Judicial Watch sues DOJ for unredacted, missing records from Durham's probe of Crossfire Hurricane

Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice for unredacted and missing records from former special counsel John Durham's probe of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

The watchdog announced Wednesday that it had sued the DOJ in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday, after the department failed to respond to a FOIA request from August.

The FOIA request sought all the unredacted notes from former CIA Director John Brennan during the August 3, 2016, White House briefing, in which intelligence was reportedly discussed regarding a Hillary Clinton campaign plan to link Donald Trump to Russia. Judicial Watch also asked for the complete and unredacted Inspection Division Report from the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General that critiqued the FBI’s handling of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

The records request also included all unredacted transcripts, summaries, or notes from interviews conducted by Durham with Clinton, Brennan, Jake Sullivan, John Podesta, and others.

The watchdog is also seeking 14 missing pages of the appendix of Durham's report on Crossfire Hurricane that have not been publicly released. The FOIA request also included unredacted records of Durham's referrals to federal agencies and communications between former head of British Intelligence Sir Richard Dearlove, U.S. intelligence officials, Stefan Halper, and Christopher Steele.

Judicial Watch also requested all communications between Fusion GPS, major media outlets, and the Hillary Clinton campaign or the Democratic National Committee.