In July 2013 , Fitton gained widespread attention after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford , Florida when Fitton appeared in numerous interviews claiming that the Obama administration 's Department of Justice had sent representatives to Sanford following Martin ’s death " to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman . " PolitiFact rated Fitton 's claim " mostly false . " Fitton rejects the scientific consensus on climate change . He has said " There has been scandal after scandal involving climate data and we are skeptical of government agencies that wo n’t tell people what they are up to ... I ’m sure scientists are concerned that funding for dubious research will be cut , but the truth will win out in the end . " Judicial Watch , which has claimed that climate science is " fraud science " , has filed lawsuits seeking to force the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) to release the correspondence of climate scientists who published a 2015 study in the journal '' Science '' . The study had debunked one of the common claims made by those who reject the scientific consensus on climate change , namely that there existed global warming " hiatus " between 1998 – 2012 . The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund ( CSLDF ) , American Meteorological Society and Union of Concerned Scientists condemned Judicial Watch , saying that the disclosure of private communications between scientists " would harm ( or halt altogether ) government scientists ' ability to collaborate with colleagues , damage the government 's ability to recruit or retain top scientists , and deter critically important research into politically charged fields like climate change " . The Judicial Watch lawsuit was inspired by Rep. Lamar Smith who accused the authors of the study of " alter ing data " to " get the politically correct results they want . " Judicial Watch has advertised for years on Breitbart News , the far-right website formerly run by Steve Bannon . The site was defended by Fitton against calls for advertisers to drop them for advertising . Fitton stated , " Liberal activists want to destroy Breitbart , but we wo n’t be cowed "
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