Joe Schoffstall is a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon. Previously, he spent three years with the Media Research Center and was most recently with the Capitol City Project. He can be reached at Schoffstall@freebeacon.com. His Twitter handle is @JoeSchoffstall.
Judicial Watch, a government watchdog group, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice after the agency failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request related to the infamous tarmac meeting between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton just days before Hillary Clinton was interviewed by the FBI about her private email server.
A government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after the agency failed to turn over Obamacare records despite the expiration of time limits imposed by the Freedom of Information Act.
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation was awarded more than $500,000 in taxpayer-funded government grants since 2010, records show. Seven of its leaders additionally paid themselves six-figure salaries, according to the group’s most recent tax filings.
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D., Fla.) continues to pay his longtime girlfriend the maximum congressional salary of $168,411, and she has pocketed nearly $2.4 million in salary working out of his office since 2000.
Leaders of the “Day Without a Woman” strike are working with a group that does not have a single female in a leadership position.
A public interest legal group has discovered more illegal aliens and individuals who refused to answer their citizenship status on the voter rolls in Virginia.
The Congressional Black Caucus PAC (CBC PAC) spends lavishly on upscale resorts and hotels, catering at exclusive restaurants, and on fundraising and Broadway tickets, according to a review of campaign finance records.
Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed a bill that would allow investigations of jurisdictions in the state whose voter rolls contain more registered voters than citizens who are eligible to vote.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.) has quietly stepped away from the committee that has oversight over a scandal-plagued Wisconsin Veterans Affairs facility, actions some Republicans see as the Democratic senator running from her past failures on an issue.
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson is pocketing six figures in workers compensation and disability from the federal government after being convicted in 2013 for illegally spending cash from his campaign committee.
