Judicial Watch Exposes Critical Race Theory



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JUDICIAL WATCH SUES STATE DEPARTMENT FOR HUNTER BIDEN DOCUMENTS

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The Hunter/Joe Biden scandal isn’t going away. We just filed a
FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. State Department for messages sent
through the SMART
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(State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolkit) system that mention
Hunter Biden (_Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State_
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(No. 1:22-cv-01066)).

We sued after State failed to reply to a February 11, 2022, FOIA
request for:

All cables/teletypes and email messages sent via the SMART system that
reference Hunter Biden, excluding any records that consist solely of
media articles or compilations.
In an email dated February 16, 2022, the State Department on February
16, 2022, acknowledged receipt of the request and asserted that the
agency was invoking FOIA’s ten-day extension of time provision due
to “unusual circumstances.” As of April 15, State failed to comply
with our request.

Hunter Biden continues to be the subject of a federal criminal
investigation
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in Delaware.

Here is the history of our Biden corruption investigation:

In December 2020, we uncovered
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Obama-era
State Department records showing that the Ukraine prosecutor general
was pitched “high-level” access to Hillary Clinton’s
presidential campaign by a firm linked to Burisma Holdings, a
Ukrainian energy firm.

We also uncovered
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records showing that former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie
“Masha” Yovanovitch had specifically warned in 2017 about
corruption allegations against Burisma Holdings
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During her November 2019 testimony in the impeachment proceedings
against President Donald Trump, Yovanovitch told lawmakers that she
knew little about Burisma.

In an October production from the State Department, we received
records
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that included a briefing checklist of a February 2019 meeting in Kyiv
between Yovanovitch and Sally Painter, Burisma’s lobbyist at Blue
Star Strategies, and a Burisma executive. The briefing checklist noted
that Painter also planned to meet with Foreign Commercial Service
(FCS) Officer Martin Claessens “regarding the Burisma Group energy
company.”

At the time of the meeting, Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden,
was serving on the board of directors for Burisma Holdings
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despite having no previous experience in the energy industry. Biden
served on the board of Burisma until his term expired in April 2019.

In September 2020, we made public
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records that show George Kent, the Obama administration’s deputy
assistant secretary of state in charge of Ukraine policy, which was
copied to Yovanovitch, highlighting Russia-linked media “trolling”
Joe Biden over “his son’s business.” An email
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was sent four days prior to the inauguration of President Donald Trump
to a redacted recipient and CCd to Yovanovitch with the subject line
“medvedchuk-linked vesti trolls Biden.” Kent writes: “Burisma
– gift that keeps on giving. (With medvedchuk affiliated Vesti
pushing the troll-like storyline on visit day)”

The State Department is unlawfully ignoring FOIA law to protect Hunter
and Joe Biden. We have no doubt, given our prior finds, that the State
Department has many secrets about Biden corruption tucked away.

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ASKED NIH FOR HELP WITH CRITICISM OF FETAL
ORGAN EXPERIMENTS

Our work exposing fetal organ experiments and trafficking, using your
tax dollars, has generated national outrage. And those involved in
this barbaric practice are desperate to quell the criticism so they
can continue inhumane experiments.

We obtained 34 pages
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of new records revealing that the Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for
Science Strategy and Planning in the Health Sciences at the University
of Pittsburgh Dr. Jeremy Berg contacted then-Director of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) Francis Collins, requesting help to combat
“efforts to undermine important science using fetal tissue.”

Additionally, the records include a scientific report containing
information about grafting human scalp and other tissues onto mice.
(Through a related FOIA lawsuit
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in
September 2021 we uncovered records and communications from the FDA
involving “humanized mice
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research with human fetal heads, organs, and tissue.)

We obtained the records in response to FOIA suit against the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for records of
communication related to a September 21, 2021, letter
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sent by Sen. James Lankford and nearly 100 members of Congress
demanding an investigation into the University of Pittsburgh’s
potentially illegal fetal tissue research (_Judicial Watch v. U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services_
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(No. 1:22-cv-00296)).

We sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after
HHS and its component, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), failed
to respond to November 16, 2021, FOIA request for:

All records of communication, including emails and text messages,
regarding the September 21, 2021 letter co-authored by Sen. James
Lankford and other congressmen to Director Francis Collins, demanding
an investigation into the University of Pittsburgh’s program of
fetal body parts procurement and experimentation (copy attached), sent
to and from the following NIH officials: Director Collins, Principal
Deputy Director Lawrence A. Tabak, Acting Chief of Staff John T.
Burklow, and Acting Associate Director Renate H. Myles.
In August 2021, we and the Center for Medical Progress through a
separate FOIA lawsuit
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uncovered HHS documents that revealed 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. Among other findings, the records revealed:

* The aims of the project listed in the original 2015 proposal were
to “develop a pipeline
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to the acquisition, quality control and distribution of human
genitourinary [urinary and genital organs and functions] samples
obtained throughout development (6-42 weeks gestation). … [and]
generate an ongoing resource to distribute fresh developmental human
genitourinary samples from various stages (6-42 weeks) to the GUDMAP
[GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project] Atlas
projects.”
* In the proposal
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Pitt notes that it has been “collecting fetal tissue for over 10
years … include[ing] liver, heart, gonads, legs, brain,
genitourinary tissues including kidneys, ureters and bladders.”
* Pitt noted in 2015 “we have disbursed over 300 fresh samples
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collected from 77 cases. The collections can be significantly ramped
up as material could have been accrued from as many as 725 cases last
year.”
* The Health Sciences Tissue Bank at Pitt is “embedded
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within the Department of Pathology … thus providing rapid access to
very high quality tissue and biological specimens.”
* Pitt boasts it has a number of internal connections as well as a
“strong working relationship with UPMC [University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center] and the Department of Pathology” as well as three
“laboratories in the flagship UPMC hospitals.” This includes a lab
boasting a “ButcherBoy band saw
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for sectioning bone,” and a “frozen section room has digital video
feed to and from the operating rooms. This also allows for
instantaneous discussions with the surgeons as well [as] immediate
‘show and tell’ for them.” The proposal ironically also boasts
about the laboratories at the “Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
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* Later in the proposal, Pitt states that it records the “warm
ischemic time on our samples and take steps to keep it at a minimum to
ensure the highest quality biological specimens.” [The “warm
ischemic time” refers to the amount of time an organ remains at body
temperature after blood supply has been cut off. Warm ischemic time
differs from cold ischemic time which refers to the amount of time the
organ is chilled. Pitt’s statement suggests the time between the
abortion and collection is minimal.]

The newly obtained records include an email
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dated October 16, 2021, from the University of Pittsburgh’s Dr.
Jeremy Berg
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associate senior vice chancellor for science strategy and planning,
contacting then-Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Francis Collins, requesting help with the negative press they were
receiving about their work with aborted human tissue. Dr. Berg
specifically highlights a Fox News report
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Hi Francis:

I write regarding ongoing efforts to undermine important science using
fetal tissue. As you no doubt know, various public universities have
been the subject of rotating attacks about research using fetal
tissue, sometimes citing NIH support for the research. It is now the
University of Pittsburgh turn in the spotlight. The event that
triggered this is the publication of a paper (attached) on grafting
fetal skin onto rodents supported by an R21 from NIAID
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I provide this only for background as the details do not matter for
the issue I am raising.

Pitt’s response to concerns raised by state legislators and various
news outlets has been to commission an outside review of Pitt’s
practices and compliance. The University believes that all appropriate
practices and laws have been followed. However, this outside review
has been met with additional complaints (see
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We have been discussing these issues and it seems that this is an
organized attempt to delegitimize science based on fetal tissue rather
than to identify misbehavior (although, of course, any misbehavior
does create opportunities for outrage). In light of this, we feel that
the scientific community would benefit if more institutions could
stand together to take some of the power out of the one at-a-time
strategy that appears to be operating.

Our Chancellor Pat Gallagher, former Director of NIST and your Senate
confirmation colleague would like the opportunity to discuss this with
you or other appropriate individuals at NIH via whatever venue would
be preferred (phone, Zoom, in Bethesda).

If this is possible, please let me know the best way to make the
appropriate arrangements.
Also included is a report
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published in “Nature” that contains information about grafting
human scalp and other tissues onto mice:

Human skin tissues were obtained from the scalp and dorsum of donors
and were used in developing human skin engraftment with and without
hair in the mouse model, respectively. Full-thickness human fetal skin
was processed via removal of excess fat tissues attached to the
subcutaneous layer of the skin, then engrafed over the rib cage, where
the mouse skin was previously excised.
The new documents include an email exchange
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on October 17, 2021, in which Lawrence Tabak
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the acting director of NIH,
responds to Berg’s request for a meeting and work to schedule a time
to meet: “Mike [likely Mike Lauer
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indicated that it is arranged (dropping FC to bbc line).”

In February 2022, Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, Rep. Chris Smith
(R-NJ) called the investigation a “whitewash
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and added:

A truly transparent and comprehensive assessment would not have evaded
the questions raised by public records, especially and including
whether the University of Pittsburgh used the body parts of babies who
were born alive and died from having their organs harvested, as well
as if individuals procuring the baby body parts for the university
altered abortion procedures to suit their gruesome research.
(In September 2021, Judicial Watch uncovered through a related FOIA
lawsuit
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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.)

These newest documents expose the collusion between the University of
Pittsburgh and the NIH over the fetal organ “chop shop” in the
University of Pittsburgh paid for with federal tax dollars. Here we
have the federal government and a major university seemingly desperate
to continue their barbaric trafficking the organs of human beings
killed by abortion.

BIDEN AGENCY THAT REGULATES CREDIT UNIONS PROMOTES CRITICAL RACE
THEORY

Another federal agency has gone fully woke at your expense.

We received 15 pages
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of records from the National Credit Union Association (NCUA) in
response to a FOIA request that shows the government agency
responsible for regulating credit unions required “inclusion and
unconscious bias training” for the agency’s employees and
contractors and offered advice on how to recognize and address alleged
“microaggressions” in the workplace.

The NCUA
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is, “an independent federal agency
that insures deposits at federally insured credit unions, protects the
members who own credit unions, and charters and regulates federal
credit unions.”

A February 25, 2021, email
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from the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) to “All NCUA
Staff” with the subject line “Inclusion and unconscious bias
training now available” notes that an attached memo provides
information about a “new, required training course” called
“Inclusion at Work: Managing Unconscious Bias at the Office.”

The accompanying memo notes that the training unit was required for
“All employees and contractors” as part of “required annual
diversity and inclusion training.”

The memo states: “The NCUA is committed to building the diversity
and inclusion competencies of employees to advance NCUA’s Strategic
Objective 3.1 – to attract, engage and retain a highly skilled,
diverse workforce, and cultivate an inclusive environment.”

In a February 10, 2022, email
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to “All NCUA Staff” from the Office of Minority and Women
Inclusion (OMWI), all employees are invited to attend a “virtual
OMWI Talk” where they will “watch a video and discuss the role our
institutions and public policies play in shaping opportunities and
one’s ability to accumulate wealth.” It notes that they will watch
the film “Race: The House We Live In,” which is the “first film
about race to focus not on individual attitudes but on the ways our
institutions and policies advantage some groups at the expense of
others. Its subject is the ‘unmarked’ race. We see how benefits
quietly and often invisibly accrue to [the majority], not necessarily
because of hard work, but because of the racialized nature of our
laws, courts, customs, and perhaps most pertinently, housing.” The
email describes OMWI Talks as a “safe place to have difficult
conversations about race, identity, privilege, unconscious bias,
cultural appropriation and a host of other thought-provoking
topics.”

A July 12, 2021, OMWI email
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to all staff advises them to “Save the date” for the next OMWI
Talk, which is titled “Deconstructing White Privilege.” The talk
features a video from Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of “What Does It
Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy.” The email
describes DiAngelo as an “anti-racist educator,” who has “heard
justifications of racism by white men and women in her workshops for
over two decades.” It continues, “This justification, which she
calls ‘white fragility’, is a state in which even a minimal amount
of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive
moves.”

In an internal NCUA newsletter, called VIBE
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sent by OMWI to all NCUA staff on March 1, 2021, the new NCUA
Chairman, Todd M. Harper, writes a message, noting that “I truly
look forward to working with OMWI to VIBE and advance diversity and
inclusion not just within the agency, but also in the entities and
communities we serve.” He notes: “NCUA’s Diversity and Inclusion
Strategic Plan outlines five additional goals for this work, including
one specific to diversity and inclusion in credit unions and another
for diversity in our business activities. These are not just OMWI’s
goals. They are agency-wide goals.” The newsletter mentions the
creation of a new position called Diversity and Inclusion Specialist,
and thanks the departing director of OMWI who, it notes, created such
programs as “the Credit Union Diversity Self-Assessment,” the
“Credit Union Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit” and “much
more.”

