Judicial Watch says it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for all communications between the Secret Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the search warrant that led to the raid on former President Donald Trumpโs Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago on August 8.
Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit to compel Homeland Security to comply with a FOIA request for public information that included:
- All records of communication between any official or employee of the U.S. Secret Service and any official or employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the execution of a search warrant at the residence of President Trump on August 8, 2022.
The Secret Service had indicated in an August 23 letter that it had completed its search for records responsive to the FOIA request, and had located potentially responsive records, which it did not produce at the time.
But in a September letter, the Secret Service retracted its assertion.
Citing reports from the BBC, and ABC News Judicial Watch outlined certain details in the FOIA lawsuit. the lawsuit says the FBIย reportedlyย provided the Secret Service with advance notice of the pending execution of the search warrant.
The reporting specifically indicates that an employee or employees of the FBI Miami Field Office notified President Trumpโs Secret Service protective detail approximately 45 minutes before the FBI's arrival at Mar-a-Lago.
Records of any such communication would be responsive to the request and fall within the specified time frame.
The Secret Serviceโs changing story on whether it has documents on the Biden administrationโs unprecedented raid on former President Trumpโs home should be resolved by a federal court.
Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch President
In October, Judicial Watch filed aย FOIA lawsuitย against Homeland Security for all communications between the Secret Service internally and the FBI regarding the raid on Trumpโs home, and for any video or audio recordings made during the raid.
Judicial Watch alsoย announcedย that the National Archives is withholding 99% of the records about the raid that were requested in a Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit.
In August, Judicial Watchย forced the releaseย of the key raid affidavit through aย court requestย to unseal the warrant materials.
Judicial Watch also filed two lawsuits against the Justice Department for records of the raid search warrant application and approval, as well as communications about the warrant between the FBI, the Executive Office of the President, and the Secret Service.
Read more about the case here.
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