Judicial Watch Sues C*****l P****e for R**t Emails, Video
https://www.judicialwatch.org/videos/pelosi-schumer-r**t/(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a lawsuit against the U.S. C*****l P****e seeking for emails and videos concerning the r**t at the U.S. Capitol on J****** 6, 2021 (Judicial Watch v. United States C*****l P****e (No. 1:21-cv-00401)).
Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit under the common law right of access to public records after the C*****l P****e refused to provide any records in response to a January 21, 2021 request for:
Email communications between the U.S. C*****l P****e Executive Team and the C*****l P****e Board concerning the security of the Capitol on J****** 6, 2021. The timeframe of this request is from January 1, 2021 through January 10, 2021.
Email communications of the C*****l P****e Board with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning the security of the Capitol on J****** 6, 2021. The timeframe of this request is from January 1, 2021through January 10, 2021.
All video footage from within the Capitol between 12 pm and 9 pm on J****** 6, 2021
Congress exempts itself from the Freedom of Information Act, and the C*****l P****e declined to produce any records about the r**t to Judicial Watch, writing in a February 11, 2021, letter that the requested emails and videos are not “public records.”
“The public has a right to know about how Congress handled security and what all the videos show of the US Capitol r**t,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “What are Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer trying to hide from the American people?”