Marc Elias, one of the most prominent Democratic lawyers in the country, is predicting that Democrats will attempt to prevent some duly-elected Republican House members from serving, and that they may even attempt to file litigation to prevent some Republican members from serving.
According to our research, 68 percent of lawyers who’ve made any political contributions give more money to Democrats than to Republicans. That pattern is even more striking when you look at elite lawyers. Mueller’s legal team is the cream of the crop in terms of their professional and educational experience.
They say that because several attorneys assisting Mueller and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe either have donated to Democratic candidates or have spouses who accepted political donations from Democrats, Mueller’s findings should be questioned.
Harvard Kennedy School Associate Professor Maya Sen discusses her research into the political leanings of lawyers and argues that it is perfectly normal for attorneys hired by special counsel Robert Mueller to have donated to Democrats.
President Donald Trump unleashed a Twitter tantrum Thursday labeling congressional oversight as “ PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT !” that “should never be allowed to happen again!”
I could see North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, accusing the administration of violating federal laws for not turning over documents to Congress — as he did in 2014 when the committee subpoenaed records from the Environmental Protection Agency and the IRS.
Trump's three attorney general appointees — Jeff Sessions, Matthew Whitaker and William Barr — have each escaped serious scrutiny from an inspector general who investigated Eric Holder, Obama's first attorney general, and many of his top deputies. There are two pending investigations that could involve decisions by high level Trump officials, ...
Grassley in 2018 joined with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to request investigation into national security surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page. The IG agreed to investigate, and it morphed into the report he expects to release this month.
Horowitz is slated to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Dec. 11.
While inspectors general at other major cabinet agencies have conducted high profile investigations of Trump appointees, Democrats say the Justice Department's Michael Horowitz — appointed by President Obama in 2012 and confirmed by the Senate — has largely shied away. Trump's three attorney general appointees — Jeff Sessions, ...
But multiple Democratic Congressional aides told NBC News there was a widespread perception in their camp that Horowitz is not aggressively holding the Justice Department's political leaders accountable for their questionable actions. Horowitz was appointed to the job by Obama in 2012.
Amid reports that Horowitz determined that an FBI agent falsified records, some Democrats worry that any finding of misconduct by Horowitz, however tangential to the main issues in the Russia investigation, will allow Trump to express vindication.
Prokupecz and the House Democrats who are rushing to the barricades to defend the actions of former CIA director John Brennan at the beginning of the Mueller probe are acting as if the agency’s reputation has never before been called into question.
Attorney General William Barr’s decision to launch an investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation has caused some predicable anger among Democrats and other Trump-administration critics.
Wall Street Journal: “One of the few things that Democrats and Republicans agree on is that spending billions of dollars on America’s roads would boost productivity and the U.S. economy’s…
“Democratic leaders are performing a high-wire act to keep President Joe Biden’s economic agenda alive, seeking to balance tensions inside their party with pressure from Republicans who want to derail…
Senior White House officials are holding “informal discussions” with outside experts and congressional officials on how to split off a second, targeted bipartisan package from a larger reconciliation package expected…
Associated Press: “Dozens of big companies, citing their commitment to democracy, pledged to avoid donating money to the 147 lawmakers who objected to Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s victory… It…
“When Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump, Democrats portrayed her as a threat to healthcare protections and Republicans saw her as a conservative…
Former Massachusetts state Rep. Geoff Diehl (R), who challenged Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in 2018, announced that he is running for governor, making him the first Republican to enter the…
New York Times: “Over a period of weeks, the coronavirus death rate plunged and the country considerably eased public health restrictions. President Biden announced a bipartisan deal late last month…