by Tom Fitton
Obama and Clinton operatives, the Deep State, and their allies were counting on that new and sad reality to help them “take down” President Trump. They failed, but have not given up.
Freedom and liberty does come with a price. Usually, it is a daily cost that each of us can easily cover. Sometimes the price is the steepest of all and is paid for by the heroes in uniform who walk those ramparts to protect us all.
But if we do want to preserve, protect, and maintain our republic as it was so gloriously envisioned and then created by our Founding Fathers, then each of us has to be involved to some extent.
If we don’t, then the Left wins and the republic we cherish will fall and fade away.
President Ronald Reagan understood this better than most and spoke to the issue during his farewell address to the nation on January 11, 1989. Said President Reagan in part:
One of the things I’m proudest of in the past 8 years: the resurgence of national pride that I called “The New Patriotism.” This national feeling is good, but it won’t count for much, and it won’t last unless it’s grounded in thoughtfulness and knowledge. An informed patriotism is what we want… those of us who are over 35 or so years of age grew up in a different America. We were taught—very directly—what it means to be an American. And we absorbed, almost in the air, a love of country and an appreciation of its institutions. But now… for those who create popular culture, well-grounded patriotism is no longer in style. Our spirit is back but we haven’t re-institutionalized it. We’ve got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom—freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. Freedom is special and rare. It’s fragile; it needs protection.
Tens of millions of Americans cherish the freedoms articulated by President Reagan. Freedoms they do understand are being taken away from them—seemingly forever—with each passing day. Freedoms that truly do need to be “re-institutionalized” in a hurry… or else.
Well… as President Reagan was fond of beginning a sentence… we must be the ones to “re-institutionalize” those freedoms.
If not us, who? If not now, when?
Every American who believes in our Constitution and the Founders’ vision believes the United States must have clearly defined and protected borders, believes in the need for a strong military, believes in the value of hard work and faith, believes in the rule of law, and believes in American exceptionalism must band together to “re-institutionalize” those freedoms and protect them going forward.
Knowing that to be the truth, while massive problems and issues can rarely be solved in the macro sense, they can often be dealt with in the micro sense.
Meaning, while we as individuals or even small groups are not going to necessarily stop the imposing and evolving threats to the welfare of our republic on our own, we can very positively affect those threats at the local level.
Those on the left and the far left and those who have contempt for the rule of law in the Deep State truly do believe that they have an “ace in the hole” when it comes to undoing the United States of America.
The one thing they believe above all others is that those who oppose them will ultimately do nothing to stop them. Nothing.
Sadly, and even tragically, many times they have been proven correct.
Way back in 1770, Edmund Burke spelled it out for all of us when he warned: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of Evil is for good men to do nothing.”
The good people doing “nothing” scenario has become the largest part of the far-left playbook. They factor that into every single socialist, anarchistic, illegal, and destructive act they take.
The Left and the Far Left have proven time and again that there are few lines they will not cross to achieve their liberty-destroying objectives. Our cities are now facing violent riots from communist insurrectionists, our history is under attack, churches are being defaced, and the very foundations of our country are being questioned by a radical rabble. Even more dangerously, this political violence is being egged on, coddled, and condoned by craven leftist politicians. The assault on our republic is dire—and we are on the precipice of collapse.
There are a number of ways we can protect, defend, and maintain the republic we all love and cherish without descending into the gutter with the Far Left and their army of gangsters.
Thanks to the support of now millions of you, Judicial Watch has been fighting the fight from our nation’s capital and across the states. Together with you, we have stood shoulder to shoulder from one end of the United States to the other.
We are the force needed to defeat the darkness of the Far Left.
But to win, we must not only never give up the fight, but expand it.
Each of you is both a member of a freedom army and a force of one.
Seek out those in your neighborhood, town, and city who think like you. Get involved whenever and wherever you can.
Create your own activist “platoon” of committed patriots to engage in this fight of our lives by supporting, voting, campaigning, and exercising your core First Amendment rights.
Write reports. Share information with each other. Let the authorities know of any wrongdoing. Keep track of the news to make sure the current crisis recedes. If not, increase your activism! Use state and federal FOIA laws and other public information laws to ask questions and demand answers about what your government is up to! It is easy. You can go over to our Judicial Watch website (www.JudicialWatch.org) for our FOIA handbook to help guide you on any public records requests you’d like to make.
Those who cherish your ideals are out there. They are out there by the millions. But some have been intimidated into silence or compliance by the brutal tactics of the Left.
Let them know they are not alone.
The agents and the operatives of the Far Left believe that most who oppose them will never get involved and instead simply sit at home twiddling their thumbs while saying, “Tsk, tsk, tsk.”
