Judicial Watch Sues Illinois Gov. Pritzker for Records on Photo with ‘Peacekeeper’ Tied to Murder Charge

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) for records regarding a September 2025 “Peacekeeper” event at which Pritzker was photographed with anti-violence employee Kellen McMiller, who days later was arrested and charged with first-degree murder (Judicial Watch Inc. v. Office of the […]

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Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:46:53 +0000

Leftist Group Gets Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to Help Illegal Aliens After Trump Order Bans It

The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is promoting his investigation of a leftist group that received massive amounts of taxpayer dollars from the Biden administration to help illegal immigrants while omitting that the Trump administration kept the cash flowing. In fact, a $200 million program that gives illegal alien minors free lawyers was […]

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Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:46:33 +0000

Judicial Watch Sues FEC for Records on ActBlue Donor Fraud Allegations

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for records related to alleged fraudulent donor activities by the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue (Judicial Watch Inc. v Federal Election Commission (No. 1:26-cv-00149)). Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District […]

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Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:28:29 +0000

‘USADF is garbage’: Senior US foreign aid official will plead guilty to taking kickbacks, lying to feds

From Blaze Media: The U.S. African Development Foundation, a foreign aid agency that poured millions of taxpayer dollars into African initiatives over the past four decades, desperately fought the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency and audit its finances. Months after government watchdog Judicial Watch sued the USADF for records regarding its expenditures and […]

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Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:39:59 +0000

Judicial Watch Sues for FBI Public Corruption Unit Records on Lawfare against Trump

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for records regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Public Corruption Unit’s investigation of Donald Trump codenamed “Arctic Frost.” The investigation was part of an unprecedented effort by the Biden administration to prosecute […]

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Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:32:21 +0000

Judicial Watch Forces Justice Dept to Admit USADF Probe

Justice Dept. Admits Criminal Investigation of USADF in Judicial Watch FOIA Case Maryland Democrats Still Trying to Gerrymander Congressional Districts Judicial Watch Sues ODNI for Records on China Corruption Report Judicial Watch Urges Justice Dept. to Investigate Florida County for Woke Quota Scheme   Justice Dept. Admits Criminal Investigation of USADF in Judicial Watch FOIA […]

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Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:22:08 +0000

Justice Dept Admits to Criminal Investigation into U.S. African Development Foundation Following Judicial Watch Lawsuit

Whistleblowers’ Years-Long Efforts Vindicated (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced that, in a status conference hearing today related to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking documents regarding corruption at the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), the U.S. Department of Justice publicly announced an ongoing criminal investigation related to the agency. This announcement comes […]

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Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:56:25 +0000

Judicial Watch Sues Director of National Intelligence for Records on China Corruption Report

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for records of its preparation of a congressionally mandated report on the wealth and corrupt activities of the Chinese Communist Party (Judicial Watch Inc. v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (No. […]

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Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:09:15 +0000

Judicial Watch Analysis: Maryland’s Proposed 2026 Congressional Map Replicates Unconstitutional Gerrymander Previously Struck Down in Judicial Watch Lawsuit

Proposed Map Is More Extreme Than the 2021 Plan Invalidated by Court; Targets Maryland’s Sole Republican District (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that a Democrat-proposed 2026 congressional redistricting plan for Maryland is in key respects identical to the unconstitutional gerrymander struck down in a prior Judicial Watch lawsuit—but is even more partisan and […]

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Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:59:17 +0000

Judicial Watch Urges Justice Department to Investigate Florida County for Woke Quota Scheme for ‘Diversity Advisory Council’

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it submitted a formal request to the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division for an investigation of Hillsborough County, Florida’s Board of County Commissioners for various racial and other quota appointment practices used to staff its Diversity Advisory Council. In a letter sent to Assistant Attorney […]

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Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:53:46 +0000