Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Daily Caller News Foundation ....

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Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit on Behalf 
of Daily Caller News Foundation for 
Dr. Fauci and WHO Records

MAY 04, 2020|JUDICIAL WATCH






(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it 
filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of 
the Daily Caller News Foundation against the U.S. Department 
of Health & Human Services (HHS) for communications and 
other records of National Institute of Allergies and Infectious 
Diseases Director Anthony Fauci and Deputy Director H. 
Clifford Lane with and about the World Health Organization (WHO) 
concerning the novel coronavirus
(Daily Caller News Foundation v. U.S. Department Justice 
(No. 1:20-cv-01149)).

The suit was filed after HHS failed to respond to an April 1, 2020, FOIA request seeking:

• Communications between Dr. Fauci and Deputy Director Lane and World Health Organization officials concerning the novel coronavirus.
  
  
• Communications of Dr. Fauci and Deputy Director Lane concerning WHO, WHO official Bruce Aylward, WHO Director General Tedros Anhanom, and China.
  

The time period for the request is January 1, 2020 to April 1, 2020.

Additionally, the DCNF requested and was granted expedited 
processing of its request.

In March 2020, Fauci praised the work of the WHO and their chairman, 
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, saying: “Tedros is really an 
outstanding person … I mean, obviously, over the years anyone who 
says that the WHO has not had problems has not been watching the WHO. 
But I think under his leadership they’ve done very well.”

In April, President Trump announced a halt to funding the 
World Health Organization. According to the president, the WHO put 
“political correctness over lifesaving measures.” Additionally, 
President Trump said: “The WHO failed in this duty, and must be held 
accountable,” adding that the WHO ignored “credible information” in 
December 2019 that the virus could be transmitted from human to human.

Daily Caller News Foundation Co-Founder and President Neil Patel said: 
“This virus has killed hundreds of thousands of people and turned 
the whole world upside down. We know that China and WHO could 
have done a lot more to prevent or reduce this catastrophe. 
We therefore have a legitimate and urgent news purpose for seeking 
these documents regarding U.S. officials’ communications with WHO 
and demand that the agencies in question stop stalling and start 
following the law that entitles us to this vital information.”

“It is urgent that the NIH follow transparency law during the coronavirus 
crisis,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “It is of significant 
public interest to learn what WHO was telling our top medical officials 
about the coronavirus that originated in China.”


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