Prove them wrong. Every law Judicial Watch seeks to vindicate is also open to everyday citizens. You can demand documents under transparency law, you can demand accountability and clean elections, you can engage in party politics, you can, as the Constitution lays out, petition your government for redress of grievances.
And, of course, support Judicial Watch and get the word out about our work!
The little accountability Hillary Clinton has faced, the thwarting of the coup cabal, the successes for honest elections, and pushback against open borders extremism—all have largely flowed from our ragtag group.
Our motto and motivation is “Because no one is above the law!”
With that mission in mind—our combined mission—please continue to let your family members, your friends, and your neighbors know about Judicial Watch.
The agents, the operatives, and the goons of the Left and the Far Left truly hate us for a reason. We not only drag them out from their dark and murky shadows, kicking and screaming into the light for all to see their decrepit ugliness, but we also bring them to justice.
We can’t do it alone. We are all in this together.
This is the fight of our lives.
We will not lose our republic to these agents of anarchy and darkness.
Together, we will overcome that evil.
APPENDICES
“Electronic Communication” Opening Spy Operation Against Trump Campaign
Andrew McCabe Memo about Rod Rosenstein Offer to Wear a Wire into the Trump Oval Office
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book is truly the work product of the Judicial Watch team, whose patriotism, work ethic, and vision have built Judicial Watch into one of the most significant civic organizations in the history of our country. Paul Orfanedes, our Director of Litigation and Chris Farrell, our Director of Research and Investigations, have helped me lead our team in achieving success after success for the rule of law. And in further testament to the fact that our country is the best in the world, none of our achievemen
t would have been possible without the generous and voluntary support of millions of Americans who are Judicial Watch supporters and members. Of course, the families of our staff deserve a special note of thanks, as their steadfast support is essential to our success. (I know I am grateful to my patient wife and children for putting up with my trying to run Judicial Watch out of our house because of the insane coronavirus crisis!) And for those of you who helped me directly on A Republic Under Assault, thank you for ensuring the success of this essential educational effort.
I am very grateful to the talented and dedicated team at Simon & Schuster, Threshold Editions. This will be our third book together. My editor, Natasha Simons, is a true professional, and her guidance and direction have been invaluable. She, along with assistant editor Maggie Loughran, has helped immeasurably in the process of refining the content for the reader’s benefit.
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NOTES
SECTION ONE: Our Republic Under Assault… from the Deep State
1 Kevin Brock, “New FBI document confirms the Trump campaign was investigated without justification,” The Hill, May 27, 2020, https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/499586-new-fbi-document-confirms-the-trump-campaign-was-investigated-without.
2 July 10, 2019: Judicial Watch, “Emails Show Dossier-Connected Top Obama State Department Officials Set ‘Face-to-Face’ Meeting on ‘Russian Matter’ in NY in September 2016.”
3 September 9, 2019: Judicial Watch, “New State Department Documents Reveal Last-Minute Efforts by Obama State Department to Undermine President Trump.”
4 September 19, 2019: Judicial Watch, “Documents Reveal Extensive Relationship between Dossier Author Steele and Top Obama State Department Officials.”
5 October 31, 2019: Judicial Watch, “Documents Reveal Extensive Relationship between Dossier Author Steele and Top Obama State Department Officials.”
6 January 7, 2020: Judicial Watch:, “State Department Handler for Steele Used Personal Email to Push-Reports.”
7 August 14, 2019: “Judicial Watch: New DOJ Docs Show Nellie Ohr Sent DOJ /FBI Anti-Trump Russia Dossier Materials Through Her Husband Bruce Ohr.”
8 August 14, 2019: Judicial Watch, “New DOJ Docs Show Nellie Ohr Sent DOJ /FBI Anti-Trump Russia Dossier Materials Through Her Husband Bruce Ohr.”
9 August 15, 2019: “Judicial Watch Releases Email Exchanges of Russian-Related Material between Nellie Ohr and DOJ Top Official Lisa Holtyn During the Time Ohr Worked at Fusion GPS.”
10 August 19, 2019, The Washington Examiner, “FBI used Steele dossier in FISAs despite knowing about flaws and bias.”
11 Daniel John Sobieski, July 16, 2019: The American Thinker, “Mueller was Weissmann’s Sock Puppet.”
12 Ibid.
13 March 15, 2018: USAPoliticsToday.org, “Mueller’s ‘Pit Bull’ Andrew Weissmann Busted for Withholding Evidence in Previous Case.”
14 May 22, 2018: “Daily Caller—Manafort’s Lawyers Suggest Key Mueller Deputy Is Leaking to Media.”
15 August 12, 2019: American Thinker, “Both Ohrs in Troubled Water.”
16 September 11, 2019: “Judicial Watch: Records Show DOJ Effort to Craft Response to Reports on Rosenstein Wearing Wire, Invoking 25th Amendment.”
