Tag: House Oversight Committee

LIVE 1 PM ET: IRS Whistleblowers Testify on ‘Biden Criminal Investigation’ at House Oversight Committee Hearing

A whistleblower, IRS criminal investigator X, and IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley testify to the House Oversight Committee in a hearing on “the Biden Criminal Investigation” at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 19.     …


LIVE NOW: IRS Whistleblowers Testify on ‘Biden Criminal Investigation’ at House Oversight Committee Hearing

A whistleblower, IRS criminal investigator X, and IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley testify to the House Oversight Committee in a hearing on “the Biden Criminal Investigation” at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 19.     …


House Republicans Request Briefing on Bag of Cocaine Found at White House

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has requested a briefing over cocaine found at the White House. In a July 7 letter to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, Mr. Comer said the committee is looking into the matter. “This alarming development requires the committee to assess White House security practices and determine whose failures led…


House Oversight Chair Demands Suspicious Bank Records of Ukrainian Gas Company That Hired Hunter Biden

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is demanding that the U.S. Treasury Department turn over any suspicious activity reports (SARs) it has relating to Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company on whose board President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden sat. On June 28, Comer sent a letter (pdf) to Biden’s Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, demanding…


McCarthy Threatens to Charge FBI Director With Contempt

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he is prepared to advance contempt of Congress charges against Christopher Wray if the FBI director misses a May 30 deadline to hand Congress a document alleging a criminal scheme involving President Joe Biden. “I personally called Director Wray and told him he needs to send that document, today’s…


FBI Director to Meet With House GOP Over Document Alleging Biden Criminal Scheme

FBI Director Christopher Wray will testify to the House Oversight Committee on May 31 about an internal document purportedly showing that President Joe Biden engaged in an alleged criminal scheme with a foreign national. The testimony will come as Republicans continue to face pushback from the agency in their effort to obtain the document, which…


GOP Panel Threatens to Subpoena Teacher’s Union Leader Randi Weingarten in COVID Policy Probe

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are threatening to subpoena American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten as part of an investigation into remote learning policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, chaired by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), is a panel under the House Oversight Committee leading the GOP investigation into “the…


DC Police Chief Says He Had No Contact With Pelosi’s Office Before Jan. 6

Robert Contee, the chief of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), said on May 16 that he had no contact with the office of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol. During a hearing by the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) asked D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser…


Mayor Laments Crime in DC at House Oversight Hearing: ‘No One Can Be Satisfied’

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, lamented the state of crime in the nation’s capital amid House Republican oversight. Bowser testified before the House Oversight Committee on May 16 that the status quo in crime in the District of Columbia is unacceptable. “No one can be satisfied with increasing crime trends in any category,” she…


Top Congressional Democrat Defends ‘Woke’ ESG Investing

A top congressional Democrat defended “woke” Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ideology and that investors need to be “watchful and alert to opportunities and risks.” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) blasted Republican attacks on ESG at a House Oversight Committee hearing on May 10, saying that it was needed to guide companies in their business decisions. Republicans nationwide…