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Late Friday evening, in the latest impeachment inquiry move, the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the White House in regards to President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, claiming Trump “has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction, and cover-up.”

House Oversight and Reform Committee Republicans sent a letter to Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), objecting to his “partisan” impeachment inquiry.”

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) questioned Wednesday whether Democrat senators running for president should recuse themselves from a possible impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, suggesting it serves as a possible conflict of interest.

House Oversight and Reform Committee ranking member Jim Jordan (R-OH) said Tuesday that Democrats have continued to engage in “abusive targeting” of State Department officials.

Candace Owens said that while white supremacy and racism exist, there are bigger threats to black Americans today, which Democrats have not only ignored but have also created.

President Donald Trump criticized House Oversight Committee chair Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) on Saturday for failing to help his district. He could just as well have pointed out Cummings does a terrible job of “oversight.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) testified Friday on Capitol Hill about what she witnessed during her recent tour of Border Patrol immigrant detention centers and volunteered to swear herself in before repeating claims that women migrants were told to drink water from toilets. 

Sparks flew during Wednesday’s debate on House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings’ (D-MD) resolution on subpoenaing Kellyanne Conway, with Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) slamming his Democrat colleagues for holding Conway to a completely different standard.

The House Oversight Committee is considering subpoenaing Kellyanne Conway if she fails to show up for Wednesday’s panel hearing on her alleged Hatch Act violations, according to a memo distributed Friday. 

Recent caravans of foreign nationals included more than 1,500 previously deported convicted criminal illegal aliens, nearly 30 of which were convicted of sex crimes, federal officials say.

House Oversight and Reform ranking member Jim Jordan (R-OH) charged in a statement Wednesday that the Democrat-led contempt vote against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross amounts to “political theatre.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Kansas’ former Secretary of State Kris Kobach of using “voter suppression techniques” during Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing.

The House Oversight and Reform Committee will hold a vote Wednesday on a resolution whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in contempt over their alleged refusal to comply with subpoenas relating to the citizenship question on the 2020 census.

In a Monday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) commented on President Donald Trump fighting efforts by House Democrats to investigate matters like tax returns and security clearance. Durbin said Trump will face the court system and

President Donald Trump’s legal team has sued House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) to block a subpoena for financial records from an accounting firm used by the Trump Organization. 

A former Fox News executive says he will not cooperate with House Democrats’ effort to exercise “oversight” over the network’s editorial decisions.

President Donald Trump called for Congressman Adam Schiff to resign after the Democrat House Oversight chairman spent two years accusing the president of colluding with Russia during the 2016 election.

The House Oversight and Reform Committee has requested financial documents on President Donald Trump’s bid to purchase the Buffalo Bills in 2014, a pair of top House Republican lawmakers said Wednesday.

While speaking to reporters on Monday, House Oversight Committee member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that while President Trump talks about collusion, the Oversight Committee should talk about Trump’s taxes, bank account, and financial statements. Ocasio-Cortez said, “[Y]ou hear the president say,

Reps. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) have asked the Department of Justice to investigate former Trump attorney Michael Cohen for perjury following his testimony before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday. 

Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday yielded very little in terms of new information about alleged misconduct by President Donald Trump or his 2016 presidential campaign.

Michael Cohen, former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, admitted that he discussed with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) “topics that might come up” in preparation for his Wednesday hearing before the House Oversight Committee.

Michael Cohen testified before the House Oversight Committee that Clinton confidant Lanny Davis is representing him as co-counsel for free.

Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen potentially made another false statement during his testimony on Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform when he claimed during Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) questioning that he did not want a job in the White House when Trump won the presidency.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) said Wednesday that the congressional testimony of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is a “story of redemption.” 

Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump, took an apparent shot at longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s testimony before House investigators on Wednesday, comparing his opening statement to a “breakup letter.” 

President Donald Trump ripped his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Wednesday, as he prepared to testify to Congress.

Michael Cohen, the convicted liar and disbarred former lawyer to President Donald Trump, will accuse Trump of being a “racist,” a “conman,” and a “cheat” when he testifies before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, told Fox News Channel Host Sean Hannity Tuesday evening that “many” people who lied to investigators will be criminally referred to the Justice Department after attorney general nominee William Barr is confirmed.

President Donald Trump expressed frustration Thursday at the new investigations into his personal finances launched by Democrats.

House Democrats announced plans Wednesday to target President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner by investigating details of his security clearance.

Michael Cohen, the former attorney of President Donald Trump, is delaying his testimony before Congress next month, claiming, without evidence, that the president and his current lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, are threatening him and his family. 

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) stated that the past week has been “shocking and disgraceful” and “will tarnish our history books for generations.” Transcript as Follows: “Good morning, I am Congressman Elijah Cummings from the 7th

President Donald Trump closed out his evening in Brussels, Belgium, with a tweet torching “Ex-FBI LAYER” Lisa Page who refused to comply with a Congressional subpoena to testify on Wednesday.

Saturday on MSNBC, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform member, called on that Republican-led committee to look into President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to secure the United States-Mexico border. “As somebody

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s Justice Department signed on Wednesday to House Republicans’ efforts to secure the release of documents related to the Eric Holder era “Fast and Furious” gun-walking scandal.