17 September 23, 2019: Judicial Watch, “McCabe memo detailed how DOJ’s Rosenstein proposed wearing a wire into Oval Office to record President Trump.”
18 April 29, 2020: Judicial Watch, “Emails show extensive communications between senior Defense official and columnist who published leaked info on Flynn calls with Russian Ambassador.”
19 October 17, 2017: The New York Times, “Andrew Weissmann, Mueller’s Legal Pit Bull.”
20 FoxNews.com [n.d.]: “Mueller team criticized by fellow attorneys for history of questionable tactics.”
21 December 5, 2017: Judicial Watch, “New Justice Department records show strong support by Mueller deputy Andrew Weissmann, other top DOJ officials for Yates’ refusal to enforce President Trump travel ban.”
22 October 22, 2019: Judicial Watch, “AP Reporters Gave DOJ/FBI Ukraine Info and Code to Private Locker of Paul Manafort in Apparent Effort to Push Criminal Prosecution.”
SECTION TWO: Our Republic Under Assault… from the Impeachment-Coup Attack Against President Trump
1 April 14, 2017: Judicial Watch, “Judicial Watch Calls upon Office of Congressional Ethics to Investigate Whether Rep. Schiff and Rep. Speier Disclosed Classified Information.”
2 January 22, 2020: RealClearInvestigations.com, “Whistleblower Was Overheard in ’17 Discussing with Ally How to Remove Trump.”
3 February 20, 2020: Judicial Watch:, “CIA, DOJ Refuse to Confirm or Deny Existence of Eric Ciaramella Records.”
SECTION THREE: Our Republic (Still) Under Assault… from Hillary Clinton
1 November 30, 2017: Judicial Watch, “Judicial Watch Releases 29 Pages of FBI Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting Documents Previously Withheld by Justice Department.”
2 March 26, 2020: Judicial Watch, “Strzok’s ‘Weiner Timeline’ shows gap between Clinton email discovery and search warrant.”
3 August 23, 2018: Real Clear Investigations.
4 October 17, 2018: Judicial Watch, “FBI Documents detail Weiner laptop/Clinton email find just before the 2016 election.”
5 January 4, 2018: Judicial Watch, “At least 18 Classified Emails found on Weiner’s laptop.”
6 November 22, 2019: Judicial Watch, “Judicial Watch Obtains Strzok-Page Emails Showing FBI’s Special Accommodation of Clinton Email Witnesses.”
7 November 22, 2019: “Judicial Watch Obtains Strzok-Page Emails Showing FBI’s Special Accommodation of Clinton Email Witnesses.”
8 July 5,
2016: ABC News, “FBI Probe Contradicts Clinton’s Claim She Never Sent Classified Emails.”
9 November 12, 2019: Judicial Watch, “Judicial Watch Obtains Strzok-Page Emails Disputing Hillary Clinton’s Claim That She ‘Never Received nor Sent Any Material That Was Marked Classified.”
10 June 3, 2019: “Judicial Watch: New Strzok-Page Emails Reveal FBI Gave Special Treatment to Hillary Clinton’s Demands for Email Investigation Information Just Before Election.”
11 June 3, 2019: Judicial Watch, “Judicial Watch: New Strzok-Page Emails Reveal FBI Gave Special Treatment to Hillary Clinton’s Demands for Email Investigation Information Just before Election.”
12 November 17, 2009: “CNN Politics—Bill Clinton Could Pose Cabinet Problem.”
13 January 5, 2009: “Senator Hillary Clinton’s Letter—Subject: Ethics Undertakings”; https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Hillary-R -Clinton-Termination-EA.pdf.
14 August 9, 2015: Judicial Watch, Judicial Watch Uncovers New Batch of Hillary Clinton Emails.
15 April 30, 2015: Judicial Watch, “Teneo & the Clinton Machine.”
16 January 8, 2010: PBS, “Chasing the Ghosts of a Corrupt Regime.”
17 December 18, 2008: Wall Street Journal, “Clinton Foundation Donors.”
18 February 9, 2010: ABC News, “No-Fly Terror List Includes Big Financial Backer of Clinton; “FBI stops Nigerian with ties to ex-president; allowed to fly after questioning.”
19 April 5, 2016: Judicial Watch, “The Clinton Shell Game.”
20 January 8, 2010: PBS, “Chasing the Ghosts of a Corrupt Regime; “Gilbert Chagoury, Clinton donor and diplomat with a checkered past.”
21 March 25, 2015: Washington Free Beacon, “Senator Highlights Clinton Ties to Nigerian Donor.”