Government Oversight
To advance its legislative agenda, the Judiciary Committee conducts regular oversight of the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, among other government agencies. The Committee is also responsible for determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment against federal officials. In 2019, the Committee advanced two articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump to the House of Representatives.
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TODAY, at 12:00 P.M., House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a press conference to discuss the Committee's oversight agenda following the Mueller Hearing, including next steps in obtaining the 6e grand jury materials from the Special Counsel's report and to enforce the Committee's subpoena for former White House Counsel Don McGahn' |
Committee Goes to Court for Mueller Grand Jury Material
Nadler Announces Committee is Considering Whether to Recommend Articles of Impeachment
Committee will Issue Subpoenas in August for Testimony
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA) released the following statement on the Department of Justice reinstating the federal death penalty:
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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the hearing on "Oversight of Family Separation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Short-Term Custody under the Trump Administration:" |
Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the oversight hearing with former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III:
"Director Mueller, thank you for being here. I want to say just a few words about our themes today: responsibility, integrity, and accountability.
"Your career, for example, is a model of responsibility.
Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Hope Hicks, former senior Trump Campaign official and former White House Communications Director, demanding that she come before the House Judiciary Committee to clarify her testimony, after a federal judge in New York unsealed evidence which revealed apparent inconsistencies with Hicks
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after voting against a motion to table Congressman Al Green's (D-TX) article of impeachment: