Category: house judiciary committee

Angry Parents Tell House Panel to End DOJ’s Labeling of Parents as ‘Domestic Terrorists’

There were only two issues on which Republicans and Democrats could agree during the House Judiciary Committee’s Constitution and Limited Government’s March 23 hearing on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “chilling of parents fundamental rights” by branding them “domestic terrorists” in 2021. All four of the witnesses providing testimony for the hearing agreed when asked…


House Republicans Demand Testimony From Former Prosecutor Who Called for Trump Charges

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan on Wednesday demanded answers from a former New York special assistant district attorney who led a probe to scour “every facet” of former President Donald Trump’s finances. In his letter to Mark Pomerantz, Jordan requested his cooperation with the committee’s oversight of New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s…


Reps. Jordan, Massie Ask ATF Director to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) of the House Judiciary Committee have requested that the director and employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) testify regarding the agency’s firearms policies. In a March 6 letter to ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, the congressmen invited Dettelbach to testify at a 10…


House Judiciary Leaders Demand Documents on Teen Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Maryland Woman

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), chairman of the panel’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement are demanding multiple documents from executive branch officials regarding an unnamed 17-year-old illegal alien who is accused of murdering a 20-year-old Maryland woman in an unprovoked attack. The documents being demanded are required in…


Republican House Judiciary Committee Members Gear up for ‘Fight’ to Secure Southern Border

YUMA, Ariz.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said he wasn’t surprised no Democrats attended the committee’s second hearing on the southern border crisis in Yuma on Feb. 23. “When you’ve got things this screwed up, maybe it’s best to stay away,” Jordan told The Epoch Times. “It’s their job to serve the American people….


Republicans Confront FTC Over Proposed Non-Compete Ban

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent proposal of a national ban on non-compete agreements. In a Feb. 14 letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan and other commissioners, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Reps. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), and Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.) argued that…


Jordan, Turner Renew Demand for Interviews Over Statement Warning Hunter Biden Laptop Has ‘Earmarks of Russian Disinformation’

Pressure is ratcheting up on signers of a controversial October 2020 statement alleging that the Hunter Biden laptop bore “all the classic earmarks of a Russian disinformation operation” to agree to on-the-record transcribed interviews with investigators for the House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. “The Committee on the Judiciary and…


Republicans Renew Demands for Interviews With Ex-Intel Officials Who Discredited Hunter Biden Laptop as ‘Disinformation’

Pressure is ratcheting up on signers of a controversial October 2020 statement alleging that the Hunter Biden laptop bore “all the classic earmarks of a Russian disinformation operation” to agree to on-the-record transcribed interviews with investigators for the House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. “The Committee on the Judiciary and…


DOJ Refuses to Release Information on Biden Documents Probe to House Republicans

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday stonewalled a request from the House Judiciary Committee to provide more information about the special counsel investigation into President Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, saying that doing so would risk compromising the entire probe. The response came two weeks after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who chairs…


Rep. Jordan Threatens to Issue Subpoenas If Biden Officials Fail to Comply With Document Requests

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the new House Judiciary Committee chairman, resent several requests for outstanding documents and information to Biden administration officials Tuesday with a warning. “This stonewalling must stop,” Jordan wrote in a letter (pdf) addressed to FBI Director Christopher Wray. Noting that the Jan. 17 letter would be “the final time” the committee…