RANKING MEMBER CRITICIZES CHAIRMAN FOR NOT “PUTTING BILLS FORWARD” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 25, 2019) — At 10:53 a.m. EDT, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY14) spoke at a hearing titled “Oversight of Family Separation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Short-Term Custody under the Trump Administration.” Live streaming from the committee’s website is […]
WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON WEDNESDAY? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 25, 2019) — Shortly before 9:00 AM EDT on Thursday, the hashtag “MuellerHearingDisaster” began trending on Twitter in response to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s appearance on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Yesterday morning, Mueller testified to the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing lasting more than three […]
“I’D HAVE TO PASS ON THAT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 24, 2019) — Shortly after 8:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller was sworn in to give much-anticipated testimony to the House Judiciary Committee as to his report provided to the Justice Department which found insufficient evidence that anyone from the Trump […]
“FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS” by Sharon Rondeau (May 26, 2019) — On the May 26 edition of “Sunday Morning Futures,” guest host Charles Payne asked his first guest, House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ5), what might be expected as a result of President Trump’s authorization to Attorney General William Barr to declassify documents held by […]
PLAYING POLITICS OR CONDUCTING OVERSIGHT? by Sharon Rondeau (May 8, 2019) — At approximately 10:00 AM Wednesday, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY10) began debating whether or not to hold Attorney General William Barr in “contempt of Congress” for failing to respond to its subpoena for the full “Mueller report” […]
AMID ALLEGED “FIRESTORM” by Sharon Rondeau (May 1, 2019) — Attorney General William P. Barr will be testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday beginning at 10 AM as to the completion and release of the much-anticipated “Mueller report” on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. During his confirmation hearings in January, Barr pledged […]
BUT WHAT ABOUT REGULATIONS PRECLUDING IT? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 19, 2019) — As of 9:10 AM EDT Friday, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler issued a subpoena to Attorney General William Barr to appear before the committee on May 1 to produce the underlying documents relied upon by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to produce his […]
WITH EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY FROM OBAMA BIRTH-CERTIFICATE INVESTIGATOR MIKE ZULLO by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 16, 2019) — In the opening pages of the transcript from a second closed-door congressional session about the Russia “collusion” investigation commenced by the FBI on the Trump campaign, former FBI General Counsel James Baker told the four congressmen present, all Republicans, […]
BUT JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN SAYS OTHERWISE by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 27, 2019) — On November 8, 2018, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY10), then ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, published a press release in which he stated that Reps. Elijah Cummings and Adam Schiff, as well as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) “sent letters to top Administration […]
COMEY PRESSER “DESIGNED TO INSULATE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 19, 2019) — Beginning on page 143 of the first transcript of former FBI Counsel Lisa Page’s private testimony to the House Judiciary Committee last July, a questioner for the minority, at that time the Democrats, asked Page about a text message sent […]
“THE DAY YOU SIGNED THE DOCUMENT…” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2019) — On page 104 of the transcript memorializing the private testimony of former FBI Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok last June, then-House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy pointedly asked Strzok, “Who drafted the electronic communication?” referring to the […]
IF SO, WHY? IF NOT, WHERE DID THE QUESTION COME FROM? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 16, 2019) — On page 83 of a 312-page transcript of closed-door testimony to the House Judiciary Committee by former FBI Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok on June 27, 2018, Strzok was asked whether or not he told […]
9:30 AM EST by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 8, 2019) — At 9:30 AM EST Friday, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee under the banner of “Oversight of the U. S. Department of Justice.” Live streaming is available here. On Thursday evening, Whitaker’s appearance was in doubt based on […]
NO DATE PROVIDED FOR REPORT by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 20, 2018) — On Thursday night’s edition of “Hannity,” Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee until early next month, said that Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is currently investigating issues surrounding four FISA warrants obtained between 2016 and 2017 on former Trump […]
TOP DEMOCRAT SAYS COMMITTEE WILL “DO ITS JOB” BEGINNING NEXT MONTH by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 20, 2018) — On Thursday morning at 10:15 EST, the House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing concerning the committee’s oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with the department’s secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, listed as the only witness. Chairman Bob […]
“I CAN’T ANSWER THAT QUESTION” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 18, 2018) — Portions of the transcript of former FBI Director James Comey’s questioning by members of the House Oversight & Government Reform and Judiciary Committees on Monday suggest that Trump’s first national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn (Ret), was under FBI investigation as […]
CLAIMS COMPANY IS “NON-PARTISAN” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 11, 2018) — Beginning shortly after 10:00 a.m., Google CEO Sundar Pichai took his seat in the witness chair to answer questions from members of the House Judiciary Committee about allegations of bias against “conservatives” and the company’s dealings with China, which prohibits free use of the […]
SO WHICH ONE IS IT? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 9, 2018) — In testimony provided to the House Judiciary and Oversight & Government Reform Committees on Friday, former FBI Director James Comey said both that President Donald Trump was and was not under investigation by the Bureau in regard to allegations of coordination between the […]
SITTING IN THE DARK, OR LIGHT? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 6, 2018) — Tucker Carlson of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” announced Thursday evening that former FBI Director James Comey will testify to the House Judiciary Committee Friday to answer questions about the agency’s launch of a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign and why it requested […]
LAWMAKERS SEEKING LENGTHY, COMPREHENSIVE TESTIMONY by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 28, 2018) — On today’s edition of “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo, Congressman John Ratcliffe (R-TX4), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Bartiromo that testimony scheduled for last Thursday between Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and two congressional committees was postponed in part […]