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BREAKING: JW announced today it filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOS for records of communications between Kerry and State Depart regarding “the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action” & meetings between Kerry & Iranian officials to discuss the JCPOA” (1/3). jwatch.us/JTHUwD
On 5/8/18 President @realDonaldTrump announced US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, which had been negotiated by Kerry in 2015. Kerry reportedly had been on a “stealthy yet aggressive mission” of shadow diplomacy to preserve the nuclear deal (2/3). jwatch.us/JTHUwD
During his personal campaign to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, Kerry is said to have met with Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at the UN in NY in late April 2018. Current SecState Mike Pompeo termed Kerry’s meeting “beyond inappropriate” (3/3).
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BREAKING: JW announced today that it filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ for records of communications and payments between the FBI & former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and his private firm, Orbis Business Intelligence (1/3).

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This is the latest JW FOIA lawsuit in an extensive investigation into the Clinton-funded, anti-Trump dossier and its use to obtain FISA warrants in order to spy on the Trump campaign (2/3).

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JW President @TomFitton said, “How & why did the FBI pay Christopher Steele, who was already being funded by the Clinton campaign & DNC through Fusion GPS? That we had to sue for this basic information shows the FBI may have something more to hide” (3/3).
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BREAKING: JW announced it filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Justice Department for communications between former FBI General Counsel James Baker and Michael Sussmann, a Perkins Coie law partner and former DOJ attorney (1/3).
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While at Perkins Coie, Sussman represented the DNC and Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the time Perkins Coie secretly paid for the development of the anti-Trump dossier the DOJ used to obtain FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign (2/3).
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JW President @TomFitton said, “This lawsuit aims to fully expose the scandalous collusion between the Obama FBI and the Clinton-DNC political operation to target Hillary Clinton’s political opponent, @realDonaldTrump “ (3/3)
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BREAKING: SCOTUS overturned conviction of Robertson, a 78-year-old deceased vet jailed and fined for digging ditches on his property to protect his home from wildfires (1/3).
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Robertson was not engaged in manufacturing or any industrial activity which would release chemicals or waste into the water, but under the Clean Water Act even turning the soil with a shovel can be considered releasing a ‘pollutant’ into water" (2/3).jwatch.us/2PvcVa
JW & AEF had asked SCOTUS to review the ruling by US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that upheld Robertson’s conviction because that decision “affirmed illegal agency actions in prosecuting Joseph Robertson based on a misreading of federal law"(3/3).jwatch.us/2PvcVa
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Not sure if anyone is aware, but for more than two years, I//@BuzzFeedNews /@_rshapiro have had a #FOIA lawsuit against multiple intel agencies for documents on their assertions that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential campaign/collusion. 1/
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Been a pretty shitty year for #FOIA. Govt agencies continue to thwart the release of records. But I was still able to pry loose a few gems.

Here's a thread to highlight all of the news stories I published at @BuzzFeedNews in 2018 based on docs I obtained via #FOIA ICYMI 1/
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I heard back from the George W. Bush Library about my #FOIA request for Brett Kavanaugh's White House records.

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Over the past couple of days, journalists have been reminded of steps we need to take to safeguard our comms and protect our sources while working on news reports

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UNREAL

In my/@BuzzFeedNews ongoing #FOIA lawsuit against multiple govt agencies for documents on Mikhail Lesin, the founder of RT who authorities say got drunk, fell down numerous times in his DC hotel room and died, DOJ just sent me 32 pages of this.
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