Demanding Justice at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center  Rep. Nadler, along with Reps. Velazquez and Maloney, calling on the Bureau of Prisons to protect inmates at the Brooklyn MDC. Last week, I was mortified to read the New York Times story… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, on the Resolution authorizing the Chair to issue a subpoena—if needed—to Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker to secure his appearance and full testimony to the Committee: "This resolution is important, although I hope not to have to use it. It… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), sent the following response to Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker after receiving a letter this afternoon from the Department of Justice in which Mr. Whitaker threatened to withdraw from tomorrow's public hearing. A copy of the response can be found below and here: February 7, 2019 The… Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker outlining a list of prepared questions concerning communications between the Mr. Whitaker and President Trump in advance of the February 8th House Judiciary Committee hearing. In the letter, Chairman Nadler makes clear that the Committee expects… Read more »

Ending the Government Shutdown In my view, this is the President’s shutdown of the federal government. He is blackmailing the American people and holding the country hostage in order to build what I believe is an unnecessary and un-American border wall. I stood on the House floor last week to support numerous funding bills that would re-open critical… Read more »

Chairman Nadler sets 9:30 am on Friday, February 8th for Acting Attorney General Whitaker to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Read more »

Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, and Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairmen of the House Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Intelligence, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s comments last night on Fox News regarding Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress: “The integrity of our process… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump nominated William Barr to serve as Attorney General: “I have a number of very serious concerns regarding William Barr’s nomination as Attorney General, including, but not limited to, his criticism of Special… Read more »

Holding the Administration Accountable in the Next Congress With a new Democratic Majority in the House next year, I believe the American people have made clear that they want to see a government that is being held accountable to our laws and our democratic principles. In my view, Americans are tired of watching the current Majority fail to address real… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) respond to the backlog of requests sent by Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee on matters related to DOJ's decision not to defend against legal challenges to… Read more »