Congressman Jamie Raskin’s office is busy. It’s the summer interns’ first day, one staffer explains. Constituents and aides flutter in and out of the small lobby, somehow still spacious considering the generally cramped conditions the House’s quarters are renowned for. Everyone is watching the clock, everything is running a little …
Read More »
A hearing in the House Oversight Committee once again devolved into chaos as Republican lawmakers attempted to pillory former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci over his involvement in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Fauci was summoned before the committee on Monday, where Republicans …
Read More »
Now that Colorado and Maine have disqualified Donald Trump from their 2024 ballots, citing the 14th Amendment, the case will most likely go to the Supreme Court. But Rep. Jamie Raskin said Sunday that Justice Clarence Thomas “absolutely should recuse himself” from these upcoming rulings because of his wife’s involvement …
Read More »
House Oversight Democrats are calling on committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) to use his subpoena power to investigate the foreign business dealings of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — an investigation Comer has been personally stalling for more than a year. Since Republicans gained control of the House in 2022, …
Read More »
House Republicans have been promising to expose President Joe Biden’s supposedly criminal business dealings with foreign entities for months. But the biggest takeaway from Oversight Committee Chair James Comer’s (R-Ky.) much-hyped press conference on Wednesday revealing the GOP’s “findings” was just the opposite — they don’t have the goods. What …
Read More »
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have issued six subpoenas for financial records related to business entities and associates of Hunter Biden, according to a memo obtained by Politico. The news of the subpoenas — which were directed to various banks and a business associate of the president’s son — …
Read More »
Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) confirmed a bombshell claim by Denver Riggleman, a former Republican member of Congress, who said the panel knew the White House switchboard placed a call to a Capitol rioter’s phone while the insurrection was ongoing. While interviewing Raskin on NBC’s Meet the …
Read More »
Nearly one year after its formation, the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol last Jan. 6 is scheduled to hold the first of six televised hearings Thursday night. Committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday offered a glimpse of what’s to come. “The select committee has found …
Read More »