“Judicial Watch recently filed a FOIA lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, for the Secret Service travel expenditures for Trump family during April 2017 and Obama family between January 2009 and April 2017 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (No. 1:17-cv-01341)).
The suit was filed after the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Secret Service failed to respond to FOIA requests filed in April and May 2017 seeking mission taskings, transportation costs, passenger manifests and security costs.
Judicial Watch seeks Air Force records for:
Trump’s trip to Mar-a-Lago between April 6 – 9 when he hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping
Obama’s trips to Chicago between January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Trump’s trip to Mar-a-Lago between April 14 – 16 for Easter weekend with his family
Judicial Watch seeks Secret Service records for:
Trump and companions’ trip to Mar-a-Lago between April 6 – 9
Obama and companions’ trips to Chicago between January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Obama and his companions’ trips to Chicago between January 20, 2017, and April 12, 2017
Trump and companions’ trip to Mar-a-Lago April 14-16
“It is troubling to see such massive amounts of money paid out for trips that appear to have minimal value to the public interest,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “And it is frustrating to have file multiple FOIA lawsuits and engage in long-running court battles to get basic information about the costs of presidential travel.””
What is Fitton’s angle here?