Iowa, on Wednesday described several FBI internal emails that appeared to discuss the early stages of the bureau's investigation into President Donald Trump and his use of fake electors to overturn the 2020 election.
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"Mr. Patel has precisely the qualifications we need at this time when the FBI is not being respected by our public," Grassley said in his opening statements.
Chuck Grassley is old school — and that’s not just because he’s 91 years old. The Iowa Republican is the longest-serving current member of the U.S. Senate, and as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
The bipartisan pair of senators said Trump did not give Congress a 30-day notice for the firings of the inspectors general as legally required.
In a statement, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said that the freeze would have devastating implications for the “most vulnerable people in our country,” and described the Trump administration’s forceful disregard of Congress’s powers as a “dangerous move towards authoritarianism.”
President Donald Trump fired more than a dozen government watchdogs late Friday in a move that appears to have violated federal law requiring him to notify Congress.
The sweeping action removes oversight of his new administration. Some members of Congress are suggesting it violated federal oversight laws.
Some congressional Republicans are concerned about President Donald Trump’s apparently illegal purge of 18 agency inspectors general over the weekend. Whether they can do anything about it remains an open question.
Over 70 per cent of all H-1B visas issued by the U.S. go to Indian nationals. As a result, the Indian-origin population in America has tripled over the last 25 years—from 1.6 million in the early 2000s to nearly 5 million today.
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is insisting to deeply skeptical Democrats that he does not have an “enemies list” and that the bureau under his
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next director of the FBI, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday.