Judicial Watch announced today it received through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit 13 pages out of 42 responsive pages of communications between former FBI official Peter Strzok and DOJ official Bruce Ohr that the DOJ claimed previously it could not find.
Judicial Watch obtained the documents in an April 2019 FOIA lawsuit filed after submitting July 2018 FOIA requests to the DOJ and the FBI. The FBI failed to respond, while the Justice Department claimed to find no records of communications between Strzok and Ohr, including but not limited to emails, text messages, encrypted app messages and/or instant chats.
In the lawsuit, Judicial Watch challenged the DOJ's extraordinary claim that there were no records of communications between Strzok and Ohr in light of the preeminent role both individuals played in the anti-Trump collusion investigation.
Ohr writes to Strzok and Page under the subject Meeting with Bruce Swartz: "Thanks again for taking the time to chat today. As I mentioned, I would like to set up a short meeting for us with Bruce Swartz. Would next Monday at 5:30 p.m. work? Also, is there any chance you guys could come over to our building?".
In March 2019 Judicial Watch released heavily redacted records from the DOJ that reveal Bruce Ohr remained in regular contact with former British spy and Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele after Steele was terminated by the FBI in November 2016 for revealing to the media his position as an FBI confidential informant.
In June 2019, Judicial Watch made public DOJ documents showing the removal of Bruce Ohr from the position of Associate Attorney General in 2017; his transfer from Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force to International Affairs in 2018; and that Ohr received a total of $42,520 in performance bonuses during the Trump/Russia investigation.
In August 2019, Judicial Watch uncovered 34 pages of "302" report material from FBI interviews with Bruce Ohr, showing that in November 2016, Ohr said that "Reporting on Trump's ties to Russia were going to the Clinton Campaign" and "Jon Winer at the U.S. State Department and the FBI." The documents also showed that Ohr knew that Fusion GPS's Glenn Simpson and others were "Talking to Victoria Nuland at the U.S. State Department."
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-records-showing-contact-between-peter-strzok-bruce-ohr-that-doj-claimed-it-couldnt-find/
Judicial Watch obtained the documents in an April 2019 FOIA lawsuit filed after submitting July 2018 FOIA requests to the DOJ and the FBI. The FBI failed to respond, while the Justice Department claimed to find no records of communications between Strzok and Ohr, including but not limited to emails, text messages, encrypted app messages and/or instant chats.
In the lawsuit, Judicial Watch challenged the DOJ's extraordinary claim that there were no records of communications between Strzok and Ohr in light of the preeminent role both individuals played in the anti-Trump collusion investigation.
Ohr writes to Strzok and Page under the subject Meeting with Bruce Swartz: "Thanks again for taking the time to chat today. As I mentioned, I would like to set up a short meeting for us with Bruce Swartz. Would next Monday at 5:30 p.m. work? Also, is there any chance you guys could come over to our building?".
In March 2019 Judicial Watch released heavily redacted records from the DOJ that reveal Bruce Ohr remained in regular contact with former British spy and Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele after Steele was terminated by the FBI in November 2016 for revealing to the media his position as an FBI confidential informant.
In June 2019, Judicial Watch made public DOJ documents showing the removal of Bruce Ohr from the position of Associate Attorney General in 2017; his transfer from Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force to International Affairs in 2018; and that Ohr received a total of $42,520 in performance bonuses during the Trump/Russia investigation.
In August 2019, Judicial Watch uncovered 34 pages of "302" report material from FBI interviews with Bruce Ohr, showing that in November 2016, Ohr said that "Reporting on Trump's ties to Russia were going to the Clinton Campaign" and "Jon Winer at the U.S. State Department and the FBI." The documents also showed that Ohr knew that Fusion GPS's Glenn Simpson and others were "Talking to Victoria Nuland at the U.S. State Department."
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-records-showing-contact-between-peter-strzok-bruce-ohr-that-doj-claimed-it-couldnt-find/
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