Tag: House Oversight & Government Reform Committee
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Strzok: Clinton Server Used by “Variety of People”
SAYS FORMER SECRETARY “CRITICAL PLAYER” IN PROBE, BUT NOT “TARGET” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2019) — Under questioning on June 27, 2018 by then-House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, former FBI Deputy Assistant Director of counterintelligence Peter Strzok said that the private, unauthorized server Hillary Clinton used while serving as Secretary…
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Judicial Watch President to Testify on Clinton Foundation Investigation Thursday Afternoon
TRANSPARENCY ORGANIZATION CITES “PAY-TO-PLAY POLITICS” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 13, 2018) — A press release received Thursday morning from Carter Clews, communications director for the open-government organization Judicial Watch, reports that JW President Tom Fitton will be testifying to a subcommittee of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST. The…
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Comey Inconsistent about Investigating Trump
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…
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Former FBI Director Evasive, Parses Words to House Committees in Released Transcript
CLAIMS NOT TO KNOW WHAT “COLLUSION” MEANS by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 8, 2018) — Late Saturday afternoon, the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee released a 235-page transcript from testimony provided by former FBI Director James B. Comey to that committee as well as the House Judiciary Committee on Friday. When Oversight Committee Chairman Trey…
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Ratcliffe on Rosenstein: “He Wanted a Little Bit More Time”
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…
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Papadopoulos to Testify to Members of Congress Thursday
“A CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED SET UP” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 25, 2018) — Former Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos is scheduled to testify to two House committees Thursday concerning an ongoing probe of whether or not the U.S. Justice Department and FBI acted politically in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election. Papalopoulos will…
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Provides Preview of Expected Rosenstein Deposition
“A VERY SERIOUS CONCERN” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 21, 2018) — In an interview with Maria Bartiromo of “Sunday Morning Futures,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said that he and three other congressmen will be questioning Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Wednesday in the presence of a court reporter about a September 21, 2018…
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Breaking: Committee Chairmen Threaten Lisa Page with Contempt
IF SHE FAILS TO APPEAR BY JULY 13 by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 11, 2018) — Shortly after 6:00 p.m. in response to our email inquiry to Kathryn Rexrode, Communications Director for House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Rexrode sent us a press release with a permalink to the committee’s website in which Goodlatte and House Oversight…
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Report: Lisa Page Attorney Issues Second Letter
REFERS TO RECOMMENDATION FOR CRIMINAL PROBE by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 11, 2018) — The Associated Press has reported, through LancasterOnline.com and other outlets, that former FBI Special Counsel Lisa Page’s attorney, Amy Jeffress, wrote a second letter to the House Judiciary and Government Oversight & Reform Committees on Wednesday. Page was scheduled to be deposed…
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Will Censure Lead to Impeachment?
“THE MOST TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY” by Sharon Rondeau (May 18, 2016) — On Wednesday evening, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz tweeted a link to an article in The Washington Post reporting that he has introduced a censure measure against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen which could lead to his impeachment, removal…
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Where Does John Boehner Stand on the Contempt of Congress Citation for Eric Holder? (PB)
COURAGE OR COP-OUT? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 19, 2012) — On June 11, 2012, Speaker of the House John Boehner’s office issued a press release which stated that he supported a contempt of Congress citation against putative Attorney General Eric Holder for refusing to turn over documents subpoenaed by the House Oversight & Government Reform…