Tag Archives: House Oversight Committee

by Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix Survivors of two horrific mass shootings in New York and Texas will appear before the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday to relate their experiences with gun violence. The witnesses will include fourth grader Miah Cerrillo of Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and …

by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun April 6, 2022 Democrats blamed the oil industry, Republicans blamed President Joe Biden and oil executives blamed global market forces at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday on how to reverse a dramatic increase in gas prices. Over nearly six hours, members of the House …

by Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent March 17, 2022 WASHINGTON — A top FBI official told members of a U.S. House panel on Thursday that the agency believes a single juvenile is behind most of the bomb threats made to more than 30 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Ryan Young, executive …

The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee has launched a bipartisan investigation into Live Nation, addressing the tragic crowd crush that left ten concertgoers dead at last month’s Astroworld festival in Houston. The Washington Post reports that the probe was initiated on Wednesday (December 22) by Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, …

A federal judge is ordering former President Donald Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, to release financial documents related to House Oversight Committee’s investigations. United States District Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Wednesday that the Committee is entitled to records of President Trump’s lease of the Trump Hotel in the nation’s …

New documents released by the House Oversight and Reform Committee details former President Donald Trump’s attempt to get Department of Justice officials to declare the 2020 Presidential election as “corrupt” and “illegal.” Former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue took notes during a call with the …

On Thursday, the Justice Department charged a US Capitol rioter with bringing a handgun onto Capitol grounds — two days after a hearing where Republican lawmakers downplayed the deadly attack and claimed the pro-Trump rioters were unarmed. The new charge was filed against Guy Reffitt, a Texan whose case received …

Emails from the Justice Department and White House officials show how former President Donald Trump and his associates tried to pressure then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to challenge the 2020 presidential election. Emails released by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee detail President Trump’s team’s desire for the Justice …

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Trump-appointed USPS Postmaster General for campaign contributions. Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for political donations made while he was CEO of a private logistics company. “Mr. DeJoy has learned that the Department of …

Former acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller told the House Oversight Committee that he limited deployment of National Guard Troops at the Capitol on Jan 6 because of the “media hysteria” over the possibility of a military coup. “My concerns regarding the appropriate and limited use of the military in …