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Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) sent a letter to House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce requesting a hearing on the Trump Administration's strategy in Afghanistan. Mr. Lieu's letter comes on the heels of recent Trump Administration decisions to expand the U.S. military role in Afghanistan.
In the letter Mr. Lieu writes:
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California Rep. Ted Lieu (D) drew comparisons between President Trump and former President Richard Nixon on Saturday, saying that history is repeating itself as Trump takes actions reminiscent of Watergate.
"This week is the 45th anniversary of Watergate and we're watching history repeat itself," Lieu told CNN anchor Ana Cabrera on Saturday. "Nixon ignored his advisers and went into full attack mode, attacking his own Department of Justice and saying the press is the enemy of the people. We see Trump doing something similar."
For the first time, Trump acknowledges he is under federal investigation while simultaneously taking aim at his own Justice Department
In a message that journalists and political observers say looks like a shocking attack by a sitting president on his own Justice Department, President Donald Trump appeared to take aim at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in a Friday morning tweet. Trump also acknowledged, for the first time publicly, that he is under federal investigation.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said Friday that President Trump is "waiving executive privilege" by tweeting about the investigation into ties between the Trump administration and Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
Lieu said Trump's Friday morning tweets confirming that he was under investigation removed the president's ability to assert executive privilege.
"The more [Trump] tweets, the less executive privilege the White House will be able to assert, if any by now," Lieu tweeted Friday.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Thursday ripped President Trump's claims of a "witch hunt" against him, predicting the FBI would “find some witches” in its investigation into Trump.
“Dear @realDonaldTrump: I will bet you a bottle of fine CA wine that America's professional & dedicated FBI agents find some witches. #MAGA,” Lieu tweeted.
Washington Post reported Wednesday that the special counsel appointed to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia is now looking into whether Trump sought to obstruct justice.
Trump decried the reported news earlier Thursday, saying he's the victim of "the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history."
A House panel largely ignored the spy agency’s role in last month’s cyberattack, boding poorly for legislation seeking reforms.
One month after the global "WannaCry" ransomware attack hit computer systems in over 150 countries and temporarily crippled the British health care system, cybersecurity experts warned lawmakers that business and government networks in that United States only narrowly avoided a similar fate.
One of President Trump's most vocal critics in the House questioned Thursday whether the president was aware of a deal to sell Qatar up to 36 F-15 fighter jets.
"I don't mean to be facetious about this, but does the president know that?" Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) asked Tina Kaidanow, acting assistant secretary of State for political-military affairs, at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing.
WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle laid bare their suspicions about U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Lebanon over the countries' supposed links to terror on Thursday, perhaps signaling choppy waters in the alliances.