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Judicial Watch Sues State Department for Records on Firing of Biden-Ukraine Prosecutor [with Video]
Judicial Watch ^ | September 26, 2019 | Tom Fitton

Posted on 09/26/2019 11:26:20 AM PDT by jazusamo

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for records about the firing of Ukraine’s top prosecutor after then-Vice President Joe Biden threated to withhold aid. The lawsuit was filed yesterday against the U.S. Department of State ( Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:19-cv-02893)).

The suit was filed after the State Department failed to respond to a May 7, 2019, FOIA request seeking access to the following records:

1. Any and all records regarding, concerning, or related to Viktor Shokin’s investigation of Mykola Zolchevsky and Shokin’s resignation at Ukraine’s Prosecutor General.

2. Any and all records of communication between any official, employee, or representative of the Department of State and any official, employee, or representative of the Office of the Vice President regarding Viktor Shokin.

In a widely distributed video , Joe Biden confirmed that he successfully pressured, under threat of withholding $1 billion in U.S. government aid, the Ukrainian government to fire Shokin, who had allegedly launched an investigation into Burisma, which had purportedly paid Biden’s son Hunter $50,000 a month.

“The latest assault on President Trump is an obvious attempt to protect Joe Biden from the corruption scandals involving his son,” said Tom Fitton. “Judicial Watch’s latest lawsuit will be the first of many to try to get to the bottom of this influence-peddling scandal.”

Video 2:46 min. NEW: Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit over Firing of Biden-Ukraine Prosecutor

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; bidengate; bidenscandals; bidenuraine; foialawsuit; hunterbiden; influencepeddling; joebiden; judicialwatch; jw; statedept; tomfitton; ukraine

1 posted on 09/26/2019 11:26:20 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

THIS...is what fighting back looks like.

THIS...is what real journalists would do (if we still had any here in the USA)


2 posted on 09/26/2019 11:28:56 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: HombreSecreto

Exactly!


3 posted on 09/26/2019 11:30:29 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: GOPJ; Diana in Wisconsin; ColdOne; Art in Idaho; Conservative Gato; ptsal; onyx; Tucker39; ...

Off the Wall Ping!

Contact to be added.


4 posted on 09/26/2019 11:32:07 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Jesus, even Pompeo is stonewalling.


5 posted on 09/26/2019 11:32:20 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: jazusamo

Judicial watch suing the Trump admin to get the truth on the Biden scandal.


6 posted on 09/26/2019 11:33:43 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk
...suing the Trump admin to get the truth on the Biden scandal.

I would hope the DOJ would roll over and give JW everything they (and we) want!

7 posted on 09/26/2019 11:34:54 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: jazusamo; hoosiermama

JW....doing the job that the DC Swampocrats WON’T do!!

God bless JW!!


8 posted on 09/26/2019 11:35:29 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Bonemaker

How is Pompeo stonewalling?


9 posted on 09/26/2019 11:36:11 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: HombreSecreto

“THIS...is what real journalists would do (if we still had any here in the USA)”

This is what a REAL DOJ would do.


10 posted on 09/26/2019 11:36:46 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: jazusamo

Send money to JUDICIAL WATCH!


11 posted on 09/26/2019 11:39:58 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Bonemaker

WHAT??? Pompeo is STONEWALLING? OMG,, CIA AGENT means Pompeo KNOWS and Trusts,,


12 posted on 09/26/2019 11:41:27 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Jane Long

“The suit was filed after the State Department failed to respond to a May 7, 2019, FOIA request seeking access to the following records:...”


13 posted on 09/26/2019 11:46:28 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker

Thanks. Glad it wasn’t a snake, like Schifty.

Answers my other question, as well....why wasn’t this done earlier. It was!!!! It was just being help up by State Dept.

What the heck is going on?


14 posted on 09/26/2019 11:48:53 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Jane Long

I wish Tom Fitton were a lawyer; he’d make a great replacement for Jeff Sessions, Jr., i.e., Barr.


15 posted on 09/26/2019 11:49:16 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: jazusamo

16 posted on 09/26/2019 1:47:17 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Dick Bachert

Good one, I love it!


17 posted on 09/26/2019 1:55:48 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Thanks. I had to watch “ROLLERBALL” tonight just to calm down from that Schiffshow this morning.


18 posted on 09/26/2019 8:09:59 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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