Judicial Watch filed an opposition to the US Capitol Police's (USCP) effort to shut down Judicial Watch's federal lawsuit for January 6 videos and emails.
- Judicial Watch asks for email communications between the U.S. Capitol Police Executive Team and the Capitol Police Board concerning the security of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 through January 10, 2021, and all video footage from within the Capitol between 12:00 pm and 9:30 pm on January6, 2021
Congress exempts itself from the Freedom of Information Act
- Judicial Watch brought its lawsuit under the common law right of access to public records.
- In opposing the broad assertion of secrecy, Judicial Watch details Supreme Court and other precedent that upholds the public's right to know what "their government is up to."
- "In 'the courts of this country'- including the federal courts-the common law bestows upon the public a right of disclosure of public records and documents." - "[T]he general rule is that all three branches of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, are subject to this right."
https://www.judicialwatch.org/pelosi-congress-claims-immunity-in-court/
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