Overview

• The watchdog filed Freedom of Information Act lawsuits on Aug. 28 against the Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence seeking records tied to the government’s investigation of Michael Caputo.
• Requested materials include investigative reports, interview summaries, internal memoranda, subpoenas or other demands to Google, and communications between federal officials referencing Caputo.
• Judicial Watch says Caputo’s Gmail was accessed under a secret search warrant in September 2023, shortly after he joined the 2024 Trump campaign, and it is seeking any related Google/Alphabet records.
• Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton alleges the Biden-era FBI and Justice Department “were spying on the Trump campaign,” a claim not supported by released government records to date.
• Caputo was contacted by House intelligence investigators in 2017 and interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller in 2018 in Russia-related probes, and he was not charged in those inquiries.