Judicial Watch announced today that U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg denied a Justice Department effort to block the release of any communications between former FBI General Counsel James Baker and Michael Sussmann, a Perkins Coie law partner and former DOJ attorney, who reportedly met with Baker to share information targeting Donald J. Trump during the presidential campaign.
The court specifically rejected the FBI's argument that it needed to protect the "Privacy" of Hillary Clinton's lawyer.
In March 2019, Judicial Watch filed suit after the FBI failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request dated October 5, 2018 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No.
The FBI would neither confirm nor deny the existence of records.
In August, another federal court judge rejected FBI efforts to protect of the privacy of Clinton spy Christopher Steele and ordered the FBI to conduct a search for certain records about Steele's work with the FBI during the Mueller investigation.
"The FBI is corruptly trying to keep secret documents to protect those behind the Russiagate smears of President Trump," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Judicial Watch previously obtained heavily redacted copies of FISA warrants used by the Obama-era DOJ to spy on the Trump campaign, which seem to confirm the FBI and DOJ misled the courts in withholding the material information that Hillary Clinton's campaign and the DNC were behind the "Intelligence" used to persuade the courts to approve the FISA warrants that targeted the Trump team.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-court-rejects-fbi-effort-to-keep-secret-records-about-fbi-clinton-lawyer-meeting-on-russia/
The court specifically rejected the FBI's argument that it needed to protect the "Privacy" of Hillary Clinton's lawyer.
In March 2019, Judicial Watch filed suit after the FBI failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request dated October 5, 2018 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No.
The FBI would neither confirm nor deny the existence of records.
In August, another federal court judge rejected FBI efforts to protect of the privacy of Clinton spy Christopher Steele and ordered the FBI to conduct a search for certain records about Steele's work with the FBI during the Mueller investigation.
"The FBI is corruptly trying to keep secret documents to protect those behind the Russiagate smears of President Trump," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Judicial Watch previously obtained heavily redacted copies of FISA warrants used by the Obama-era DOJ to spy on the Trump campaign, which seem to confirm the FBI and DOJ misled the courts in withholding the material information that Hillary Clinton's campaign and the DNC were behind the "Intelligence" used to persuade the courts to approve the FISA warrants that targeted the Trump team.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-court-rejects-fbi-effort-to-keep-secret-records-about-fbi-clinton-lawyer-meeting-on-russia/
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