(Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton is pictured speaking in 2005 at the National Press Club. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
The founder of Judicial Watch would sit on the D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, which has the power to remove certain judges for misconduct.
By Matthew Choe
October 3, 2020
President Donald Trump intends to appoint the conservative activist Tom Fitton to a D.C. court oversight body with the power to remove judges in the district’s judiciary.
The White House announced Trump’s intention to name Fitton to the D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure on Friday afternoon. Fitton is the head of the conservative group Judicial Watch and has advocated the investigation of former Obama administration officials, including Hillary Clinton. He was also a fierce critic of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 election.
The announcement was the most significant front-end action by the White House during a day consumed by the president’s health. Trump announced early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for coronavirus, and he was transferred to Walter Reed Military Medical Center in the afternoon out of what the White House said was an “abundance of caution.“
