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The Four Year Old FOIA
So the FBI Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) fiasco shifts into its fourth year. Well apparently it takes the FBI four (4) years to produce the demanded FOIA documents. Well at least that is what they say.
For a little backdrop, this drama all started back in 2021 when the original FOIA request was tendered on the FBI. Right out of hand the FBI denied the request, which was immediately appealed administratively. The appeal was, also, denied via a summary disposition which could have easily been written by the average sixth grader.
Said administrative appeal prompted litigation in the federal court of the Eastern District Court of New York initially assigned to [now chief] judge Laura Taylor Swain (LTS) in the Southern District of New York. The venue was changed, sua sponte, via Judge Swain to its current federal docket being the eastern district of New York and assigned to LeShann DeArcy Hall (LDH). Incidentally, both are ‘sistas,’ and staunch supporters of the WOKE movement. Both of which particularly dissent, despise, and resent Legalhotwater for its non-compliant position and/or stance with respect to the WOKE movement. This does not imply alignment with any other political movement. To the contrary, Legalhotwater's position has always been that the court is not in the business of catering to and siding with politics; but, rather the court is in the business of settling legal issues, which often requires filtration and separation of the politics from the law and the relevant facts.
In any event, since arriving on the docket of LDH the case literally just sat on the docket for one (1) year. Literally just sat. The court later claimed it had no knowledge that the case was on its docket. As the story goes on – after going up ladder to the second circuit court of appeals (for the second time) due to the FBI’s stonewalling, we finally had a hearing. During said hearing several alarming matters were revealed. First, the FBI admitted, under oath and during the hearing, that no search of any kind was performed until thirty (30) days before the hearing date which was around March 2023. Yes, you read correctly. Second, the FBI failed to even bother making a search for the FOIA material until at least 2.5 years since first receiving the FOIA request. Even worse, this fact was apparent to the judge (LDH) when she denied the motion for preliminary injunction, which prompted the afore mentioned climb up to the second circuit court of appeals, which court, also, failed to order the FBI to produce the demanded FOIA material.
Following return to the lower court, the FBI apparently decides, on its on volition, to start producing what it dubbed as the originally requested FOIA material up to a face value of $50. The FBI then alleged that the FOIA request was unclear and based upon that lack of clarity, Legalhotwater would need to pay well over $170,000 to produce material which was unclear to produce. If that sounds like a conundrum, welcome to the club.
Now on to the fun part, all of the $50 dollars of producible material (according to the FBI’s monetary assessment) consisted of very heavily redacted material which, absent such redaction, has little to no value – as there is very little to no information which can be deciphered from the heavily redacted material. So here we are, today, against this backdrop whereas the FBI has the brazen audacity to seek a summary judgment under its warped view that it has complied with the FOIA request and that Legalhotwater has not paid it $50 for material that has very little to no value, 2.5 years late, and after knowingly and intentionally flinging its nose at the law which required it to produce the material within one (1) month of the requested date not 2.5 years later. And let us not forget that the FBI did not even attempt to make a search for the FOIA demanded material until March of 2023 – again, nearly 2.5 years later.
Clearly, the FBI has engaged in waste, fraud, and abuse – let alone its failure to comply with the law, which it obviously believes (and justifiably so – based on the support of its two (2) ‘sista’ judges) that the law does not apply to the FBI. Now if that does not excite you, we will just graze over the fact that the FBI has knowingly, intentionally, and systemically threatened the life of Legalhotwater’s journalism for grabbing a hold of the brazen FBI criminal cover up of government activity with which the public has a right to be informed. Worse even, the FBI has failed to pay any and all damages which currently are in the six figure neighborhood. Perhaps it should be of no surprise as to the national rampant lawlessness, after all the FBI does not abide by the law and threatens the life of Legalhotwater journalism for the audacity of exposing systemic corruption in the FBI. Did we mention there is a FBI public corruption inquiry opened up concerning LDH? Maybe that's why the FOIA action is four (4) years old, one hand washing the other?
And from the looks of it, LDH is not fond the slightest bit of Legalhotwater's journalism efforts and allegely sent one of her mouth black mouthpieces along with an Asian girl to stage a threat harrassment victim stunt in retaliation for our journalism. We would report that to the FBI but they are in the handwashing business, ante.
Stay tuned as the next chapter of the the four year old FOIA is set to take center stage soon. When it does, sit back and enjoy, it’s bound to be a good show.
And the Beat Goes On
As Legalhotwater has stated from the start there is a pattern of misconduct with 'Justice' as it pertains to compliance with the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA') law. The latest FOIA chapter underway is with the United States Marshal Service. Be sure to tune in there before moving on.
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Standard of Non-Compliance
To say that the Department of Justice has a double standard, with respect to compliance of the law especially when it applies to them, is a tremendous understatement -- to say the least. The photographs of the transcribed hearing held on April 18, 2023 show that the Department of Justice via the Federal Bureau of Investigation, flat out lied on the record and under oath, as to the scope of the Freedom of Information Act Request, therein alleging that:
- They needed more information to understand what exactly was being requested such as to perform a search;
- That the FOIA request was vague or unclear;
The Department of Justice, later into the hearing, goes on to say:
- There, allegedly, was a "No records response," to the expedited appeal;
- And perhaps the most damaging of all, admitting that there was no search for records until about thirty days before the hearing i.e. March 18, 2023, despite the case being opened for nearly two (2) years prior and the original FOIA request at least two (2) years old.
Even the court acknowledged that:
- The Department of Justice's response(s) (was)were contrary to what the statute requires.
