Judicial Watch Obtains Workers Rosters for Special Counsel Jack Smith – Journal Posts
Judicial Watch announced Thursday that it has secured the release of rosters identifying top deputies who worked for former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
The records were released after Judicial Watch filed a May 2023 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit challenging the Biden Justice Department’s refusal to provide “staff rosters, phone lists, or similar records” for Smith’s office (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice, No. 1:23-cv-01485).
The names on the rosters released 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 had previously obtained a similar roster for staff under former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, though a federal court had upheld the Justice Department’s claim that the records were secret due to law enforcement and privacy concerns.
“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.
Judicial Watch is also pursuing records related to the FBI Public Corruption Unit’s investigation of Donald Trump, codenamed “Arctic Frost.”
Read the Judicial Watch Press Release