The attorney who founded Judicial Watch, the government-watchdog organization that has hounded both Clinton and Bush administrations over their forays outside of approved government policy and ethics, says the American voters have been “defrauded” by President-elect Barack Obama.

“He promised change. He didn’t promise a second Clinton administration,” Larry Klayman, who also has founded and now works with Freedom Watch, told WND today.

“I think we were defrauded. This was a giant bait-and-switch,” Klayman said of Obama’s pre-election promises and post-election appointments.

Those appointments have been raising concerns as Obama has picked a number of individuals who were prominent in Clinton’s power structure to take even more powerful positions in Obama’s new corps of executives.

“This was obviously the quid pro quo in getting Bill and Hillary on board so they didn’t mess up the general election,” Klayman said…