Larry Elliot Klayman was born on July 20,1951 and is an American attorney, right-wing activist, and former US Justice Department prosecutor.
64 Facts About Larry Klayman
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Larry Klayman was born to Jewish parents and identifies himself as a messianic Jew.
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Larry Klayman received his JD from Emory University Law School in 1977.
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In 2004, Larry Klayman ran for the US Senate from Florida but lost the Republican Party primary, finishing seventh out of eight candidates.
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Larry Klayman says the name originated from an episode of The West Wing in which he was caricatured as "Larry Claypool".
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In 2021, Larry Klayman hosted the "Third Continental Congress," at which conservative activists aired their grievances with the federal government.
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Larry Klayman is the author of three books and wrote periodic columns for conservative websites such as WorldNetDaily.
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Larry Klayman has been blamed for changing the tone of partisan investigations in Washington, DC.
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Five years later, in a separate case in New York, Larry Klayman's behavior led District Judge Denny Chin to issue a lifetime ban on the attorney practicing law before him.
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In 2007, Larry Klayman received a $25,000 retainer from a Daytona Beach woman facing criminal charges who accused him of not providing legal services in return.
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The Florida Bar Association mediated the matter, and Larry Klayman agreed to pay off a small portion within 90 days, but after the deadline lapsed, he was reprimanded by the association.
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In 2014, Larry Klayman agreed to be publicly censured by the DC Bar.
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Larry Klayman represented three individuals who had sued Judicial Watch, his former employer and client, but failed to obtain Judicial Watch's consent to waive his conflict of interest.
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Larry Klayman sued Politico for defamation over its coverage of his suspension.
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In 2018, Larry Klayman unsuccessfully sued the District of Columbia Bar and some of its employees by alleging they were conspiring to disbar him.
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Larry Klayman represented Gennifer Flowers, who was one of Bill Clinton's mistresses, in a defamation suit against Hillary Clinton.
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Larry Klayman represented Dolly Kyle, another woman who claimed to be a mistress of Bill Clinton, in her unsuccessful lawsuit against him.
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Larry Klayman represented Jared Paul Stern in his unsuccessful defamation lawsuit against the Clintons, Ronald Burkle, and the Daily News.
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In 2012, Larry Klayman represented Freedom Watch in its FOIA request to obtain various federal agencies' documents.
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In 2015, Larry Klayman filed an unsuccessful RICO lawsuit against Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and the Clinton Foundation by alleging Hillary Clinton sold access to US government officials in return for donations to the Clinton Foundation.
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In 2017, Larry Klayman circulated a petition to be appointed as a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's involvement in the sale of Uranium One.
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In 2012, Larry Klayman filed on behalf of a Florida resident an unsuccessful challenge to Barack Obama's placement on the primary ballot and claimed the president is not a natural-born citizen, as required by the US Constitution.
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Larry Klayman represented the presidential candidate for the Constitution Party and a member of the Alabama Republican Party, who alleged the Alabama Secretary of State had a duty to investigate Obama's eligibility.
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In 2013, a citizen grand jury formed by Larry Klayman "indicted" Obama and others of various crimes, "convicted" Obama of fraud, and alleged that he had forged his birth certificate to pass presidential eligibility requirements.
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In 2014, Larry Klayman requested the Department of Homeland Security to initiate deportation proceedings against Obama.
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In 2013, Larry Klayman sued the Obama administration over the collection of phone records by the National Security Agency.
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The ACLU and US Senator Rand Paul had filed similar cases, but Larry Klayman's was the only one to gain a favorable court ruling.
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Larry Klayman had several other dismissed suits against Obama, including a lawsuit alleging that the Obama administration had secretly allowed the Ebola virus to enter the US to harm people of the "Caucasian race and Jewish-Christian religion," a suit to block actions taken by the Obama administration regarding gun control, a lawsuit to block the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, and a suit against Obama and others for inciting airport protests at the Los Angeles International Airport.
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In 2019, Larry Klayman vowed to convene a citizen grand jury to "indict" Obama's vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden for their involvement with Burisma Holdings.
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Larry Klayman unsuccessfully sued the Bidens, having alleged that they pressured YouTube to ban his channel, which was suspended for two days.
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Larry Klayman has brought a number of lawsuits on behalf of conservative causes or against individuals associated with the Democratic Party.
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In November 2018, Larry Klayman sued Brenda Snipes, the supervisor of elections for Broward County, Florida, over the 2018 election results.
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In September 2020, Larry Klayman sued Michael Bloomberg and others over Bloomberg's efforts to restore the voting rights of Florida felons who had lost the right to vote.
