2013, “Fees for Services Schedule
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provided by ABR to the FDA includes:

FETAL CADAVEROUS PROCUREMENT SERVICE
FEE

2nd trimester D&E
[Dilation and Evacuation abortion]
(13-24 weeks)
per specimen $275

1st trimester aspiration [abortion] (8-12 weeks) per
specimen $515

Intact Calvarium [baby’s skull] (8-24 weeks)”
per specimen $515
The fees for services schedule also includes “Special
Processing/Preservation” of the fetal parts, such as “Tissue
‘Cleaning,’” “Snap freezing,” and “Passive freezing (Dry
ice).”

In a September 9, 2014, “Order for Supplies or Services
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the FDA writes regarding a $9,900 order:

The Contractors shall ship 2nd Trimester thymus $325, 2nd Trimester
liver $325. Overnight deliver $150 and EFT wire transfer fee $25, for
a total per delivery of $825. Total of this contract not to exceed
$9,900.00.
As the result of an August 21, 2015, “Amendment of
Solicitation/Modification of Contract,” ABR bumped up the price of
baby livers and thymuses
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from $325 each to $340 each.

A “Tissue Acquisition Quote
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sent by ABR to Howard on July 5, 2017, provided a quote of $5,440 each
to provide 16 sets of second trimester (16-24 weeks) livers and 16
sets of second trimester (16-24 weeks) thymuses at $340 per
“sample.” The request for the quote notes that “tissue known to
be positive for HIV, HepA, HepB, HepC or chromosomal abnormalities are
not acceptable.”

On June 28, 2017, a redacted FDA contract specialist sends Larton at
ABR a request for a quote
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(RFQ) of pricing for human fetal tissue, aged “16-24 weeks,”
including a “Statement of Needs”:

The HM [humanized mice] are created by surgical implantations of human
tissue into mice that have multiple genetic mutations that block the
development of the mouse immune system at a very early stage. The
absence of the mouse immune system allows the human tissues to grow
and develop into functional human tissues…. In order for the
humanization to proceed correctly we need to obtain fetal tissue with
a specific set of specialized characteristics.
A May 2018, report
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from a company named “LABS,” which was employed by ABR to test
fetal parts and their mothers for hepatitis and HIV, notes in its
“methodology description” that they are approved by the FDA “for
living and cadaveric donor screening.”

The records include a recitation of requirements
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by the FDA for “Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer
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in which ABR must
adhere to regulations relating to “Convict Labor” and “Child
Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies.”

On September 24, 2018, the Trump FDA terminated
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its contract with ABR for human tissue purchases and began an audit of
its acquisitions of baby body parts. The records include the FDA’s
letter terminating
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the contract:

Based on the terms and conditions of the Purchase Order as awarded to
Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. ("ABR") on July 27, 2018, the
Government is not sufficiently assured that the human tissue provided
to the Government to humanize the immune systems of mice will comply
with the prohibitions set forth under 42 U.S.C. § 289g- 2.
Furthermore, the Government has concerns with the sufficiency of the
sole-source justification. Therefore, pursuant to FAR [Federal
Acquisition Regulation] clause 52.213-4(f), the Purchase Order is
being terminated effective September 24, 2018.

Here’s some background.

In February 2020, we first uncovered through this lawsuit hundreds of
pages of records
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from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) showing that the agency
paid thousands of dollars to a California-based firm to purchase
organs from aborted human fetuses to create “humanized mice” for
HIV research.

In May 2021, this lawsuit uncovered FDA records
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showing the agency spent tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to buy
human fetal tissue from ABR. The tissue was used in creating
“humanized mice” to test “biologic drug products.” The records
indicated the FDA wanted tissue purchases “Fresh; shipped on wet
ice.”

On August 3, 2021, we announced
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that The Center for Medical Progress
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(CMP) and
Judicial Watch, through a separate lawsuit, received 252 pages
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of new documents from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
that reveal nearly $3 million in federal funds were spent on the
University of Pittsburgh’s quest to become a “Tissue Hub” for
human fetal tissue ranging from 6 to 42 weeks’ gestation. The Pitt
scientists note that, “All fetal tissue is collected through a
collaborative process
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including
Family Planning, Obstetrics and Pathology.” Pitt anticipated
“being able to harvest and distribute
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quality
tissue and cells … [and] do not anticipate any major problems
related to the acquisition and distribution of the tissues.”
Pitt’s target goal “is to have available a minimum of 5 cases
(tissues and if possible other biologicals) per week of gestational
age for ages 6-42 weeks.”

Chopping up aborted human beings for their organs and tissue is a
moral and legal outrage. This issue should be front and center in any
debate about America’s barbaric abortion industry.

DC POLICE SEEK SECOND DELAY IN RESPONDING TO ASHLI BABBITT RECORDS
SUIT

Nancy Pelosi is using events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 to
attack those who oppose the tyranny of the Left. What gives her
political game away is the wholesale concealing of facts about that
day.

The latest: The District of Columbia asked a court for an additional
delay
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to respond to our FOIA lawsuit for records related to the U.S. Capitol
Police shooting death of Ashli Babbitt on January 6. 2001.

In our opposition to the second requested 30 day delay, we argue that
DC “has brazenly violated the law on an issue of significant public
interest,” and “seeks delay for nothing more than delay’s sake.

We filed our May 2021 FOIA lawsuit
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filed after DC failed to respond to two FOIA April, 2021 requests to
the Metropolitan Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical
Examiner for records related to Babbitt’s death (_Judicial Watch v.
The District of Columbia _
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2021 CA 001710 B)).

In August, our lawsuit led to the release
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of records from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner revealing
that it submitted a request for permission to cremate Babbitt only two
days after taking custody of her body and that ‘due to the “high
profile nature” of Babbitt’s case, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner
Francisco Diaz requested that a secure electronic file with limited
access be created for Babbitt’s records.

The Metropolitan Police Department has yet to provide any records.

Babbitt was shot and killed
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as she climbed through a broken interior window in the United State
Capitol. She was unarmed, and a 14-year Air Force veteran. The
identity of the shooter was kept secret by Congress, and federal and
local authorities for eight months until U.S. Capitol Police officer
Michael Byrd went public
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to try to defend his killing of Ms. Babbitt.

Now that the officer who shot Ashli Babbitt has finally been
identified – and has gone public – there is no reason for the DC
Police to hide records on the homicide of Babbitt. America deserves to
have the full details of what really happened on January 6.

We are pursuing several investigations into the events of January 6.

We recently asked the court
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for
discovery in its lawsuit against the United States Capitol Police for
emails and videos concerning the disturbance at the U.S. Capitol.

In March, we filed a FOIA lawsuit
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against the District of Columbia for records about the death of
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. Pressure from this
lawsuit helped lead to the disclosure that Capitol Police Officer
Brian Sicknick died of natural causes.

In May, we sued
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both the Department of the Interior and the Department of Defense for
records regarding the deployment of armed forces around the Capitol
complex in Washington, D.C., in January and February of 2021.

We also filed a lawsuit for Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s communications
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with the Pentagon in the days after the January 6 incident.

(Update: The Court granted the extension of time but Judicial Watch
will continue the legal pressure for full disclosure about the Babbitt
killing and other January 6 information that Nancy Pelosi and her
allies are hiding.)

DELAWARE SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS CASE ON BIDEN SENATE RECORDS SECRECY

Our quest to learn what Joe Biden is hiding about his Senate career
has reached the Supreme Court of Delaware, which heard arguments this
week in our state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. We sued
on behalf of the Daily Caller News Foundation for access to records
about President Joe Biden’s Senate records held by the University of
Delaware. (You can view the arguments here
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Biden’s papers include more than 1,850 boxes of archival records
from his senate career. The university is withholding the alleged
agreement with President Biden to keep them secret as well as
communications between the university and representatives of the
president about keeping them secret.

We and The Daily Caller filed requests on April 30, 2020, for all of
Biden’s records and for records about the preservation and any
proposed release of the records, including communications with Mr.
Biden or his representatives.

Our appeal
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challenges a Superior Court of Delaware’s January 4, 2021, ruling
upholding the Delaware state attorney general’s opinion that the
records are not “public records” because, the opinion concludes
without evidence, no public funds are used to support the Biden
records project at the University of Delaware.

We argue that it is impossible for the housing of Biden’s senatorial
records in the University of Delaware’s Library to not be supported
by or have an effect on any public funds. We note that the University
admitted that “[t]he State of Delaware provides the University with
approximately $120 million each year through an appropriation in the
state budget,” but has yet to show how any of these funds are not
used to support the papers.

We also point out that “archival storage space and professional
staff members’ time are things of value that it can be inferred are
paid for with public funds,” and notes that the requests even listed
the “University personnel who maintain the Senatorial Papers whose
salaries, it can be inferred, are paid with State funds.”

“The University of Delaware’s argument that a public university
housing public records is not subject to public disclosure
requirements would be comical if all this weren't so serious. We are
hopeful that the court will not allow this attempt to hide President
Biden's rightfully public information to stand,” Daily Caller News
Foundation President Neil Patel said.

We filed the July 2020 FOIA lawsuit
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after the University denied its April 30, 2020, request for:

* All records regarding the proposed release of the records
pertaining to former Vice President Joe Biden’s tenure as a Senator
that have been housed at the University of Delaware Library since
2012. This request includes all related records of communication
between the University of Delaware and any other records created
pertaining to any meeting of the Board of Trustees during which the
proposed release of the records was discussed.
* All records of communication between any representative of the
University of Delaware and former Vice President Biden or any other
individual acting on his behalf between January 1, 2018 and the
present.

