House Judiciary Committee Investigations into Trump
Website: https://judiciary.house.gov/
Chairman: Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York
Investigating: Oversight of the administration’s family separation policy, Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s appointment, his involvement in the Mueller investigation, and his conversations with Trump and involvement with World Patent Marketing, Voting rights and Department of Justice actions on voter ID, census cases, Easing of sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Trump’s national emergency declaration, The president’s “threats to the rule of law,” covering three main areas: Obstruction of justice, including the possibility of interference by Trump and others in a number of criminal investigations and other official proceedings, as well as the alleged cover-up of violations of the law; Public corruption, including potential violations of the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, conspiracy to violate federal campaign and financial reporting laws, and other criminal misuses of official positions for personal gain; Abuses of power, including attacks on the press, the judiciary, and law enforcement agencies; misuse of the pardon power and other presidential authorities; and attempts to misuse the power of the office of the presidency. Trump’s interference in Time Warner merger, Threats to relocate migrants to sanctuary cities, Reports that the president said he would pardon acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan if he illegally closed the southern border to migrants, Firings of senior leadership at DHS, The administration’s decision to stop defending the Affordable Care Act in court.
News:
- 03/04/19 With Sweeping Document Request, Democrats Launch Broad Trump Corruption Inquiry
- 03/05/19 Trump Dismisses 81 House Document Requests. Here’s Where They Went.
- 03/25/19 House Committee Chairs Full Mueller Report By April 2 Deadline
- 03/25/19 Sater Eyed Trump Moscow Tower to Launder Cash, BTA Bank Says
- 03/26/19 House Panel Seeks Documents on Rosenstein’s Trump Comments
- 03/26/19 House panel OKs move to give Congress records of FBI probes against Trump
- 04/01/19 House Judiciary plans to authorize subpoenas for Mueller’s full report
- 04/02/19 Democrats demand Barr testify ‘not in a month … but now’
- 04/03/19 House Panel Seeks to Interview Top Organizer of Trump Inauguration
- 04/04/19 Nadler demands Barr release Mueller summaries and turn over communications
- 04/06/19 Congress’ new Mueller fight: Do Dems need to begin impeachment to see secret files?
- 04/09/19 Ex-FBI official says 2 Cabinet members were open to invoking 25th Amendment
- 04/09/19 Newly released testimony: Former top FBI lawyer says agency concerned Trump obstructed justice
- 04/10/19 FBI brass discussed possibility Trump fired Comey ‘at the behest of’ Russia
- 04/15/19 House chairmen demand WH documents on plan to release undocumented immigrants into sanctuary cities
- 04/18/19 Democrats make legal bid for all Russia probe evidence, Trump poll numbers drop
- 04/19/19 House Dems in talks with DOJ for Mueller testimony
- 04/22/19 House Judiciary Committee issues subpoena to former White House counsel Don McGahn
- 04/23/19 White House plans to fight House subpoena of former counsel Donald McGahn for testimony on Mueller report
- 04/24/19 Democrats Consider Fines for Trump Officials Who Spurn Subpoenas
- 04/28/19 Barr’s appearance at House hearing now in doubt because of dispute with Democrats
- 04/29/19 House Democrats set the stage for a Barr standoff
- 04/30/19 Congressional Democrats’ emoluments lawsuit targeting President Trump’s private business can proceed, judge says
- 04/30/19 Mueller’s Willing to Testify, but Trump DOJ Is Holding It Up: Dems
- 05/01/19 House panel approves staff to question William Barr over AG’s objections
- 05/01/19 Barr’s refusal to testify before House panel increases likelihood of contempt citation from Congress
