House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) are calling for a second special counsel to investigate potential bias, conflicts of interest, and decisions made by the Justice Department and FBI in 2016 and 2017.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed prosecutors in 2017 to investigate matters Congress referred to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as growing scandals possibly involved criminal activities. These prosecutors will report directly back to Sessions, who told Fox News on Wednesday night that he will then decide whether a second special prosecutor is necessary to take these matters to court.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) called on President Trump to release a four-page memo detailing alleged abuse by senior Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigations officials during his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.
Federal Bureau of Investigation officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page discussed in text messages a “secret society” set up within the Justice Department and the FBI after the 2016 election, according to two House Judiciary Committee members who have seen the latest release of text messages between them.
Republican members of Congress are demanding answers from the Federal Bureau of Investigations after learning that five months of text messages between two FBI agents who worked on the Clinton email investigation and the probe into the Trump campaign are now missing.
The Democratic Party, on Wednesday, voted overwhelmingly for Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) to replace resigned Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) on the House Judiciary Committee. Nadler, a constitutional law expert, won the spot over Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), an architect of immigration
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) increased the pressure on FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller Thursday, calling on him to be more transparent amid questions over anti-Trump text messages from a top FBI investigator.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein confirmed he has no cause to dismiss Special Counsel Robert Mueller in his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee said on Wednesday it was time to issue subpoenas to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department, following the release of text messages about stopping Trump’s election.
Bob Goodlatte blasted the DOJ, calling recent revelations of “insider bias” on FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team “deeply troubling.”
Two FBI agents who were assigned to the special counsel on Russia, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, had texted each other during the 2016 campaign about protecting the country against Trump, according to texts published by Politico.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), during a remarkable exchange with FBI Director Christopher Wray at a hearing Thursday, suggested that Peter Strzok — the FBI official who was removed from the special counsel team — was responsible for using the Clinton-funded dossier to get a warrant to spy on the Trump campaign.
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee asked FBI Director Christopher Wray why the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server was considered “special” and treated differently from other investigations.
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) said on Tuesday that he’s retiring “today” and thanked supporters in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has been hospitalized in Detroit in what a consultant said is stress related because of ‘media assault.’
National reciprocity for concealed carry passed the House Judiciary Committee and should receive a floor vote before the end of the year.
Two Democrat Congressmen accused of sexually harassing women are returning to work in Washington, DC on Monday, despite calls for them to step down from their positions.
Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) is calling on Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) to resign after the Michigan legislator was accused of sexual harassment by former employees, mainly because she says an ethics investigation would “take forever.”
A woman who used to work as the top Democratic lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee said that Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) once showed up to a meeting wearing nothing but his underwear.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said evidence from the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation into allegations against Planned Parenthood “could provide a basis for charges” against the organization.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions responded to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) rapid-fire questioning at his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday as she pressed him on the sexual misconduct allegations lodged against the GOP nominee to succeed him.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will not seek re-election in 2018, he announced Thursday, ending a 13-term run representing Virginia’s solid-red Sixth Congressional District.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a small group of lawmakers in late September he was recused from appointing a special counsel to look into potential corruption surrounding the Uranium One deal and Fusion GPS’s work on the Trump dossier, according to one of the lawmakers present.
A former abortionist turned pro-life advocate told a House subcommittee that American young women have been conditioned to believe nothing should interfere with their right to control their reproductive organs.
Two U.S. legislators are seeking to pass legislation that would classify the practice of “stealthing” as rape.
The House Judiciary Committee has officially approved an effort to launch an investigation into former FBI director James Comey’s leaking activities and apparent mishandling of a federal investigation by former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Two major immigration enforcement bills are expected to go before the U.S. House this week for a vote – including “Kate’s Law” and a sanctuary city de-funding bill. Passage of these important bills will help deliver on campaign promises made by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress during the last election cycle.
Federal immigration officials say they will no longer halt deportations for illegal immigrants based on the prospect that pending legislation could grant them amnesty.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) accidentally called President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, whom he and Senate Democrats have taken strenuous efforts to block from the bench, “Justice Gorsuch” during a press conference that he, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held on Wednesday.
Staff at the House’s immigration committee helped draft President Donald Trump’s new immigration and refugee reform policies, says Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
House Republicans and House Democrats came together to block a privileged motion by members of the House Freedom Caucus aimed at forcing the whole House to vote on the impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
The chairman of the House Tea Party Caucus and one of the first men to come out against Speaker John A. Boehner told Breitbart News that he does not think Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) has the votes to keep his gavel.
The Department of Justice does not appear to see any problem with news that Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik sent a presidential campaign a “heads up” on upcoming federal government actions through a private email address.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — FBI Director James Comey indicated to lawmakers that average Americans or government employees, including those at his agency, who are found to be extremely careless in handling highly classified information like Hillary Clinton was would be “in trouble,” but not prosecuted.
Representative Peter Sessions (R-TX), who chairs the House Rules Committee, told Breitbart News in terms of immigration policy, President Barack Obama and his administration has deliberately worked to circumvent the law, to frustrate law enforcement personnel trying to live up to their oath.
House Republicans staged an impeachment hearing Wednesday for IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who is charged with High Crimes and Misdemeanors in his dealings with congressional investigations.
The chairman of the House’s watchdog committee on the MSNBC program Morning Joe said the Federal Bureau of Investigation delivered documents to him regarding their investigation of Hillary R. Clinton that contained information so critical to national security that they
Attorney General Loretta Lynch deflected and evaded questions from Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday during her more than three hours of testimony centered on her decision to accept the recommendation of FBI Director James B. Comey Jr., not to charge former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in relation to her private email scheme, while at State.
The surge in illegal immigration at the southern border is due to President Obama’s policies, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) argues. During the first two months of fiscal year 2016 — October and November — Border Patrol apprehended 10,588
The government stops tracking refugees in the U.S. after three months and Syrian refugees will receive no additional tracking, State Department official Anne Richard testified before a House panel Thursday.
