Judicial Watch
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| Motto | Because no one is above the law! |
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| Formation | July 29, 1994 |
| Type | 501(c)3 |
| Purpose | Government Watchdog |
| Headquarters | 425 Third Street, SW Washington, D.C., U.S. 20024 |
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President
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Tom Fitton |
| Website | www |
Judicial Watch is an American conservative, non-partisanwatchdog group that files Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits to expose alleged misconduct by government officials. Founded in 1994, it has sued the administrations of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Most of its lawsuits have been dismissed. As of October 2016 it was the plaintiff in more than 20 ongoing lawsuits involving Hillary Clinton.
Judicial Watch was founded in 1994 by attorney and right-wing activist Larry Klayman, who hired the current president Tom Fitton before leaving in 2003. Klayman has since accused Fitton of claiming credit for the early successes of Judicial Watch.
Judicial Watch came to public attention after filing 18 lawsuits against the administration of Democratic U.S. President Bill Clinton and other figures in the Clinton administration. An early lawsuit was filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of the Western Center for Journalism (WCJ) in 1998. The lawsuit alleged a retaliatory audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The WCJ was investigating the death of Clinton deputy White House counsel Vince Foster at the time.
The organization received considerable financial support from prominent Clinton critics, including $7.74 million from conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife. This led Clinton administration officials to accuse Judicial Watch of "abusing the judicial system for partisan ends".
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