Government Oversight & Ethics
Just an hour before ABC made the announcement that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return to the airwaves on Tuesday, a group of politicians and Hollywood guild leaders held a press conference and rally in front of the show’s Hollywood studio to urge Disney to bring the show back.
"You are hiding the Epstein files," a steamed Democratic congressman told FBI Director Kash Patel in a routine oversight hearing that periodically devolved into raised-voice bickering and partisan gamesmanship. "You are part of the cover-up."
Rep. Daniel Goldman, from New York, was one of several Democrats who pressed Patel on why President Donald Trump's administration has not released more files related to the sex trafficking investigation into the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) called into the Julie Mason Show on SiriusXM. They discussed everything from the bipartisan discharge petition to release the full Epstein files, to Trump's deployment of the military to American cities.
Gay California U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Rep. Ted Lieu of California, and Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, all Democrats, led 187 lawmakers on Monday in submitting a friend of the court, or amicus brief, to the U.S. Supreme Court in Chiles v.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined House Democrats in honoring the 90th anniversary of Social Security. As the Trump Administration continues to gut the Social Security Administration (SSA), Congressman Lieu is advocating for seniors, disabled Americans, and families who have lost loved ones that depend on Social Security.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) announced the reintroduction of the Protections and Transparency in the Workplace Act to combat sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday evening, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) hosted a telephone town hall with Dr. Anish Mahajan, Chief Deputy Director at LA County Department of Public Health; Dr. Mitesh Popat, CEO of Venice Family Clinic; and Dr. Andrea Turner, CEO of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
The House Oversight Committee is preparing to subpoena the Justice Department for its files related to the sex trafficking investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, after three Republicans broke with their party to join Democrats to vote on the matter.
Democrats are showing they’re ready to get dirty and hit President Trump where it hurts by stoking the Jeffrey Epstein controversy that’s severed his MAGA movement.
The strategy strays from the official line coming from top Democrats such as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), who say they want their midterm campaign message to center on Medicaid cuts and other kitchen-table policies contained in Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
But the focus on Epstein has also been remarkably successful, energizing the Democratic grassroots and aggravating tensions within the GOP.