Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle weighed in on Wednesday afternoon ahead of a House vote on whether to formalize its ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Republicans have raised allegations that the president has abused his power throughout his political career by allowing his family members to leverage his political connections to […]
Heated debates played out between Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), and Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) on May 10 at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on H.R. 2494—the Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement (POLICE) Act.
A House of Representatives panel on July 20 advanced a bill that would ban the sale of a number of semi-automatic rifles, referred to by Democrats as “assault weapons.” H.R. 1808, or the Assault Weapons Ban of 2021, was advanced in a 25–18 vote by the House Judiciary Committee. “As we have painfully learned in recent […]
The House debated two immigration bills to give amnesty to young migrants and farmers. Democrats say passing the bills is the compassionate thing to do, but Republicans are concerned it grants amnesty to criminals and would prolong the border surge. One congressman tells NTD why he voted against them.
Attorney General William Barr’s testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee was delayed on Tuesday after the panel’s chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), was involved in a car accident in Washington, according to his spokesperson. A spokesperson for Nadler told several news outlets that he was not hurt during the incident and wasn’t driving. […]
U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) claimed without evidence on Sunday the violent riots in Portland, Oregon, that have been ongoing since the police custody death of George Floyd in late May, are not Antifa-instigated and are “a myth.” Journalist Austen “Fleccas” Fletcher, who regularly interviews people from across the political spectrum, approached the high-ranking New […]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said his panel will immediately open an investigation into the Trump administration’s move to fire Manhattan U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman. “The House Judiciary Committee will immediately open an investigation into this incident, as part of our broader investigation into Barr’s unacceptable politicization of the Department of Justice,” Nadler, who […]
The Justice Department (DOJ) told House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler in a letter that the department has appointed two prosecutors to review Ukraine-related information. This comes after Attorney General William Barr confirmed on Feb. 10 that the DOJ had “established an intake process” to review any Ukraine-related information submitted by individuals, in order to assess […]
The House Judiciary Committee released on Saturday a report that attempts to define what the founders of the Constitution meant in their impeachment clause, days after the Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked the committee’s chair to move forward in impeaching President Donald Trump. The 52-page report, titled “Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment” (pdf), is meant to act as a guide for impeachment […]
As the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump is now moving to the House Judiciary Committee. Soon, if the House votes to impeach Trump, the ball will be in the Senate’s court, where a conviction seems unlikely, House Republicans have written a 123-page minority report arguing that Democrats have failed to establish any impeachable offenses by President Donald Trump.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) told President Donald Trump on Friday that he has until Dec. 6 to decide whether his lawyers will be part of the House impeachment proceedings. Trump also must decide whether his lawyers will request witnesses or make any statements during the next hearings, which will start on Dec. 4, […]
The House Judiciary Committee announced Tuesday that a hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is slated for Dec. 4. Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said in a statement that “our first task is to explore the framework put in place to respond to serious allegations of impeachable misconduct like those against President […]
One of the top Democrats in Congress said that he’s confident that special counsel Robert Mueller will testify before Congress soon despite Mueller’s recently expressed reluctance to keep speaking about his team’s report into 2016 election interference. “Let’s just say that I’m confident he’ll come in soon,” House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) told NBC, an […]
Video footage from a press conference in New York City showed Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) nearly pass out before recovering. The footage was posted by Pix 11 reporter Henry Rosoff, who called it a “health scare.” Nadler, 71, “appears to be dehydrated and pass out. He looks paper white,” Rosoff said. As Nadler appeared with […]
