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Nadler, Deutch, Swalwell Introduce Bill to Ensure Presidents Can be Held Accountable for Criminal Conduct

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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), along with Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the No President Is Above the Law Act, which would pause the statute of limitations for any federal offense committed by a sitting president, whether it was committed before or during the president’s term of off... Read more »

Nadler, Katko, Neguse, Durbin & Warren Introduce Bill Making Bankruptcy Relief Available For Student Loan Borrowers

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Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), U.S. Representatives John Katko (R-NY) and Joe Neguse (D-CO), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a bicameral bill that would give Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt the option of obtaining meaningful bankruptcy relief. The Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act o... Read more »

Chairman Nadler Statement for the Subcommittee Hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing on oversight of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: “Mr. Chairman, today’s hearing focuses on what has been a time of great change to our innovation landscape. In 2011, we passed the most significant changes to th... Read more »

Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of Committee Report & Resolution Recommending that the House Find Attorney General Barr in Contempt for Refusal to Comply with a Subpoena Duly Issued by the Committee on the Judiciary

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a markup of a committee report and resolution recommending that the U.S. House of Representatives find Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary for the full, unredacted Mueller report: “Today we consider ... Read more »

Chairman Nadler’s Statement On DOJ Asking the White House to Invoke Executive Privilege

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Wednesday: House Judiciary to Markup Contempt Report for AG Barr House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) letter declining the Committee’s counteroffer to view hidden sections of Special Counsel Mueller’s report. “Tonight, in the middle of good faith negotiations with the Attorney General, the Departm... Read more »

Chairman Nadler Sends Letter to Former White House Counsel Don McGahn Responding to Failure to Produce Documents Under Subpoena by House Judiciary Committee

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"[t]he White House Counsel’s letter did not actually invoke executive privilege... Even if the President were to properly invoke privilege, any claim of executive privilege has been waived as to documents that the White House voluntarily disclosed to Mr. McGahn and his counsel." "I fully expect that the Committee will hold Mr. McGahn in contempt if he fails to appear before the Committee, unless ... Read more »