Also on April 30, the Daily Caller News Foundation submitted its FOIA
request to the university for:

* All agreements concerning the storage of more than 1,850 boxes of
archival records and 415 gigabytes of electronic records from Joe
Biden’s senate career from 1973 through 2009.
* Communications between the staff of the University of Delaware
Library and Joe Biden or his senatorial, vice-presidential or
political campaign staff, or for anyone representing any of those
entities between January 1, 2010, and April 30, 2020, about Joe
Biden’s senate records.
* Any logs or sign-in sheets recording any individuals who have
visited the special-collections department where records from Joe
Biden’s senate career are stored between 2010 to the date of this
request.
* All records from Joe Biden’s Senate career that have been
submitted to the University of Delaware Library.

It is more than a little bit curious that President Biden refuses to
make not one page of his Senate records available to the American
public. Delaware law requires state entities, including the University
of Delaware, to provide public access to these records.

OBAMA PROGRAM TO EXPAND MIGRANT YOUTH ENTRY RETURNS WITH BROADENED
ELIGIBILITY

Joe Biden’s minions are looking for every opportunity to open our
border to any and all comers, and our _Corruption Chronicles_ blog has
details
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on their latest move.

A revived Obama program to allow more migrants under the age of 21 to
come to the U.S. legally will begin accepting new applications this
week and has been expanded to assure more candidates qualify, the
Biden administration announced
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via
the State Department. Known as the Central American Minors
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(CAM) Refugee and Parole program, it was
initially launched in 2014 so youths from Guatemala, El Salvador, and
Honduras with a relative in the U.S. could qualify for asylum without
having to apply in person as is customary. The Trump administration
terminated the program in 2017 and earlier this year the Biden
administration said it was “reinstituting and improving
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it.

The new version, which officially begins accepting new applications
today, will broaden eligibility and reopen cases that were closed when
CAM was shut down, according to the State Department announcement
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that
says “resettlement support center partners were trained to support
families during the process” throughout August. That means it is
highly likely the government paid leftist nonprofits to assist the
illegal immigrants and their relatives. “The reopening of CAM
coupled with eligibility expansion are components of President
Biden’s multi-pronged approach to address the challenges of
irregular migration throughout North and Central America,” the State
Department further writes, adding that “a greater number of
qualifying individuals now have access to this program.”

In addition to parents, eligibility to petition will now be extended
to include legal guardians who are in the United States, pursuant to
any of the following qualifying categories: lawful permanent
residence; temporary protected status; parole; deferred action;
deferred enforced departure; or withholding of removal. The expansion
of eligibility will also include “certain U.S.-based parents or
legal guardians who have a pending asylum application or a pending U
visa petition” filed before May. “We are firmly committed to
welcoming people to the United States with humanity and respect, and
reuniting families,” the Biden administration writes in the press
release, adding this: “We are delivering on our promise to promote
safe, orderly, and humane migration from Central America through this
expansion of legal pathways to seek humanitarian protection in the
United States.”

The Obama administration enacted CAM in 2014 to allow youths from the
three impoverished Central American nations with parents or relatives
in the U.S. legally to apply for protective status from home.
Typically, foreigners seeking asylum must apply in person. Originally,
CAM only offered the perk to the children of “certain parents who
are lawfully present in the United States
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To qualify the “child” had to be
unmarried, under he age of 21, and a national of El Salvador,
Guatemala, or Honduras. In some cases, the government allowed an
“in-country parent of the qualifying child” to also qualify for
access. Those determined by the U.S. government to be ineligible for
refugee status, were considered for parole, which does not lead to a
permanent immigration status but allows illegal immigrants to lawfully
enter and live temporarily in the U.S. and apply for work
authorization. Under the original CAM, the U.S. generally approved
parole for a three-year period.

Reinstating CAM will make tens of thousands of minors eligible to come
to the U.S. even though the country is already overwhelmed with an
influx of migrant youths, mainly from Central America, that have shown
up at the Mexican border. The government classifies them as
Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) and there are approximately 14,319
in taxpayer-funded shelters throughout the U.S., according to the
latest figures released by the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), the agency charged with caring for the UAC. The
overwhelming majority (72%) are not young children but rather
adolescents over 14 years of age, the government figures show, and 68%
are boys. Most come from Guatemala El Salvador, and Honduras. Last
fiscal year the U.S. released 75,165 UAC to “sponsors” around
the country, with four states—Texas, Florida, California, and New
York—absorbing the biggest chunk. Thousands also went to relatives
in Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia.

Until next week …





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