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In January 2021, Larry Klayman filed suit against Google, Apple, and Amazon's Web Services because they had prevented Parler from using their services.
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In 2022, Larry Klayman sued the PGA Tour, claiming its suspension of players who participate in LIV Golf's tournaments violates antitrust laws.
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Larry Klayman filed an unsuccessful suit to remove special counsel Robert Mueller from the Justice Department's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and convened a citizen grand jury that "indicted" Mueller.
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Larry Klayman has brought a number of legal actions about his personal life.
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In 1998, Larry Klayman sued his mother for $50,000 for the reimbursement for medical care provided to his maternal grandmother.
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In 2021, Larry Klayman sued Roger Stone for defamation over Stone's comments on social media about Larry Klayman's divorce proceedings.
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Larry Klayman has sued the group that he founded, Judicial Watch, in 2012.
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Larry Klayman argued that a Judicial Watch employee falsely told Orly Taitz that Larry Klayman had been convicted of not paying child support.
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In reality, Larry Klayman had been indicted of failing to pay child support, but the charges were later dismissed.
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Larry Klayman sued Judicial Watch for defamation, and in 2014, a federal jury awarded Larry Klayman $156,000 in compensatory damages and $25,000 in punitive damages.
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Larry Klayman represented Jose Basulto of the Cuban exile organization Brothers to the Rescue, and won a $1.7 million judgment against Fidel Castro in 2005.
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Larry Klayman represented Vincent Forras in a lawsuit against Feisal Abdul Rauf to prevent the building of the so-called Ground Zero mosque.
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Larry Klayman filed an unsuccessful lawsuit on behalf of Joe Arpaio that alleged that the Obama administration's actions on federal immigration policy had not been authorized by Congress.
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Larry Klayman represented five former government employees in an unsuccessful lawsuit against the NSA, the Department of Justice, and employees of those agencies for alleged retaliation for their complaints about the Trailblazer Project.
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In 2017, Montgomery and Larry Klayman jointly sued James Comey and other federal government officials by alleging a coverup of evidence that Montgomery claimed to show the existence of widespread illegal surveillance by the federal government.
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Larry Klayman unsuccessfully applied in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada for permission to represent Cliven Bundy in the criminal case stemming from the 2014 Bundy standoff.
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Larry Klayman did not formally represent Bundy at his criminal trial but conferred with Bundy and his family members.
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The judge dismissed the case against Bundy, but the government appealed the dismissal, and Larry Klayman represented Bundy on his successful appeal.
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Larry Klayman filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of two of Bundy's codefendants who had been found not guilty.
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Larry Klayman filed a similar but unsuccessful lawsuit on behalf of Bundy's son, Ryan.
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Larry Klayman filed an unsuccessful suit on behalf of Kiara Robles, who alleged her First Amendment rights were violated when she was attacked during the 2017 Berkeley protests.
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In 2019, Larry Klayman assisted Loomer with an unsuccessful lawsuit against US Representative Rashida Tlaib which alleged that Tlaib had "violently grabbed" Loomer's cellphone.
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Larry Klayman filed a request for an investigation into the Special Counsel's tactics on behalf of Jerome Corsi, who was a subject of the investigation of 2016 presidential election; Larry Klayman represented Corsi in an unsuccessful lawsuit alleging Mueller and other government actors violated his constitutional rights and leaked grand jury secrets.
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Schaeffer Cox retained Larry Klayman to help with a FOIA request for law enforcement records in his criminal case.
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Larry Klayman filed a suit on behalf of himself, Freedom Watch, and a Dallas-area photography studio which alleged that the Chinese government created the coronavirus disease as a biological weapon.
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Larry Klayman represented Ben Stein in a lawsuit that alleged that California's shelter-in-place order in response to the pandemic was illegal.
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Larry Klayman further requested that the International Criminal Court open an inquiry to investigate the virus's origins.
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Larry Klayman filed a lawsuit on behalf of Joel Gilbert's production company that alleged breach of contract after a movie theater canceled Gilbert's private screening of his film, The Trayvon Hoax.
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Larry Klayman filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven former Philadelphia police officers which alleged that they were wrongfully fired following discovery of their racist comments.
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Larry Klayman filed an unsuccessful lawsuit on behalf of Siaka Massaquoi that alleged that the FBI illegally searched Massaquoi's house following the 2021 United States Capitol attack.
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Larry Klayman filed a lawsuit on behalf of ROKiT over a sponsorship dispute with Williams Racing.