Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced that on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 and Thursday, December 12, 2019 the House Judiciary Committee will markup H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump. The full text of the markup notice can be found here. Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Thursday, December 12, 2019 Time: 7:00 p.m. EST 9:00 a... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Ranking Member Doug Collins (D-GA) regarding the Judiciary Minority’s request for witness testimony. Below are excerpts from the letter to Ranking Member Collins: “With respect to your requests that the Committee obtain testimony from Chairman Schiff as well as '[t]he anonymous whistleblower whose complaint initiated... Read more »
Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following joint statement on the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) Report on the origins of the Russia investigation: “The report issued today by the Inspector General debunks the conspiracy theories about... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement, as prepared, for the hearing on "The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Presentations from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Judiciary Committee": "No matter his party or his politics, if the President places his own interests above those of the country,... Read more »
Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following closing remarks, as prepared, for the hearing on “The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Presentations from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Judiciary Committee”: “After hearing the reports and the evidence today, we now know several things with ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to the White House regarding the formal transmittal of the Select Committee on Intelligence’s Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report and additional transmittals received from investigative Committees. Below are excerpts from the letter to the White House: “Pursuant to…H. Res. 660…I am furnishing you... Read more »
Today, the House Judiciary Committee released a report by the majority staff entitled “Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment.” The report details the history, purpose and meaning of the Constitution’s Impeachment Clause. It addresses legal questions about the impeachment process and rebuts false claims about impeachment. The staff of the House Judiciary Committee first produced a re... Read more »