National Security and Foreign Affairs
He's only a few months into his presidency, but it's still safe to say that no other president has used social media in the same way that Donald Trump has. As a result, an Illinois lawmaker is making an effort to ensure that President Trump and his successors are held accountable for what they post on the internet.
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Two days after former FBI Director James Comey's explosive congressional testimony, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) is still poking fun at President Trump's alleged demand for loyalty.
"Today I asked all staff to clear the room except for my district director. I then looked him straight in the eye & asked how's the weather," Lieu wrote on Twitter early Saturday.
WASHINGTON – More than three months before the Justice Department announced a 25-year-old National Security Agency contractor had been arrested for leaking top-secret information to a news outlet, two Democratic members of Congress launched a taxpayer-funded, official government website to show federal employees how to leak government information to the media.
Fired FBI director James Comey sketched a case on Thursday that President Trump had obstructed justice by directing him to drop the bureau's investigation of former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
California's congressional caucus reacted sharply on Thursday to former FBI Director James Comey's testimony that President Trump asked him for "loyalty" and gave "shifting explanations" for why he was ultimately fired.
Comey testified before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee about his dismissal as well as Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) in a television appearance on Tuesday said the Trump administration has "an incredible disrespect for the rule of law."
"We're not even talking about norms. We're just talking about the basic rule of law. There is an incredible disrespect for the rule of law by this administration," Lieu told MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes."
Dan Coats, the nation's top intelligence official, is testifying before Congress after reports that President Donald Trump may have personally asked him to try to quash the FBI's investigation of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told senators on Tuesday that he would review legislation to create a "bug bounty" program to probe vulnerabilities in the Department of Homeland Security's networks.