A federal lawsuit has forced the Justice Department to release the identities of staffers who took part in an investigation aimed at bringing criminal charges against President Donald Trump.
The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced in a statement that “it secured the release of rosters identifying the names of top deputies who worked for former Special Counsel Jack Smith.”
“Judicial Watch overcame a wall of resistance to get the names of the attorneys helping rogue prosecutor Jack Smith in his attempt to upend our Republic. We are pleased that the Bondi Justice Department finally stopped defending the indefensible and turned over the rosters to Judicial Watch and the American people,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
“The names were released after Judicial Watch filed a May 2023 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit challenging the Biden Justice Department’s rejection of Judicial Watch’s request for “staff rosters, phone lists, or similar records depicting all employees hired by or detailed to the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith” (Judicial Watch Inc. v U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:23-cv-01485)),” Judicial Watch reports.
The names on the rosters released to Judicial Watch are:
Ahmed M. Baset
Greg D. Bernstein
Jay I. Bratt
Matthew B. Burke
Joseph P. “J.P.” Cooney
Karen Y. Drolet
Timothy “Tad” A. Duree
Julie A. Edelstein
Karen E. Gilbert
Jonathan W. Haray
David V. Harbach
Ray N. Hulser
Myron L. Marlin
Stephen J. Marzen
Ariel C. McIntyre
Anne P. McNamara
James I. Pearce
John M. Pellettieri
David A. Raskin
Brett C. Reynolds
David M. Rody
Michael E. Thakur
Maria K. Vento
Brooke C. Watson
Thomas P. Windom
“Judicial Watch earlier obtained a similar roster for top staffers working for former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but a federal court upheld the Biden Justice Department’s extraordinary claim that the rosters had to be kept secret because they were ‘compiled for law enforcement purposes’ and implicated the staffers’ privacy interests,’” Judicial Watch notes.
Bondi should have removed all of these already. If she hasn’t she should be removed. The DOJ cannot be effective with liberal partisans infested in it.
Every action has a consequence
Interesting last name!
I can appreciate the difficulty when assigned a distasteful involvement in a controversial action but have to consider taking care of family and personal life balanced with professional resume. It would take courage to turn your boss/manager/superior when the assignment is received. But consideration should always include “what would happen if my involvement became public?”