The Swamp just keeps getting swampier.
According to a new report from Fox News, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is facing a lawsuit for ignoring a Freedom of Information Act request from a watchdog group related to communications between a Hillary Clinton lawyer and the bureau's then-general counsel.
Additionally, the group said, the FBI has ignored September 2018 FOIA requests concerning bureau communications with, and payments to, British ex-spy Christopher Steele -- who authored the infamous anti-Trump dossier.
In response, Judicial Watch announced Tuesday it has filed lawsuits seeking the full release of all relevant documents. The flurry of litigation comes just days before Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is set to be publicly released, with some redactions.
Separately on Tuesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham was joined by Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson in sending a letter to the Justice Departmentdemanding the release of information concerning the FBI's investigation of Clinton's private email server, known as the "Midyear Exam" probe.
"In May of 2016, around the same time then-FBI Director James Comey was drafting a statement exonerating Clinton, the FBI’s Midyear team wrote a memo seeking DOJ permission to review highly-classified information 'necessary to complete the investigation,' according to the unclassified [DOJ Inspector General] report," the chairmen wrote."However, the memo was never sent to DOJ and the Midyear investigation was closed shortly thereafter," the chairmen added. "The classified annex [of the DOJ IG report] includes additional detail about the information in question, its potential relevance to the Midyear investigation and the FBI’s justification for failing to review it."
No federal agency, not the FBI or the EPA or the CIA, is above the law. The American people have a right to know what their law enforcement agencies are doing, but the FBI's refusal to respond to a FOIA request demonstrates their superior attitude and elitist mentality.
It's time to remind the feds who they work for. Unfortunately, federal bureaucrats often survive transitions of power between Republicans and Democrats, and they're never held accountable for their actions that transgress the law.
That's why we need a solution that doesn't rely on The Swamp.
Article V of the Constitution allows the people and the states to call a Convention of States to propose constitutional amendments. These amendments can impose fiscal restraints and mandate term limits, but they can also limit the power and jurisdiction of all federal agencies.
If we want to send a message, this is how we must do it. By effectively and permanently limiting the power of Washington, D.C., we can remind our federal officials that they work for us, not their petty political agendas.
Sign the Convention of States Petition below to show your support!