A section of the newsletter titled “Diversity and Inclusion
Learning” includes:

* Take a few minutes to read through these Seven Ways to Be More
inclusive in Your Everyday Life.
* Learn how to Be Inclusive Every Day
* Got your eye on a promotion or a new position? Use the Inclusion
Guide for Interviewees to prepare yourself for diversity and inclusion
related questions that may come up in the interview.

In the issue of the VIBE
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newsletter emailed to all NCUA staff on December 1, 2021, under a
section titled “Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Learning,”
employees are told, “A microaggression is defined as an indirect,
subtle, or unintentional form of discrimination against members of a
marginalized group. But for those who experience them,
microaggressions are more than just insults or insensitive jokes –
they are painful, powerful, and can inflict lasting harm.” It offers
links to three articles, titled: “What is a microaggression? 14
things people think are fine to say at work – but are actually
racist, sexist or offensive;” “How to Address Microaggressions in
the Workplace;” and “Microaggressions at work: Recognizing &
overcoming our biases.”

In the first article
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published on March 1, 2021 by Business Insider, types of
“microaggressions” include “telling a new female worker that she
‘looks like a student’ to asking a Black colleague about her
natural hair,” adding “they can make a workplace feel
uncomfortable, unsafe, and toxic
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The article “Microaggressions at work: Recognizing & overcoming our
biases,” published
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by
“Culture Amp,” states that “microaggressions” can include
“Asking a lesbian co-worker, ‘Who’s the man in your
relationship,’ ” “Mispronouncing someone’s name because
‘it’s too difficult to say,” “Mistaking a Latinx colleague for
a service worker,” and “Naming all the buildings or rooms after
White men.”

Americans should be disturbed that the Biden administration is using
the agency responsible for regulating credit unions to subject
employees and the public to an extremist and discriminatory Critical
Race Theory ideology that attacks individuals based on race.

JUDICIAL WATCH SUES FOR FDA RECORDS ABOUT PFIZER/BIONTECH VACCINE

We filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit against the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for FDA emails and
records about the Pfizer/BioNTech for COVID-19 vaccine (_Judicial
Watch v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services_
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(No. 1:22-cv-00733)).

We sued after HHS failed to reply to our August 24, 2021, FOIA request
for:

Any and all records submitted by Pfizer and/or BioNTech for the
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine known as Comirnaty, which received approval from
the FDA on August 23, 2021.

All emails related to the vaccine that became known as Comirnaty sent
to and from the following FDA officials: Acting FDA Commissioner Janet
Woodcock; Deputy Commissioner Andi Lipstein Fristedt; Deputy
Commissioner James Sigg; Chief of Staff Julia C. Tierney, J.D.;
Associate Commissioner Judith A. McMeekin, Pharm.D.; Associate
Commissioner Lauren Roth, J.D.; and Acting Assistant Commissioner
Michael Felberbaum.

All internal FDA studies, analyses, memoranda and reports related to
the drug known as Comirnaty.
According to Pfizer’s website
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“Comirnaty [COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA] is FDA-approved as a 2-dose
series for prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and
older. It is also authorized under EUA to provide a two-dose primary
series in individuals 12 through 15 years. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19
Vaccine has received EUA from FDA to provide a two-dose primary series
in individuals 12 years of age and older and to provide a two-dose
primary series to individuals 5 through 11 years of age.”

In violation of FOIA law the FDA is covering up complete details on
its approval of the controversial Pfizer COVID vaccine. The public
deserves to know everything possible – as soon as possible – about
a vaccine that is currently impacting tens of millions of people.

In January, a federal judge in Texas ordered the FDA
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to make the data it relied on to license Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
available to the public. The judge imposed a schedule that should
result in the release of all information by September 2020. The court
concluded
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“that this FOIA request is of paramount public importance.”

The judge denied
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the FDA’s attempt to have 75 years to complete the FOIA request made
by a group of doctors and scientists who asked for information about
the vaccine. The FDA claimed it could only manage to release 500 pages
of records per month of its 450,000 pages that are responsive to the
Texas case.

We recently filed a lawsuit
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against HHS for
records about its subagency Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority (BARDA) research into COVID-19 boosters, and for
communications related to adverse events
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caused by
COVID-19 vaccines.

In January through a FOIA lawsuit
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we uncovered
records from the CDC that show Director Rochelle Walensky’s request
for details about the death of a teenager who died days after
receiving a coronavirus vaccination.

Until next week …





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