The conservative organization Judicial Watch is suing Obama’s Department of Justice seeking FBI interviews with President Obama and his “key aides about former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s attempt to sell the U.S. Senate seat previously held by the commander-in-chief.”
Judicial Watch formally announced its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in D.C. Monday after the DOJ rejected the group’s ongoing request for the FBI transcripts.
From The Daily Caller:
The interviews were part of the FBI’s investigation into Blagojevich’s 2008 effort to obtain appointment to Obama’s former Senate seat in exchange for political favors.
“The FBI interviewed Barack Obama eight years ago about the selling of his Senate seat,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement. “The American people should finally get to see these FBI interview reports. The public has a right to know precisely how Obama and his senior White House advisors Emanuel and Jarrett responded to Blagojevich’s corrupt attempts sell Obama’s Senate seat.”
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Judicial Watch first filed suit for the records in March, 2016, after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the case, but withdrew until after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois upheld the former governor’s 14-year sentence in August, 2016.
It’s outrageous that Obama’s DOJ has stonewalled Freedom Watch’s repeated requests for documents relating to the illegal selling of Obama’s Senate seat. Such corruption within the Obama White House has been par for the course for this administration, and it’s time for a change.
Thankfully, President-elect Trump will not stand for such corruption and will shake things up!
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