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(READ) Pentagon and Interior Dept. sued for records regarding armed forces deployed at U.S. Capitol

Dated: May 28, 2021 by Sharyl Attkisson 2 Comments

      

The watchdog group Judicial Watch has published detailed background concerning its Freedom of Information lawsuits against the Pentagon and the Interior Department.

The suits were filed, Judicial Watch says, after the agencies failed to lawfully respond to Freedom of Information requests regarding armed forced deployed around the U.S. Capitol complex in Washington D.C. this past January and February.

The following is from the watchdog group Judicial Watch:

We filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suits against the Department of the Interior and the Department of Defense for records regarding the deployment of armed forces around the Capitol complex in Washington, D.C., in January and February of 2021 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of the Interior (No. 1:21-cv-01302)) and (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Defense (No. 1:21-cv-01301)).

We sued here in DC after the Department of Defense failed to reply to our February 19, 2021, FOIA request for: 
All emails regarding the deployment of U.S. troops around the Capitol complex in Washington, D.C. sent to and from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Deputy Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley, and/or Vice Chairman Gen. John E. Hyten. Weโ€™re interested in emails sent between January 6, 2021, and February 19, 2021. We sued the Department of the Interior after the U.S. Park Police, one of its components, failed to reply to a March 18, 2021, FOIA request for: 
All records of communications, including emails and text messages, between officials of the U.S. Park Police and officials of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department regarding the Jan. 6, 2021 pro-Trump rally and/or protest at the Capitol Building.
All records of communications, including emails and text messages, between officials of the U.S. Park Police and officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the Jan. 6, 2021 pro-Trump rally and/or protest at the Capitol Building.
All records of communications, including emails and text messages, between officials of the U.S. Park Police and officials of the U.S. Capitol Police regarding the Jan. 6, 2021 pro-Trump rally and/or protest at the Capitol Building.
All records of communications, including emails and text messages, between officials of the U.S. Park Police and officials of the offices of the House and Senate Sergeants-at-Arms regarding the Jan. 6, 2021 pro-Trump rally and/or protest at the Capitol Building.
All intelligence reports, memoranda, updates, and warnings received by the U.S. Park Police regarding the Jan. 6, 2021 pro-Trump rally and/or protest at the Capitol Building.
The timeframe for this request is December 1, 2020, to January 31, 2021.

We are deeply troubled that the U.S. Park Police and the Pentagon are suppressing the many unknown facts surrounding the January 6 incident at the U.S. Capitol. With those emotionally charged events shaping the political landscape, it is critical that the American people have a full account of the facts. It is disturbing that we must take the two government agencies to federal court for this basic information.

We filed several lawsuits previously regarding the January 6 incident.

  • In March 2021, we filed suit against the U.S. Department of Defense for records about House Speaker Nancy Pelosiโ€™s January 8, 2021, telephone call with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.
  • Pressure from a March 2021 Judicial Watch lawsuit helped bring to light that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes.
  • In February 2021, we announced a lawsuit against the Capitol Police for emails and video related to the January 6 riot.


      
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  1. Peter Van Dyke says

    May 29, 2021 at 3:36 pm

    The government won't disclose any info, videos or testimony because they are covering something up. Furthermore, As you well know Sharyl it is a reason to expand government's control, surveil and expand government based on false security claims in order to erode freedom. This has been going on for a long time.

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