Judicial Watch defines its mission as follows:
Judicial Watch, Inc.is a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation, which promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. Through its educational endeavors, Judicial Watch advocates high standards of ethics and morality in our nation’s public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. Judicial Watch fulfills its educational mission through litigation, investigations, and public outreach.
The motto of Judicial Watch is “Because no one is above the law”. To this end, Judicial Watch uses the open records or freedom of information laws and other tools to investigate and uncover misconduct by government officials and litigation to hold to account politicians and public officials who engage in corrupt activities.
Litigation and the civil discovery process not only uncover information for the education of the American people on anti-corruption issues, but can also provide a basis for civil authorities to criminally prosecute corrupt officials. Judicial Watch seeks to ensure high ethical standards in the judiciary through monitoring activities and the use of the judicial ethics process to hold judges to account.
Here we are going to take a look at just a few of the FOIA lawsuits Judicial Watch has recently had to file. Note that typically every one of those lawsuits is a result of an insufficient response to a FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) requests filed by Judicial Watch to the relevant government bureaucracy. Some of those lawsuits were filed a few months ago; perhaps they have already yielded results. Also note that the list is not exhaustive - those are just the lawsuits I have become aware of as a result of a few minutes' research.
Judicial Watch: Records Reveal Fauci Emails about Hydroxychloroquine and COVID
So to obtain emails involving Dr Anthony Fauci regarding Hydroxychloroquine, the drug much maligned as a treatment for COVID-19. Emails admit that there is no harm in using that drug for such treatment. However, doctors trying to use it were maligned and sometimes even professionally sanctioned.Judicial Watch Sues FBI for Records about Controversial Garland Memo Targeting Parents
Attorney General Merrick Garland had issued a memo effectively declaring parents opposed to the teaching of radical critical race theory in schools "domestic terrorists". However, his Justice Department chose to be quite reticent about what that would amount to in terms of actual law enforcement. That was the cause for this lawsuit.Judicial Watch Sues DOJ, and HHS for Communications about Project Veritas with Pfizer, The New York Times and Other Outside Groups
This lawsuit concerns undercover investigative organization Project Veritas and its investigative efforts which had uncovered potential coverup of harmful effects of the COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer. There may have been cooperation between Pfizer and several government agencies in covering up issues with that vaccine. What makes this situation especially poignant is the fact that in certain jurisdictions COVID vaccination is compulsory and those not willing to be vaccinated faced loss of freedom of movement, loss of employment, loss of parental rights, loss of medical care and other consequences.Judicial Watch: Court Orders FBI To Provide Details on Officials Listed in Strzok Memo That Opened Spy Operation Against Trump
This lawsuit centers around a memo that was used to investigate former President Donald Trump over alleged connections to the Russian intelligence. Allegations were never proven and the pretext for it was likely a set of fabricated, and thus bogus. evidence.
In this lawsuit, the judge has ruled in favor of Judicial Watch. It is not clear if the government has complied with the judge's order.
I think these examples are quite poignant. Even if there is a fully benign explanation for all of the above controversies, the question should still be, "if they have nothing to hide, what is it that they are working so hard to hide?" And yes, they work for us - and they should never be allowed to forget that, not for a second, not under any circumstances. And any government employee, or any agency, that dares forget it needs to be out of job without a minute's delay.
References
Judicial Watch: Records Reveal Fauci Emails about Hydroxychloroquine and COVID
Judicial Watch, 26 March 2022
Judicial Watch Sues FBI for Records about Controversial Garland Memo Targeting Parents
Judicial Watch, 3 January 2022
Judicial Watch Sues DOJ, and HHS for Communications about Project Veritas with Pfizer, The New York Times and Other Outside Groups
Judicial Watch, 29 April 2022
Judicial Watch: Court Orders FBI To Provide Details on Officials Listed in Strzok Memo That Opened Spy Operation Against Trump
Judicial Watch, 6 May 2022
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