Press Releases

Yesterday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated that the Department of Justice will pursue criminal charges to curb the number of alleged leaks of classified information from within the government. The statement raises questions about the scope of the Attorney General's recusal from matters related to the presidential campaigns, and whether that recusal continues to apply to investigation of the many contacts between the Trump campaign and Putin's Russia.

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For the better part of two decades, the relationship between African-American communities and their police departments across the nation have hovered in a state of volatility, awaiting a single incident to combust. These tensions have grown as allegations of bias-based policing by law enforcement agents, sometimes supported by data collection efforts and video evidence, have increased in number and frequency.

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Mr. Chairman – As you know, I am an original cosponsor and strong supporter of H.R. 1695, the "Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017." This bipartisan and bicameral legislation was developed in collaboration with our Senate colleagues, Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, and Senator Pat Leahy. It is also the product of more than four years of hearings, and conversations with a wide range of stakeholders, who all wish to see a Copyright Office that is responsive to all stakeholders in the copyright ecosystem.

Today, the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report concerning the Department's "Oversight of Cash Seizure and Forfeiture Activities." The Inspector General analyzed the asset seizure and forfeiture policies, practices and performance management capabilities of the Department as a whole, in addition to examining the forfeiture activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Rules Committee Ranking Member Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY), and House Judiciary Committee Members Reps.

Earlier today, three senior Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. intelligence community, arguing that "unauthorized and felonious disclosures . . . are increasingly casting a pall over not only our country's intelligence apparatus but also the American people's trust in the efficacy and integrity of the intelligence community."

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response:

Yesterday, Chairman Devin Nunes of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence told reporters that, "on numerous occasions, the intelligence community incidentally collected information about U.S. citizens involved in the Trump transition." Chairman Nunes then traveled to the White House to share his findings with President Donald Trump.