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The House Judiciary Committee has voted to authorize a subpoena for acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, CNN reports. | |
The vote was 23-13, along party lines with Democrats voting for it and Republicans opposed. | |
Whitaker is set to testify before the committee Friday, and chairman Jerry Nadler says he will use the subpoena if the acting AG refuses to answer questions about his conversations with the White House about the Russia investigation. | |
“To be clear, this resolution merely authorizes the subpoena. If Mr. Whitaker appears in the hearing room, as scheduled, and if he provides direct answers to our questions, then I have no intention of ever issuing this subpoena. If he does not, then we will have the tools we need to ensure that we may adequately meet our own responsibilities,” Nadler said in a statement Thursday. | |
“When we invite officials to testify before this Committee, they have to appear. When we ask them questions, they have to provide us with answers—or provide us with a valid and clearly articulated reason to withhold certain information. Without the threat of a subpoena, I believe it may be difficult to hold Mr. Whitaker to this standard.” | |
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is dodging questions about the political crisis in Virginia, saying she has enough to do without getting involved in the state’s affairs. | |
Asked about the political crisis in Virginia, Pelosi says she has enough to do here in Congress without getting involved in the affairs of Virginia pic.twitter.com/4bXloDzl80 | |
Senate Democratic whip Dick Durbin gave a similar non-answer, saying “I don’t live there” and “I’m not getting into that,” journalist Matt Laslo reports. | |
National Democratic leaders now have the same talking points on Virginia: "Virginians will resolve their issues that they have there," Pelosi tells reporters just now. "I'll leave that up to them." https://t.co/b5TwhGYc6b | |
Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax has hired the same law firm that represented Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Politico reports. | |
Fairfax, who has been accused of sexual assault, brought on Wilkinson Walsh Eskovitz, which also represented Kavanaugh during confirmation hearings where he battled charges of assault. | |
And his accuser, college professor Vanessa Tyson, hired the firm Katz Marshall and Banks, which also represented Kavanaugh’s accuser. | |
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing in March on the deaths of two children in border patrol custody, its chairman said Thursday. | |
Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham announces March hearing on deaths of two children in U.S. Border Patrol custody last year. https://t.co/NkJuIoh4fP pic.twitter.com/dDbNx3lXBA | |
Two lawmakers are demanding information from the National Rifle Association about allegations the powerful gun group violated campaign finance laws. | |
Watchdog groups have alleged that the NRA illegally coordinated with Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The Trace reported that the conservative consulting firm National Media Research and its affiliates executed ad buys for Trump and the NRA that seemed coordinated to enhance each other. | |
In a letter to NRA president Wayne Lapierre, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Jamie Raskin asked for information on the NRA’s relationship with media consulting firms that also worked for the Trump Campaign and other Republican candidates. They also sent letters to five of the media consulting firms. | |
“Because a payment for a coordinated communication is an in-kind contribution to a candidate, the NRA may have violated contribution limits under the Federal Election Campaign Act by making coordinated communications in excess of applicable contribution caps,” they wrote. | |
Donald Trump in his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast praised his vice president’s wife Karen Pence for her work at a school that bans gay students and staff. | Donald Trump in his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast praised his vice president’s wife Karen Pence for her work at a school that bans gay students and staff. |
“Our incredible second lady Karen Pence and by the way, by the way, I’ve gotten to know Karen so well. She is a Marine Corps mom, a tremendous woman, a proud supporter of military families and she just recently went back to teaching art classes at a Christian school. Thank you. Thank you, Karen,” Trump said at the breakfast, CNN reported. | “Our incredible second lady Karen Pence and by the way, by the way, I’ve gotten to know Karen so well. She is a Marine Corps mom, a tremendous woman, a proud supporter of military families and she just recently went back to teaching art classes at a Christian school. Thank you. Thank you, Karen,” Trump said at the breakfast, CNN reported. |
He did not mention the Christian school’s LGBT policies. | He did not mention the Christian school’s LGBT policies. |
