
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> The USCP’s camera security system, including footage recorded by it within the Capitol and sought by [Judicial Watch <strong><a href="https://myjw.pr.judicialwatch.org/link.php?AGENCY=jw&amp;M=15271514&amp;N=56470&amp;L=25551&amp;F=H&amp;drurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuanVkaWNpYWx3YXRjaC5vcmcvcHJlc3MtcmVsZWFzZXMvYmFiYml0dC1jcmVtYXRpb24tcmVxdWVzdC8/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kZXBsb3llciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj13ZWVrbHkrdXBkYXRlJnV0bV90ZXJtPW1lbWJlcnMmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9MjAyMTA4MjEwMDA0MTA=&quot;&gt;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE</a></strong> uncovered documents from Washington, DC’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) related to Air Force veteran and San Diego native Ashli Babbitt. These documents reveal that OCME submitted a request for permission to cremate Babbitt only two days after taking custody of her body and that due to the “high profile nature” of Babbitt’s case, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Francisco Diaz requested that a secure electronic file with limited access be created for Babbitt’s records. Additionally, Babbitt’s fingerprints were emailed to a person supposedly working for the DC government, which resulted in Microsoft “undeliverable” messages written in Chinese characters being returned.<br /><br /> In July, we filed a FOIA&nbsp;<a href="https://myjw.pr.judicialwatch.org/link.php?AGENCY=jw&amp;M=15271514&amp;N=56470&amp;L=25315&amp;F=H&amp;drurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuanVkaWNpYWx3YXRjaC5vcmcvcHJlc3MtcmVsZWFzZXMvYmFuay1kYXRhLWphbi02Lz91dG1fc291cmNlPWRlcGxveWVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXdlZWtseSt1cGRhdGUmdXRtX3Rlcm09bWVtYmVycyZ1dG1fY29udGVudD0yMDIxMDgyMTAwMDQxMA==">lawsuit</a>&nbsp;against the DOJ for records of communication between the FBI and several financial institutions about the reported transfer of financial transactions made by people in DC, Maryland and Virginia on January 5 and January 6, 2021. The FBI refused to confirm or deny any such records exist. Also in July, Judicial Watch filed a&nbsp;<a href="https://myjw.pr.judicialwatch.org/link.php?AGENCY=jw&amp;M=15271514&amp;N=56470&amp;L=25331&amp;F=H&amp;drurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuanVkaWNpYWx3YXRjaC5vcmcvcHJlc3MtcmVsZWFzZXMvcG9zdGFsLXNlcnZpY2Utc29jaWFsLW1lZGlhLz91dG1fc291cmNlPWRlcGxveWVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXdlZWtseSt1cGRhdGUmdXRtX3Rlcm09bWVtYmVycyZ1dG1fY29udGVudD0yMDIxMDgyMTAwMDQxMA==">lawsuit</a>&nbsp;against the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for information relating to the tracking and collecting of Americans’ social media posts through its Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP).<br /><br /> In May, we&nbsp;<a href="https://myjw.pr.judicialwatch.org/link.php?AGENCY=jw&amp;M=15271514&amp;N=56470&amp;L=24982&amp;F=H&amp;drurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuanVkaWNpYWx3YXRjaC5vcmcvcHJlc3MtcmVsZWFzZXMvanctamFuLTYtcGVudGFnb24tdXNwcC8/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kZXBsb3llciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj13ZWVrbHkrdXBkYXRlJnV0bV90ZXJtPW1lbWJlcnMmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9MjAyMTA4MjEwMDA0MTA=">sued</a>&nbsp;both 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.<br /><br /> In March, we sued the District of Columbia for the autopsy of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and related records. Pressure from this lawsuit helped lead to the disclosure that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died of&nbsp;<a href="https://myjw.pr.judicialwatch.org/link.php?AGENCY=jw&amp;M=15271514&amp;N=56470&amp;L=24927&amp;F=H&amp;drurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudXNjcC5nb3YvbWVkaWEtY2VudGVyL3ByZXNzLXJlbGVhc2VzL21lZGljYWwtZXhhbWluZXItZmluZHMtdXNjcC1vZmZpY2VyLWJyaWFuLXNpY2tuaWNrLWRpZWQtbmF0dXJhbC1jYXVzZXM/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kZXBsb3llciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj13ZWVrbHkrdXBkYXRlJnV0bV90ZXJtPW1lbWJlcnMmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9MjAyMTA4MjEwMDA0MTA=">natural causes</a>. Also in March, we filed a FOIA&nbsp;<a href="https://myjw.pr.judicialwatch.org/link.php?AGENCY=jw&amp;M=15271514&amp;N=56470&amp;L=22334&amp;F=H&amp;drurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuanVkaWNpYWx3YXRjaC5vcmcvcHJlc3MtcmVsZWFzZXMvcGVsb3NpLXBlbnRhZ29uLWNoaWVmLz91dG1fc291cmNlPWRlcGxveWVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXdlZWtseSt1cGRhdGUmdXRtX3Rlcm09bWVtYmVycyZ1dG1fY29udGVudD0yMDIxMDgyMTAwMDQxMA==">lawsuit</a>&nbsp;against the U.S. Department of Defense for records about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s January 8, 2021, telephone call with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.<br /><br /> Once again, Judicial Watch is doing the heavy lifting that a Congress, a media, and an honest executive branch also ought to be doing!</div>
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