Category: house judiciary commitee

FBI Director Says He Was ‘Aghast’ at Agency Memo Targeting ‘Radical Traditionalist Catholics’

FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Wednesday that he was “aghast” when he learned of an internal memo targeting Catholic communities as extremists. In February, a leaked January 2023 memo from the Richmond Field Office in Virginia showed that the agency had taken an interest in traditionalist and Latin Mass Catholic parishes, saying that…


GOP to Use ‘Power of the Purse’ Against FBI: Rep. Jim Jordan

House Republicans will use its spending power to restrict funding to the FBI, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), head of the lower chamber’s Judiciary Committee and its weaponization subcommittee, said on Sunday. Jordan said on Fox New’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that Republicans in the lower chamber will use its “power of the purse,” or spending power designated…


Jim Jordan Calls for 51 Intel Agents Who Signed Hunter Biden Laptop Letter to Lose Security Clearance

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on March 2 called for the 51 intelligence agents who signed a 2020 letter dismissing Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation to lose their security clearance. While speaking during the second day of the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference just outside of Washington, Jordan suggested that this…


Judiciary Republicans Gavel in Second Hearing on ‘Biden Border Crisis’ From Yuma, Arizona

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Feb. 23 gaveled in the panel’s second hearing on what lawmakers have dubbed the “Biden border crisis” from Yuma, Arizona. Republicans have long rallied against President Joe Biden’s policy in regards to the U.S.–Mexico border, where the rate of illegal immigration has hit unprecedented levels. The border is…


LIVE 6 PM ET: House Judiciary Committee Holds Press Conference on Border Crisis After Hearing in Yuma, Arizona

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee holds a press conference at 6:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 23 after a field hearing at Yuma, Arizona, on the impact the illegal immigrants brought to the border community in the the “Biden Border Crisis.” …


House Judiciary Committee Holds Press Conference on Border Crisis After Hearing in Yuma, Arizona

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee holds a press conference at 6:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 23 after a field hearing at Yuma, Arizona, on the impact the illegal immigrants brought to the border community in the the “Biden Border Crisis.” …


LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Committee Meets on Organizational Issues

The House Judiciary Committee holds an organizational meeting at 9:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 1. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Border Crisis

The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the border crisis on  Feb. 1. They have an organizational meeting at 9:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 1 before the hearing. The Epoch Times will livestream the events of the committee. …


House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Border Crisis

The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the border crisis on  Feb. 1. They have an organizational meeting at 9:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 1 before the hearing. The Epoch Times will livestream the events of the committee. …


House Judiciary Committee Votes to Advance Expansive Gun Control Bill

The House Judiciary Committee on June 2 voted to advance a gun control bill in the wake of a deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The final vote fell along party lines, with every committee Republican voting against the legislation and every committee Democrat voting to advance it. Splits between Democrats and Republicans were on full…