Government Oversight & Ethics
WASHINGTON – Due to the war with Iran, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) late today led a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to help stranded Americans leave the Middle East and return to the United States.
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Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) are calling on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing her of perjuring herself when asked about evidence relating to President Trump in the Epstein files.
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are investigating whether the Justice Department purposefully withheld materials in its release of the Jeffrey Epstein files that included sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi defended the justice department's handling of the files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and faced a barrage of angry questions on other issues during a fiery congressional hearing on Wednesday.
Her testimony before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee descended at times into a shouting match, with Bondi at one point calling a Democrat a "washed-up loser". After another heated exchange, one lawmaker stormed out.
A House Democrat accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of lying under oath about President Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Attorney General Pam Bondi went toe-to-toe with lawmakers in a heated hearing on Wednesday as the country’s top lawyer appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time since taking office.
Bondi fielded questions on issues ranging from pending investigations into adversaries of President Trump to immigration, but the most tense exchanges came amid questions about the Epstein files.
Attorney General Pam Bondi sparred with members of the House Judiciary Committee during a tense hearing Wednesday, as she sought to defend the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and push back on Democrats' accusations of so-called "weaponization" within the department.
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of lying under oath about apparent evidence in the Epstein files released by the Justice Department that he says links President Trump to potential crimes.
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Democratic leaders in the House signaled Tuesday their openness to impeaching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying in a fiery statement that the House should remove her from her role following a “DHS killing spree unleashed in Minnesota.”