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Nadler On Report That President Trump Tried to Fire Mueller

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump ordered White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II, to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June of 2017: “The New York Times report that President Trump planned to fire Special Counsel Mueller over the…

Rep. Nadler Statement on Cecile Richards

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the announcement that Cecile Richards is stepping down as President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America: "Cecile Richards’ integrity, strength, and honesty have been the hallmarks of her more than 10 years at the helm of…

Nadler & Lofgren: We Will Not Support White House Immigration Proposal

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a joint statement with Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), after the White House announced its new immigration proposal: “Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program jeopardized the lives of…

Democratic Committee Leaders Urge DOJ & FBI to Investigate Fake Public Comments

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Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) today requested the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to expand a…

After Lackluster Response from DOJ Regarding Sessions Recusal, Nadler, Jeffries & Lieu Call on DOJ to Release All Docs Related to Sessions Recusal & Submit a Substantive Response

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On March 31, 2017, three Democratic members of the House Committee on the Judiciary wrote to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to ask him about the precise scope of his recusal from any investigation of the Trump campaign, given public comments he had made about the need for “some convictions” to stop “the leakers, in the various agencies.”  Nearly a year…

Nadler & Cummings Urge DOJ IG to Investigate Attempts to Discredit FBI Investigators & Weaken FBI Independence

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Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG), to request an investigation into attempts to weaken the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI)…

Nadler, Cummings, Schiff Issue Joint Statement in Response to New FBI Text Messages & Republican Chairmen Attacks Against the FBI

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY),  House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA) issued the following statement in response to statements by their respective Republican Chairmen regarding text messages…

Congressman Nadler Statement Against Ending Government Shutdown Without Guaranteed Solution for Dreamers

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on his opposition to another short-term funding bill without a clear solution for addressing DACA recipients, funding community health centers and safety net hospitals, addressing budget caps, or any of the other important issues facing Congress.…

Nadler On Nunes Memo: Another GOP Ploy To Distract From Russia Investigation, Deflect From Inaction To Secure U.S. Elections & Attempt To Discredit FBI & Muellers Investigation

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Recent reports show the Trump Administration and its Republican supporters in Congress working to undermine the Special Counsel’s investigation into connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian government—including placing the FBI Director under so much pressure to fire his Deputy Director that he threatened to resign, accusing FBI investigators of…

Thompson, Nadler, Cummings Demand Answers on the White Houses Security Clearance Process & Jared Kushners Interim Clearance

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Today, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler, and Oversight & Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to demand answers on how the Trump White House handles the security clearance process for its staff.  Press reports revealing…

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