Judicial Watch Sues State Department for Obama Ambassador Victoria Nulands Communications Related to the Anti-Trump Dossier
APRIL 08, 2019 Ambassador Nuland reportedly initially connected the author of the anti-Trump dossier, Christopher Steele, to the FBI. (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for communications between Obama Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Ambassador Victoria Nuland and employees of Fusion GPS, as well as top ranking Department of Justice, FBI, and State Department officials. Nuland served as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from <https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/214343.htm> September 2013 until <https://www.cnas.org/press/press-release/cnas-names-victoria-nuland-former- u-s-ambassador-to-nato-as-ceo-robert-o-work-former-deputy-secretary-of-defen se-rejoins-cnas-as-senior-defense-counselor> January 2017. Judicial Watch filed the suit after the State Department failed to respond to a November 1, 2018, FOIA request ( <https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-nuland-complaint- 00574/> Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:19-cv-00574)). Judicial Watch seeks: Any and all records of communication between Ambassador Victoria Nuland and any of the following individuals between January 1, 2016 and January 25, 2017: Professor Joseph Mifsud Mr. Christopher Steele Mr. Glenn Simpson Mrs. Nellie Ohr Former CIA Director John Brennan Former Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General George Toscas Former DOJ Official David Laufman Former Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco Former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr Former FBI Director James Comey Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Former FBI Agent Peter Strzok FBI Attorney Lisa Page FBI Attorney James Baker Former FBI Chief of Staff James Rybicki FBI Assistant Director Edward William Priestap Former FBI Agent John Giacalone Former FBI Agent Michael Steinbach Former FBI Agent Josh Campbell The author of the anti-Trump dossier, Christopher Steele, <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-trump-dossier-probes-now-incl ude-possible-state-department-involvement> reportedly had developed long-standing relationships with senior State Department officials including Ambassador Victoria Nuland, Between 2014 and 2016, Steele authored more than a hundred reports on Russia and Ukraine. These were written for a private client but shared widely within the State Department and sent up to Secretary of State John Kerry and to Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who was in charge of the U.S. response to the Ukraine crisis. On February 4, 2018, in an <https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/960186408584523776?ref_src=twsrc%5 Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E960186408584523776%7Ctwgr%5E363937393b 70726f64756374696f6e&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.realclearpolitics.com%2Fvideo %2F2018%2F02%2F04%2Fformer_assistant_secretary_of_state_victoria_nuland_chri stopher_steele_also_shared_information_with_state_department.html> interview on CBS Face the Nation, Nuland stated that she had been given details of the anti-Trump dossier directly from Christopher Steele, which she then referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation: [Steele] passed two to four pages of short points of what he was finding. And our immediate reaction to that was, this is not in our purview. This needs to go to the FBI if there is any concern here that one candidate or the election as a whole might be influenced by the Russian Federation. Thats something for the FBI to investigate. And that was our reaction when we saw this. Its not our our we cant evaluate this. Nuland <https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/13/obama-aide-started-christo pher-steele-fbi-alliance/> reportedly green lit the initial meeting about the anti-Trump dossier between Christopher Steele and FBI agent Michael Gaeta. Quoting from David Corn and Michael Isikoffs book Russian Roulette, The FBI checked with Victoria Nulands office at the State Department: Do you support this meeting? Nuland, having found Steeles reports on Ukraine to have been generally credible, gave the green light. We intend to find out how far the Deep State was willing to go in their effort to discredit then-candidate Donald Trump, said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. It seems the Obama administration engaged in a no-holds-barred attempt to clear the path for Hillary Clinton. Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuits have already shown the Obama State Department was corruptly targeting President Trump. Judicial Watch earlier released <https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-docu ments-reveal-state-department-provided-classified-records-sen-ben-cardin-und ermine-president-trump/> 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 critic of President Donald Trump. The documents show Russian political interference in elections and politics in countries across Europe. Judicial Watch also <https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-docu ments-reveal-obama-state-department-urgently-provided-classified-russiagate- documents-to-multiple-senators-immediately-ahead-of-trump-inauguration/> released two sets of heavily redacted State Department documents, 38 pages and 48 pages, showing classified information was disseminated to multiple U.S. Senators by the Obama administration immediately prior to President Donald Trumps inauguration. The documents reveal that among those receiving the classified documents were Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Sen. Robert Corker (R-TN). EM -> { Trump for 2020 } On the 49th Parallel Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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