Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Department of Justice oversight hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland: "Mr. Chairman, one of this Committee’s most important duties is conducting oversight of the Department of Justice. We are called to ensure that the DOJ uses the enormo... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today issued the following statement in response to the House Republican impeachment inquiry announcement: "In 2019, House Democrats moved on impeachment only after developing overwhelming evidence that Donald Trump had attempted to extort the government of Ukraine. In 2021, we needed very little time to determine wh... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Supreme Court issued its decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, effectively gutting state anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community. In this case, the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority sided with a website designer who argued that the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause allowed her to refuse to serve LGBTQ customers seeking her wedding website... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, the Supreme Court severely restricted the use of race-conscious admissions policies and practices by colleges and universities. In response, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler and Constitution Subcommittee Ranking Member Mary Gay Scanlo... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, during a hearing on the Durham report: “Mr. Chairman, on June 8, a grand jury in Miami indicted former President Trump on 37 counts related to his mishandling of extraordinarily sensitive national security information—including “information regarding defense and weapons capa... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- On Wednesday, June 7, Steven D’Antuono, former Assistant Director of the FBI Field Office, sat for a transcribed interview with the House Judiciary Committee. His testimony, which came at the insistence of Chairman Jim Jordan, gives insight into the charges pending against former President Donald Trump. The classified documents hidden at Mar-a-Lago included documents so highly s... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security and Enforcement hearing on “The Border Crisis: Is the Law Being Faithfully Executed?:” “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It took just over five months, but the day that so many of my Republican colleagues ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Intelligence Community declassified two opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, one showing “persistent and widespread problems” with Section 702 of FISA. In response, Ranking Member Nadler issued the following statement: "In the middle of Chairman Jordan’s overzealous attack on federal law enforcement and the absurd claims advanced by the MAGA crowd on... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last night, Judiciary Committee Republicans released a cherrypicked “report” about the Intelligence Community, the 2020 Trump campaign, and Hunter Biden’s laptop. The “report” ignores important evidence and restates claims that have been repeatedly disproven. Chairman Jim Jordan claims that a single email from former CIA analyst and author David Cariens to Republican staff proves ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during an oversight hearing on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: "Mr. Chairman, the United States Patent and Trademark Office plays a vital role in fostering innovation in this country. The thousands of employees who examine patent and trademark appli... Read more »
