Media Center

Ranking Members Nadler and Cummings Respond to Republican Attacks Following Bruce Ohr Interview

| Posted in Press Releases

Yesterday, the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees conducted a joint interview with Bruce Ohr, a senior career attorney at the Department of Justice, for nearly eight hours. The interview was part of the Majority’s continuing investigation of the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation. Republicans have alleged that Mr. Ohr’s testimony casts doubt on the early stages of the ... Read more »

HOUSE JUDICIARY DEMS DEMAND GOODLATTE BRING THE COMMITTEE INTO SESSION; REQUEST MEETING WITH DOJ ON COHEN’S GUILTY PLEA & DEMAND HEARINGS ON TRUMP’S ABUSE OF PARDON POWER

| Posted in Press Releases

Today, in the wake of continuing fallout from the guilty plea of President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen; the conviction of his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort; grants of immunity for David Pecker, Chairman of American Media and the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg; and President Trump’s reactions to these events, Ranking Member Jerrol... Read more »

Ranking Member Nadler Statement on Felony Convictions for Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen

| Posted in Press Releases
Tags: Crime

Today, following yesterday's conviction on eight federal charges of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and the guilty plea of Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to eight felony counts, saying he committed some of them, "at the direction of" Donald Trump, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the fol... Read more »

Top Judiciary and Education and the Workforce Dems Demand Briefing on New DOJ Religious Liberty Task Force

| Posted in Press Releases

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to raise concerns and request a briefing on the Religious Liberty Task Force established by the Department of Justice on July 30, 2018. In their letter, the Members affirm their belief in the basic constituti... Read more »

Nadler & Lofgren Demand Answers after DOJ Announcement Reveals Trump Appears to have Lied before Joint Session of Congress about Immigration Claims behind First Muslim Travel Ban

| Posted in Press Releases

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), sent a letter to President Donald Trump, demanding answers regarding statements he made during a 2017 joint session of Congress that ultimately supported Trump’s decision to issue the first Muslim travel ban. During a joint session of Congress... Read more »

Pelosi, Hoyer, Nadler & Jackson Lee Introduce Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization

| Posted in Press Releases
Tags: Crime

Today, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations along with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler, held a press conference to introduce the 2018 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). VAWA is set to... Read more »

Ranking Member Nadler Introduces Democracy Restoration Act of 2018 to Restore Voting Rights of Ex-Offenders

| Posted in Press Releases

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, announced the introduction of the Democracy Restoration Act of 2018, which will clarify and, in some cases, expand the voting rights of people with felony convictions, a critical next step in the criminal justice reform. The legislation, introduced with more than 30 Members including Representatives Sheila ... Read more »