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Today, the Republican Majority of the House Judiciary Committee held an official hearing with pro-Trump social media personalities "Diamond and Silk," who gave testimony to the Committee on their belief that social media companies are engaged in a plot to silence conservative voices on the Internet.
Ranking Member Nadler addressed these claims in his opening statement:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released the following key takeaways from yesterday's interview with Christopher Wylie, a Cambridge Analytica whistleblower who revealed that the firm-which the Trump Campaign used to target voters in the 2016 Presidential election-acquired and misused the personal information of millions of U.S. Facebook users. |
Today, Democratic Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform conducted an interview with Christopher Wylie, a Cambridge Analytica whistleblower who revealed that the firm-which the Trump Campaign used to target voters in the 2016 Presidential election-acquired and misused the personal information of millions of U.S. Facebook users. Following the interview, Democratic Members issued the following statement: |
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), today led a letter signed by every Democratic Member of the House Judiciary Committee to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, urging him to hold hearings on Trump's pardon of Scooter Libby.
Today, House Judiciary Democrats, led by Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), held a joint press conference to introduce the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, a companion bill to the bipartisan Senate legislation which would limit President Trump's ability to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller and interfere in the Russian election meddling investigation. Below are Ranking Member Nadler's remarks, as prepared for delivery:
Today we are considering four classification bills. These are noncontroversial and bipartisan bills and I hope that we can move through them quickly. To that end, I am incorporating my comments on all four bills into this single statement.
H.R. 5283, H.R. 5293, H.R. 5335, and H.R. 5344 -- make a series of long-overdue technical amendments to the United States Code. They are the product of a meticulous review conducted by the Office of Law Revision Counsel, which is responsible for maintaining and publishing the Code.