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June 12, 2019

House Oversight Committee votes to hold Barr, Ross in contempt, as Trump asserts executive privilege over census materials

The Justice Department said Wednesday that President Trump is asserting executive privilege over documents related his administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, as House Democrats weigh a contempt resolution against Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross over the controversy.

June 11, 2019

DOJ pushes back at Dem gloating over Mueller report deal: ‘This isn’t a blank check’

Justice Department officials are pushing back on the suggestion that the recently-struck deal with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler will give Democrats unfettered access to documents pertaining to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

June 8, 2019

Barr compares his return to DOJ to D-Day, likens it to trying to 'land without getting shot'

Attorney General William Barr compared his arrival at the Justice Department to the type of situation soldiers faced before D-Day.

June 5, 2019

Sen. Kennedy blasts Democrats' three-year 'tantrum' over 2016 election: 'This is all wicked abusive'

Democrats are in the midst of a three-year "tantrum" over the 2016 election of President Trump and their behavior has become "abusive," Sen. John Kennedy said Wednesday. 

June 4, 2019

Russia investigation 'case closed,' move on to probe Comey, Strzok: Graham

Robert Mueller's Russia investigation should be considered "case closed" and concentration should be put on the origins of the probe, Lindsey Graham claimed.

June 3, 2019

House Dems to vote on holding Barr, McGahn in contempt, seeking to keep Mueller spotlight alive

The Democrat-led House of Representatives is set to vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Monday.

June 1, 2019

Jason Chaffetz: Lawbreaking FBI leaker must be prosecuted – Justice Department fails to do so

Justice Department failure to crack down on illegal leaks shouldn't be tolerated.

June 1, 2019

Schiff requests info from intel community, accuses Trump of endangering national security

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., criticized the administration on Friday for dangerously politicizing the Intelligence Community (IC) and requested that agencies provide more information about the president's order allowing them to declassify information related to the Russia investigation.

May 30, 2019

Mueller report outlines Trump 'crimes,' but no obstruction conclusion because Barr wouldn't permit indictment: Judge Nap

Special Counsel Robert Mueller outlined several crimes in his report, but didn't offer a conclusion on obstruction because his boss was unlikely to permit prosecution.

May 29, 2019

Jim Jordan: Mueller statement, Russia investigation report offered 'same darn conclusion'

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's public statement and his previously published report on the Russia investigation offered "the same darn conclusion," according to Rep. Jim Jordan.