Back in August I wrote about how I had FOIA’d some WV documents related to the then state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s trip to Mar-A-Lago during the President Grievance transition.

Earlier this year the failed governor of WV, Pat Morrisey, hosted Bobby Junior in Martinsburg to celebrate some meaning MAHA victory. After Bobby Junior viciously insulted Morrisey, he mentioned he’d gotten to know the governor while they were both staying at Dr. Oz’s house during the transition:

“We were working on the transition at Mar-a-Lago, and we were both invited to stay during that time at Dr. Oz’s house. I said to Gov. Morrisey the first time I saw him: ‘You look like you ate Governor Morrisey.’”

This struck me as very odd. Morrisey was the WV attorney general at that point, and since he’s from New Jersey, he’s not a hotbed of information about WV. He’s also pretty useless, so I had no idea why he would have been part of the transition.

So on July 29 I sent a FOIA request to the WV AG’s office asking for, among other things, Morrisey’s travel documentation, travel reimbursements, and copies of his annual leave requests (assuming that he would have properly taken annual leave on business days where he was not working on WV business) for the period November 1, 2024–January 31, 2025.

The day after I published this piece, and I know it was just coincidence, I got a reply with what the state Attorney General’s office thought fulfilled my request:  the correspondence regarding a dinner then President-Elect Grievance had with Republican governors in January 2025. I was informed that no leave time was taken so there were no leave requests.

I had also specifically asked for copies of the then state Attorney General’s daily schedules. This is representative of what I received:

You will no doubt note that these are anodyne calendar pages, with entries for standing meetings that weren’t even held, because they are state holidays. They are not daily schedules.

The choice not to send the requested daily schedules is interesting because Morrisey posted this from his twitter account:

Funny how there’s nothing on his calendar page regarding this trip or this meeting:

 

Oh and I checked out the weather on November 14, 2024 in Charleston, WV:  it was a cool, rainy day with highs in the upper 40s. Whereas in Palm Beach, FL it was partly sunny and in the upper 70s.

I followed up on this issue on August 29, September 19, and September 30. The WV Attorney General’s office has yet to respond.

And we wait. This feels right as a last word: