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 »
"[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 »
Nadler has asked for a meeting with DOJ five times over the past six weeks House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to meet on Wednesday, the day the Committee is scheduled to markup a contempt citation for Attorney General William Barr’s failure to comply with a subpoena for the full, unredac... Read more »
Today, the House Judiciary Committee noticed a markup of a contempt report for Attorney General William Barr’s failure to comply with a duly issued subpoena to provide Congress with the full, unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report along with underlying evidence. The contempt markup is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 10 a.m. During the markup, Committee M... Read more »
Watch Here Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties field hearing on voting rights in Houston, Texas: “Thank you, Chairman Cohen, for calling this important field hearing. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is considered by most civil rights advocates the most effe... Read more »