The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom organizations are holding a press conference outside the White House to demand justice for murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. | The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom organizations are holding a press conference outside the White House to demand justice for murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. |
LIVE: Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom) holds press conference outside White House to demand justice for murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://t.co/IZzVL3lX8z | LIVE: Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom) holds press conference outside White House to demand justice for murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://t.co/IZzVL3lX8z |
The event comes ahead of a Friday deadline for the Trump administration to deliver a report to the Senate on the journalist’s murder. In the report, the administration is required to say whether they believe Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is responsible for Khashoggi’s murder, and to say whether they will impose sanctions, according to CBS. | The event comes ahead of a Friday deadline for the Trump administration to deliver a report to the Senate on the journalist’s murder. In the report, the administration is required to say whether they believe Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is responsible for Khashoggi’s murder, and to say whether they will impose sanctions, according to CBS. |
In October, Corker and Menendez triggered the Magnitsky Act, giving Trump 120 days to say whether MbS "is responsible for Mr. Khashoggi's murder." The deadline is tomorrow. There are doubts that the W.H. will respond, so advocates are holding a presser to pressure the admin. | In October, Corker and Menendez triggered the Magnitsky Act, giving Trump 120 days to say whether MbS "is responsible for Mr. Khashoggi's murder." The deadline is tomorrow. There are doubts that the W.H. will respond, so advocates are holding a presser to pressure the admin. |
The Federal Election Commission has issued new contribution limits for the 2020 election cycle. | The Federal Election Commission has issued new contribution limits for the 2020 election cycle. |
BREAKING: FEC releases new contribution limits for federal campaigns, parties and pacs for 2019-20. pic.twitter.com/M746S3N6c3 | BREAKING: FEC releases new contribution limits for federal campaigns, parties and pacs for 2019-20. pic.twitter.com/M746S3N6c3 |
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named members to the new select committee on climate change, but Politico reports they don’t include the highest-profile freshmen like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named members to the new select committee on climate change, but Politico reports they don’t include the highest-profile freshmen like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. |
Rep. Kathy Castor of Florida will chair the committee, according to the Politico report. The Democratic members are Ben Ray Luján (N.M.), Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.), Julia Brownley (Calif.), Sean Casten (Ill.), Jared Huffman (Calif.), Mike Levin (Calif.), Donald McEachin (Va.) and Joe Neguse (Colo.). | Rep. Kathy Castor of Florida will chair the committee, according to the Politico report. The Democratic members are Ben Ray Luján (N.M.), Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.), Julia Brownley (Calif.), Sean Casten (Ill.), Jared Huffman (Calif.), Mike Levin (Calif.), Donald McEachin (Va.) and Joe Neguse (Colo.). |
Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Brenda Lawrence have introduced a bill to award Aretha Franklin the Congressional Medal of Honor. | Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Brenda Lawrence have introduced a bill to award Aretha Franklin the Congressional Medal of Honor. |
“Aretha’s songs were the soundtrack of my childhood, from listening to ‘Mary Don’t You Weep,’ to standing in the living room dancing to ‘Rock Steady’ over and over again, to hearing from the Queen herself how lucky I was to be young, gifted and black,” Harris told the Beat DC. “Aretha was simply a legend.” | “Aretha’s songs were the soundtrack of my childhood, from listening to ‘Mary Don’t You Weep,’ to standing in the living room dancing to ‘Rock Steady’ over and over again, to hearing from the Queen herself how lucky I was to be young, gifted and black,” Harris told the Beat DC. “Aretha was simply a legend.” |
Put some R-E-S-P-E-C-T on her name! @SenKamalaHarris and @RepLawrence introduced a bill to award #ArethaFranklin a Congressional Medal of Honor. Get this story and more in today's BEAT: https://t.co/H5USSsLDjm pic.twitter.com/gN6QrTGZUu | Put some R-E-S-P-E-C-T on her name! @SenKamalaHarris and @RepLawrence introduced a bill to award #ArethaFranklin a Congressional Medal of Honor. Get this story and more in today's BEAT: https://t.co/H5USSsLDjm pic.twitter.com/gN6QrTGZUu |