Conservative watchdog group, Judicial Watch filed a FOIA lawsuit for Sally Yates’ Justice Department Emails from 1/21/17-1/31/17 (when she was fired).
Judicial Watch originally requested Yates’ emails on February 1, 2017, however; the Defendant failed to produce the records requested.
Via Judicial Watch:
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for emails of former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates from her government account. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:17-cv-00832)).
The suit was filed after both the Justice Department failed to respond to a February 1, 2017, FOIA request seeking access to her emails between January 21, 2017, and January 31, 2017.
Hillary loyalist, Obama appointee and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates was invited by the Senate to testify against President Donald Trump in regards to Russia tampering with the 2016 US Election.
Yates was mentioned in a Podesta-Hillary email released by WikiLeaks before the election as one of four known loyalists of candidate Hillary Clinton.
Lynch, Jarret, & Yates are known to be loyalists to @TheDemocrats #Bias #SallyYatesTestimony https://t.co/0vUuRPb6tw pic.twitter.com/VZXn8vX6a1
— RepChick🇺🇸 (@RepublicanChick) May 8, 2017
Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in federal court in Washington D.C. on Friday asking for copies of Sally Yates’ Department of Justice emails during her brief stint as Acting Attorney General.
Sally Yates was fired by President Trump on January 30th, 2017 for refusing to enforce the rule of law.
VIDEO below of President of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton discussing Sally Yates: “Her tenure, however brief was marked by scandal..”
.@TomFitton discusses @JudicialWatch‘s lawsuit against the DOJ for fmr. AG Sally Yates’s Email Records pic.twitter.com/m53rdRr6Wn
— Judicial Watch 🔎 (@JudicialWatch) May 8, 2017