Judicial Watch announced Friday that it filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against both the Department of Justice and CIA for information on the whistleblower, whose complaint led to the House Democratic impeachment of President Donald Trump.

According to numerous reports the alleged whistleblower is CIA employee Eric Ciaramella. Ciarmella allegedly worked on Ukraine issues while on detail to both President Obama and President Trump administrations. The whistleblower did not have first hand knowledge of any of the allegations submitted in the report to the Intelligence Community’s Inspector General and was protected by Democrats in the committee from testifying.

There is significant public interest, thanks to the Obama Spygate scandal and the related abusive impeachment of President Trump, in what Eric Ciaramella was up to, Tom Fitton

Ciaramella’s name was circulating during the House impeachment proceedings and many Republican lawmakers wanted to call on him to testify, according to numerous Congressional sources. The sources stipulated that none of the Congressional members named Ciaramella publicly because of protections granted whistleblowers.

Public Interest

Republicans chided Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff, D-CA, who stated that his committee did not have contact with the whistleblower before receiving the IG complaint that the whistleblower submitted. Schiff said at the time, that “we have not spoken directly with the whistleblower.” In fact, the whistleblower had reached out to committee members before filing the complaint with the IG.

“There is significant public interest, thanks to the Obama Spygate scandal and the related abusive impeachment of President Trump, in what Eric Ciaramella was up to,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “CIA operative Ciaramella is documented to be involved in the Russia collusion investigation, and was a key CIA operative on Ukraine in the both the Obama and Trump White Houses. Our lawsuits are designed to break through the unprecedented cover-up of his activities.”

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