And against this backdrop, the district judge (Black Obama appointed judge) denied the preliminary injunction, along with every other request, via plaintiff, thereby effectively acting in cahoots with the Department of Justice, via the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with respect to a criminal charge i.e. Obstruction of Justice. Clearly, these transcript files show that the Law does not apply to the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which, now, both are run by President Trump appointees. How is that explained? What is the position of JudicialWatch of the Red Team leaders, now?
Take a look at the six (6) pages (photographs) of the transcript below, the remaining pages of which are available on the court docket. And the original Freedom of Information Act Request which the Department of Justice and/or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, lied about as being "vague" or "unclear," can be found alongside the video addressing the ongoing bad faith and criminal cover up of the FBI.
The hearing transcript tells the story of the double standard of justice in the Department of Justice.
House Committee on the Judiciary
And for those individuals, particularly, yearning for insight, the House Committee on the Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, has known about the very serious issues of the FBI and the Eastern District of New York for years; but, has done nothing. Why not?
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Red Team Doubts
As mentioned in the video even JudicialWatch has serious concerns regarding the ability of the Trump Administration appointed FBI Director Kash Patel and his ability/willingness to dismantle the FBI or otherwise revamp the FBI from the ground up. The same applies, perhaps even more so, to the Trump appointed Department of Justice Attorney General Pam Bondi. As to the FBI, this is, now, the second FBI Director appointed by President Trump with very serious concerns surrounding effectiveness, both of which appointees are, again, Republican i.e. the predecessor Christopher Wray and incumbent Kash Patel.
Original FBI FOIA Request
As mentioned, in the video, the FBI alleged that the original FOIA request was "Too broad" and thus the FBI was unable to ascertain the scope of the request without, as they put it: "Thousands of dollars of work via research" given as stated in the hearing "more than half a million [producible] items." As the image below should illustrate, the FBI is a politically corrupt entity which has engaged in extensive abuse of power, outright political targeting, extortion, blackmail, and all sorts of other crimes: the aim of which has solely been rooted in unjust enrichment for the FBI i.e. backdoor payoff(s) for individuals [very loosely and outside of a court action] claiming an entitlement to government payment(s) for slavery. Thus, the FBI planned and executed its self serving fraud scheme using this underlying court action, initiated by Legalhotwater, as a vehicle for slavery reparations; pursuant thereto the FBI has harassed and targeted Legalhotwater, to no end, to disappear and perfect its embezzlement schemes -- even under the so-call Maga Trump Team which alleged to have an issue with the exact same extraordinary abuse of power, criminal RICO, weaponization against the public (targeting exposures of their activities), and a host of other crimes; but when such were carried out against Trump (and allegedly against Kash Patel by the same FBI over which he, now, presides) it was a problem, today, not so much.
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The FBI Cover Up Conclaves Continued
As promised folks, Legalhotwater has started releasing files per the more than 3.5 year Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") lawsuit against the rogue Federal Bureau of Investigation which is a component of the United States Department of Justice. We are now on batch release #8. This is what the FBI per its self proclaimed "Above the Law" status withheld for more than 3 years.
See if you can make sense of this heavily redacted material. This is what happens when your government goes rogue and declares itself above the law, answering to no one emboldened with their very own federal pocket judges i.e. Leshann DeArcy Monique Hall (LDH) in the Eastern District of New York federal court.
This batch release promises to expose more of what the FBI was hiding for 3.5 years. The FBI Dallas, TX field office is the respondent. This release is around ninety pages or so and about three (3) megabytes in length. It is best to have a fast internet connection. As the dirty corrupt dealings of the FBI continue to see the light of day we find more of the following:
- Public Corruption (White Supremacy Related)
- Organized Crime
- PPP Loan Fraud
- Bank Fraud Allegations (Prosperity Bank)
- FBI Misconduct Allegations Levied Against the Dallas, TX Field Office
Perhaps this batch release sheds even more light on the real reason the FBI withheld these documents for 3.5 years. Were they looking to suppress allegations levied against them? Is that what this is all about? Crooked cops hiding behind the shroud of secrecy? That's what it looks like. And keep in mind, such an inference is being drawn, even, under the circumstance of these heavily redacted files. This is definitely not over with this crooked FBI regime. Let alone the fraud related to unpaid damages. Support us in The Legalhotwater Gift Shop
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Government Accountability
So, in case you are keeping score, the United States Department of Justice is shrouded in secrecy to the level of corruption giving rise to these FBI Files data dumps – all of which enabled from the bench, ante, LDH. And what is the answer to the issues with secrecy? More secrecy – in this case from the Bench. And how are all of these problems managed? Criminal Spying which is primarily done via 702 FISA PRISM which basically is quasi legislation that the federal government abuses to spy on whomever they want whenever they want -- without a warrant and without cause. And this fact is irrefutable as it was exposed via former House Representative Matt Gaetz (FL-1).
So while it is the dawn of a New Day in Washington, D.C., today, January 20, 2025 with the inauguratiion of Donald J. Trump, some things remain the same. And the criminal spying is one of them. Why hasn't Trump addressed this problem on Day One? In any event, we'll wait a few days, on this end, as Trump is set to tackle a number of hot button issues with a rumored 100 Exective Orders to be issued on his very first day. IMHO criminal spying defintitely should be one of them. For now, keep reading as to the crooked dirty dealings of the deadbeat FBI, which does not pay its debts; but, instead looks to criminal cover ups to hide its failures and corruption.
Read on.
2021 FBI Data Dump: Volume One, Chapter Eighth