Thread by @JudicialWatch

BREAKING: Judicial Watch announced today that the Justice Department refuses to release the proposed budget of Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel Office. Judicial Watch is seeking this information through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. (1/8)
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Judicial Watch sought “the copy of the budget prepared or submitted” by Mueller, but DOJ refuses to turn the docs over, stating “seven pages were located that contain records responsive to your... request” but that DOJ says it should all be withheld. (2/8)
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The Justice Department asserts the Mueller budget information cannot be released because its release could interfere with “law enforcement proceedings” and that the material is protected from disclosure by the “deliberative process privilege.” (3/8)
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The Justice Department has thus far also ignored Judicial Watch’s requests for documents about its oversight & management of Special Counsel Mueller’s operation. (4/8)
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The Justice Department also sent Judicial Watch a copy of a previously published doc showing expenditures by the Special Counsel’s Office from May 17, 2017 thru September 30, 2017. The total was $3,213,695 – so, nearly a million dollars per month. (5/8)
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Judicial Watch is pursuing numerous additional FOIA lawsuits related to the surveillance, unmasking, & illegal leaking targeting of Trump & associates during the FBI’s investigation of potential Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election. (6/8)
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Judicial Watch President @TomFitton: “Special Counsel Mueller’s operation is not above the law. The American people have a right to know how much taxpayer money is planned for his massive investigation.” (7/8)
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Judicial Watch President @TomFitton: “No one else in DC seems to be providing oversight of the Mueller operation, so once again it is up to the citizen’s group Judicial Watch to fight for accountability.” (8/8)
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