Tag: house judiciary committee

Whistleblowers Claim FBI Leaders Pressuring Agents to Pad Domestic Terrorism Data

Agents at the FBI are being pressured by superior officers to massage reports and pad the resulting data on the number of incidents involving Domestic Violent Extremists (DVE), according to information provided by agency whistleblowers to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Jordan is presently the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and likely to become…


GOP Presser Kick-Starts Counter-Programming to Jan. 6 Committee Hearings

House GOP lawmakers are scheduled to hold a press conference in the morning on June 8, as part of several counter-programming events for the Jan. 6 Committee’s public hearings. The presser, to be held at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, is led by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), according to Fox News. Other House Republicans scheduled to…


Garland Tells Lawmakers He Missed Leftist Demonstrators Attack on Interior Department

Attorney General Merrick Garland was caught flat-footed when Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) held up two large photographs, one showing Jan. 6 demonstrators breaking into the Capitol and the other demonstrators assaulting the Department of Interior on Oct. 14. When the Florida congressman asked Garland during a House Judiciary Committee hearing if the October event was…


McGahn to Sit for Closed-Door Interview With House Judiciary Panel Ending Protracted Lawsuit

Former White House counsel Don McGahn will appear for a closed-door interview with House Judiciary Committee lawmakers as part of an agreement to end a years-long lawsuit seeking his testimony. The Justice Department and attorneys for the Judiciary committee provided details of the agreement in the filing to a federal court, a day after they…


House, DOJ Reach Agreement on McGahn Subpoena Case: Attorneys

The Justice Department and attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee say both parties have reached an agreement in a case seeking to enforce a subpoena demanding testimony from former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn. In a filing to a federal appeals court, lawyers from both sides said that the parties have reached an agreement “in principle”…


House Panel, DOJ Reach Agreement in McGahn Subpoena Case: Attorneys

The Justice Department and attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee say they have reached an agreement in a case seeking to enforce a subpoena demanding testimony from former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn. In a filing to a federal appeals court, lawyers from both sides said that the parties have reached an agreement “in principle” on…


House Panel, DOJ Reach Agreement in McGahn Subpoena Case: Attorneys

The Justice Department and attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee say they have reached an agreement in a case seeking to enforce a subpoena demanding testimony from former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn. In a filing to a federal appeals court, lawyers from both sides said that the parties have reached an agreement “in principle” on…


Democrats Oppose Gaetz Proposal to Recite Pledge of Allegiance at House Judiciary Hearings

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 4 opposed an amendment to the committee rules that would require each meeting to start with the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance. “It’s unnecessary,” Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said. “The House begins every day with the Pledge of Allegiance. We’re covered by that. There is…