Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump nominated William Barr to serve as Attorney General: “I have a number of very serious concerns regarding William Barr’s nomination as Attorney General, including, but not limited to, his criticism of Special Counsel Mueller’s team, his defense of ... Read more »
Top House and Senate Democrats today sent a new letter to the Department of Justice’s Chief Ethics Official, Assistant Attorney General Lee J. Lofthus, demanding an in-person meeting and renewing their November 11, 2018, request—to which they received no reply—to immediately be notified in writing as to whether he or any other ethics officials at the Department of Justice have advised Acting Atto... Read more »
Today, following a call with acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following joint statement: "This afternoon, acting Attorney General Whitaker committed to appear before the House Judiciary Co... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Trump's longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to lying to two Congressional committees—the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence—about contacts with the Russian officials on behalf... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing concern over the released HHS Inspector General (IG) Report, which found the migrant children facility in Tornillo, TX, the largest detention center in the nation, failed to conduct the required background checks fo... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen notifying them that the Committee will be conducting long-overdue oversight concerning the Administration’s family separation a... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) respond to the backlog of requests sent by Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee on matters related to DOJ's decision not to defend against legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) released the following statement on the flawed Office of Legal Counsel opinion that attempts to justify the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general: “The Office of Lega... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and FBI Director Christopher Wray notifying them of his expectation that the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the FBI will address the backlog of unanswered req... Read more »
