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Conyers to Intelligence Community: Breaking Your Promise on Section 702 is Unacceptable

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In April and December of last year, a bipartisan group from the House Judiciary Committee wrote to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to ask for “a public estimate of the number of communications or transactions involving United States persons that may be captured by Section 702 surveillance on an annual basis.” On April 7, 2017, Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Ranking Member Jo... Read more »

Conyers Statement on Trump Nominating a New FBI Director

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. today released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he will nominate Christopher A. Wray, the former Assistant Attorney General, to be the next Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director: “The nation’s top law enforcement agency needs leadership and must have a confirmed director, but I am dee... Read more »

Leahy, Conyers, Lofgren Send Letter To Kushner Companies Asking About EB-5 Visas And Conflicts of Interest

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WASHINGTON (THURSDAY, June 1, 2017) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) on Thursday pressed the president of Kushner Companies for answers on the company’s use of EB-5 visas and its continued ties to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s top advisor and son-in-law. At a time when Mr. Kushner is facing scrutiny over his c... Read more »

After New Sessions Russia Report, Conyers Calls for Committee Investigation into Sessions Misstatements

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After CNN reported that the Justice Department revealed Attorney General Sessions failed to disclose his contacts with Russian officials as part of his security clearance, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: “The latest report detailing how Attorney General Jeff Sessions once again concealed his contacts with Russian o... Read more »

Conyers: Heartless Trump Budget Hurts Nation’s Most Vulnerable and Undermines Access to Justice

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), today released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget: “There is no doubt that President Trump’s budget starves many essential government programs across the board. These proposed cuts threaten to undermine the Justice Department’s critical public safety efforts and jeopardize essential... Read more »