Larry Klayman

Judicial Watch Founder In Trouble With The FL Bar

Jillian Rayfield | November 4, 2011, 5:26AM

Conservative, birther and serial lawsuit filer Larry Klayman is in financial trouble.

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Bradlee Dean

Anti-Gay Preacher's Lawyer: 'Rachel Maddow's Career Is Over' (AUDIO)

David Taintor | July 29, 2011, 5:55AM

Rachel Maddow's career is over. At least that's what Larry Klayman -- the lawyer for controversial preacher Bradlee Dean, and founder of Freedom Watch -- said will come of a lawsuit filed against Maddow and MSNBC.

Bradlee Dean, a conservative preacher who is known for his incendiary, anti-homosexual rehetoric, and his ministry are seeking damages in excess of $50 million from Maddow and MSNBC for slander and false light.

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Joseph Farah

World Net Daily Writers Sue Esquire For $120 Million Over Birther Parody

Ryan J. Reilly | June 29, 2011, 4:00PM

It might be a week late, but World Net Daily editor Joseph Farah and author Jerome Corsi have finally made good on their threats and sued Esquire for a satirical article that claimed that they were no longer members of the so-called 'birther' movement.

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'Ground Zero Mosque'

Conservative Watchdog Sues NYC Mayor Over Contact With Muslim Groups

Rachel Slajda | December 14, 2010, 9:45AM

Mayor Bloomberg speaks in support of the Park51 project in August 2010

The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch has filed a petition with the New York State Supreme Court demanding that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg release all records of communication with the leader of the future Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan as well as a slew of other Muslim groups.

"Mayor Bloomberg's support for the Ground Zero mosque needs to be fully explored. New Yorkers are going to want to know how closely he's working with the radicals supporting the Ground Zero mosque," the president of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton, said in a press release. "It is troubling that the Mayor's office cannot be bothered to comply with the open records law. What is the Mayor's office hiding?"

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Larry Klayman

Judicial Watch Founder: Obama On 'Political Jihad Promoting Islam'

Ryan J. Reilly | November 17, 2010, 1:43PM

Alan Keyes and Larry Klayman

President Barack Obama is on a "political jihad promoting Islam around the world," said Larry Klayman, the founder of the conservative group Freedom Watch USA, at a panel on Wednesday.

Klayman, who also founded the Judicial Watch group, organized today's forum at the National Press Club under the auspices of his organization, which says its goal is "preserving freedom" and claims to be "the only political advocacy group that speaks through actions."

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Larry Klayman

Conservative Attorney: Secret Service 'Violated My Civil Rights' Outside White House

Justin Elliott | December 23, 2009, 9:38AM

Larry Klayman

Attorney Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch who first attained gadfly status during the Clinton years, is alleging that the Secret Service mistreated him when he went to the White House last week as part of an effort to force President Obama to reveal details of closed-door meetings with health care lobbyists.

It all went down last Wednesday as Klayman, who is also spearheading a legal fight against the Washington Times, decided to directly deliver a letter to President Obama arguing that White House health care meetings constituted a "de facto advisory committee" under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

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