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Tom Fitton is the President of Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption. Founded in 1994, Judicial Watch seeks to ensure government and judicial officials act ethically and do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American public.With 20 years of experience in conservative public policy, Tom Fitton has helped lead Judicial Watch since 1998 and overseen its tremendous growth and success in recent years. Under Fitton’s leadership, Judicial Watch was named one of Washington’s top ten most effective government watchdog organizations by The Hill newspaper.Mr. Fitton provides Judicial Watch with strategic guidance and leadership on Judicial Watch’s comprehensive efforts to fight government corruption. He is a nationally recognized expert on government corruption, immigration enforcement, congressional and judicial ethics, and open government.

Entries by Judicial Watch

Public University Pays Radical 89-yr-old Linguist Who Supports Hezbollah $750,000 to Teach Politics

August 9, 2018/in Education/by Judicial Watch

A public university is paying a radical 89-year-old linguist hundreds of thousands of dollars to teach his famously leftist brand of politics, according to records obtained by Judicial after a months-long battle with the taxpayer-funded institution. Judicial Watch launched an investigation after the University of Arizona (UA), located in Tucson with an enrollment of about 40,000, announced that it […]

Busy Month for Illegal Immigrants Committing Heinous Crimes

July 26, 2018/in Courts & Law, Culture War, Immigration, Must Read, National Security, Policy, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

As the separation of families pouring in from Mexico dominates the airwaves several disturbing cases involving illegal aliens shift the focus back to the devastating impact of America’s poorly guarded southern border. In the last few days alone, an illegal immigrant who had been deported eleven times attacked his wife with a chainsaw in front of their […]

VIDEO: McCain’s Subcommittee Staff Director Urged IRS to Target Conservative Groups

June 23, 2018/in Courts & Law, Culture War, Gun Rights, Immigration, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Taxes, Video, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

Little is as unnerving as trouble with the IRS, especially if you haven’t done anything wrong. That happened repeatedly during the Obama administration, as his IRS enthusiastically targeted conservative groups. We’re now understanding why the Congress didn’t do much of anything about it. We just released internal IRS documents revealing that Sen. John McCain’s Former Staff […]

Phoenix Mayor Gives La Raza Ally $2.4 Mil Before Leaving to Run for Congress

May 23, 2018/in Elections, Featured, Policy, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

Before resigning to run for Congress, the mayor of America’s fifth-largest city gave a political open-borders ally millions of taxpayer dollars to complete a job in an area it suspiciously has zero experience in. Under the shady deal, the radical La Raza group Promise Arizona (PAZ) will receive $2.4 million from the city of Phoenix to conduct […]

Broward County Sheriff’s Office Training Materials Say First One or Two Officers on Scene should ‘Confront the Shooter’

May 19, 2018/in Gun Rights, Must Read, Policy, Regulation/by Judicial Watch

‘Remember, every time you hear a gunshot in an active shooter incident; you have to believe that is another victim being killed.’ Four Officers on Scene at February 14 Parkland Shooting Did Not Enter School Building (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released Broward County Sheriff’s Office training and operation materials that specifically dictate that the first one […]

Arizona Border Ranchers Live in Fear as Illegal Immigration Crisis Worsens

May 17, 2018/in Culture War, Immigration, National Security, Policy, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

More than half a million illegal immigrants of several dozen nationalities have been apprehended on John Ladd’s sprawling cattle ranch in southeastern Arizona. Ladd has also found 14 dead bodies on his 16,500-acre farm, which has been in his family for well over a century and sits between the Mexican border and historic State Route 92. […]

VIDEO: Forum Shines Light on FBI & DOJ Corruption

April 27, 2018/in Courts & Law, Must Read, Policy, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

A government watchdog group working to end corruption in Washington is shining a light on recent allegations of political partisanship at both the FBI and Department of Justice. One America’s John Hines has more from Washington.

City with Highest Per Capita Murder Rate Starts Defense Fund for Illegal Aliens

March 16, 2018/in Commentary, Immigration, Policy, Politics, Taxes, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

Less than a year after Baltimore prosecutors ordered staff not to charge illegal immigrants with minor, non-violent crimes because it could get the offenders deported, Maryland’s largest city will hire immigration attorneys to help those facing removal. It’s important to note that Baltimore has the nation’s highest per capita homicide rate and has been coined […]

VIDEO UPDATE: FBI still protecting Comey; Fraud, Waste and Abuse at the Veterans Administration

February 24, 2018/in Courts & Law, Healthcare, Policy, Politics, Video, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

What is the FBI Hiding in its War to Protect Comey? The coup attempt against President Trump is rapidly collapsing, but the deep state is still in cover-up mode. In an article for The Hill I discussed the FBI’s continuing protection of former Director James Comey and Judicial Watch’s efforts to penetrate the truth. As the James […]

Released: 29 Pages of FBI Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting Documents Previously Withheld by Justice Department

February 8, 2018/in Commentary, Courts & Law, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch has released 29 pages of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) documents related to the June 27, 2016, tarmac meeting between former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton. The documents show that FBI officials were more concerned about leaks than the actual meeting itself. The new documents also show that then-FBI Director Comey seemed to learn of the meeting […]

Documents Reveal Obama State Department Provided Classified Records to Sen. Ben Cardin to Undermine President Trump

February 4, 2018/in Elections, Must Read, National Security, Policy, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

‘The Obama administration was attempting to disseminate that material widely across the government in order to aid in future investigations’ – The Baltimore Sun (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released 42 pages of heavily redacted State Department documents containing classified information that was provided to Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and outspoken […]

Judicial Watch Sues for Russia Collusion FISA Documents

February 3, 2018/in Courts & Law, Must Read, National Security, Policy, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

The House memo released today [February 2nd, 2018] makes a compelling case that the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) court was misled and severely abused by top officials in the Justice Department and FBI. Rather than relying upon dueling summary memos from Republicans and Democrats, the American people should be able to see for themselves the details of […]

Court Documents: FBI Director Mueller Helped Cover Up Florida 9/11 Probe

January 24, 2018/in Courts & Law, Featured, National Security, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

Court documents recently filed by the government further rock the credibility of Russia Special Counsel Robert Mueller because they show that as FBI Director Mueller he worked to cover up the connection between a Florida Saudi family and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The documents reveal that Mueller was likely involved in publicly releasing deceptive official […]

3 Out of 4 Convicted Terrorists Came to U.S. Legally Via Current Immigration System

January 17, 2018/in Must Read, National Security, Policy, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

Illustrating the national security threats created by the nation’s immigration system, the overwhelming majority of individuals convicted of terrorism are foreigners who entered the United States legally through various federal programs. Three out of every four convicted terrorists between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2016 are foreign born and came to the United States […]

U.S. Sends Al Qaeda’s Arabian Peninsula Headquarters $768 Mil in Humanitarian Aid

December 22, 2017/in Budget and Finance, National Security, Policy, Politics, Taxes, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Judicial Watch

The U.S. government keeps sending an Islamic nation that serves as an Al Qaeda breeding ground hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid. The cash—$768 million since October 2016—flows through the famously corrupt U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID), which has a monstrous budget and little oversight. The money is reportedly helping to counter […]