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. F... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on memos written by former FBI Director James Comey, that the Judiciary Committee received from the Justice Department yesterday: “The release of these memos—under threat of subpoena by the Majority—has accomplished little other than corroborating Mr. Comey’s previous testimony. President Trump a... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on memos written by former FBI Director James Comey, that the Judiciary Committee received from the Justice Department yesterday: “The release of these memos—under threat of subpoena by the Majority—has accomplished little other than corroborating Mr. Comey’s previous testimony. President Trump a... Read more »
Today, following House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler’s (D-NY) participation in a bipartisan forum at Georgetown Law entitled, “Congressional Oversight of the DOJ and FBI in the Trump Era,” he released a new report detailing Committee Democrats’ efforts to conduct proper oversight of the Trump Administration. Below are excerpts from Ranking Member Nadler’s remarks at the forum, ... Read more »
I would like to make a few points at the outset. First, oversight of the Department of Justice and the FBI is incredibly important, especially under President Trump. There are few tasks in our government more critical than ensuring the fair and impartial administration of justice. Second, we live in a time when both the DOJ and the FBI are under attack by the President and the Congressional Majori... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) noticed his intent to issue a unilateral subpoena to the Department of Justice to obtain memos written by former FBI Director James Comey: “Today, Chairman Goodlatte informed me that he intends to issue a subpoena to the Department of Justice—in this case, to ... Read more »
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. The letter was signed by every Democratic Member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, including: Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations oversight hearing on the Bureau of Prisons: “Mr. Chairman, I welcome the opportunity today to examine the operation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Although it does not receive the amount of public attentio... Read more »