- 05/01/19 William Barr to skip House hearing Thursday
- 05/02/19 Pelosi Accuses Barr of Law-Breaking as Democrats’ War With Him Boils Over
- 05/02/19 Dems mock William Barr’s no-show with empty chair and chicken in escalating feud with Justice Department
- 05/02/19 Trump: McGahn shouldn’t testify to Congress
- 05/03/19 Nadler delivers ultimatum to Barr before holding AG in contempt
- 05/05/19 In reversal, Trump says Mueller ‘should not testify’ before Congress
- 05/05/19 House Democrats move closer to holding Barr in contempt, raising questions about fate of former Trump counsel Donald McGahn
- 05/06/19 House panel sets Wednesday vote to hold Barr in contempt after DOJ doesn’t turn over Mueller report
- 05/07/19 Don McGahn won’t comply with House Democrats’ subpoena
- 05/07/19 Dems moving forward with Barr contempt vote after DOJ talks break down
- 05/08/19 House Panel Approves Contempt for Barr After Trump Claims Privilege Over Full Mueller Report
- 05/08/19 The House Judiciary Committee Voted To Hold Bill Barr In Contempt
- 05/08/19 Democrats’ Mueller questions show public need for more details
- 05/10/19 House Judiciary chairman endorses bundling contempt resolutions
- 05/10/19 House Judiciary introduces act to pause statute of limitations on presidential federal offenses
- 05/12/19 Nadler squeezed with calls for ‘inherent contempt’
- 05/14/19 House Democrats plan marathon public reading of Mueller report
- 05/15/19 Rep. Jerry Nadler: We’re ‘probably’ not headed for impeachment, but Trump is making it ‘increasingly difficult’ to avoid
- 05/15/19 No ‘do-over’ on Mueller probe, White House lawyer tells House panel, saying demands for records, staff testimony will be refused
- 05/16/19 Barr Says He Isn’t Blocking Mueller’s Testimony to Congress
- 05/16/19 Mueller Testimony to Congress Stalled by Executive-Privilege Claim
- 05/20/19 Trump Instructs McGahn to Defy Subpoena and Skip House Testimony
- 05/21/19 Special counsel’s team hesitant about Mueller testifying publicly, part of hold up securing testimony
- 05/21/19 Don McGahn’s law firm is getting a lot of cash from the GOP these days
- 05/21/19 House Democrats Subpoena Hope Hicks
- 05/21/19 RNC paid $2 million to law firm employing former White House counsel Donald McGahn
- 05/23/19 Nadler pushes for empowering committee chairs on contempt
- 05/24/19 Robert Mueller wants to testify in private before Congress, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler says
- 05/29/19 Chairman Nadler Response to Special Counsel Mueller’s Statements on Conclusion of Investigation
- 05/29/19 Video - Representative Jerrold Nadler on Impeachment: ‘All Options Are On the Table’
- 05/21/19 Nadler: ‘There certainly is’ justification for impeaching Trump
- 06/03/19 House Judiciary Committee to hold June 10 hearing on Mueller report
- 06/03/19 House Dems set contempt vote against Barr and McGahn
- 06/03/19 House Democrats To Hold Hearings On Mueller Report Featuring Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean
- 06/04/19 White House instructs Hope Hicks, former McGahn aide not to comply with congressional subpoenas
- 06/04/19 DOJ To Nadler: We’ll Reopen Mueller Report Talks If You Undo Barr Contempt Vote
- 06/04/19 Justice Department tells Congress it is willing to negotiate release of Mueller materials — if lawmakers back off contempt
- 06/04/19 Nadler rejects DOJ’s request to cancel contempt vote
- 06/04/19 Ex-Trump aide Hicks agrees to hand over campaign documents to Congress
- 06/10/19 Justice Dept. Agrees to Turn Over Key Mueller Evidence to House
- 06/10/19 House Democrats To Get Some Mueller Report Material, But Contempt Vote Is Still On
- 06/10/19 Review of Russia investigation beginnings will be ‘broad and multifaceted,’ Justice Dept. says
- 06/10/19 Mueller report shows ‘evidence of collusion’, says Nixon lawyer John Dean – as it happened
- 06/11/19 House Judiciary Committee Allowed to Take Notes on Evidence From Mueller Probe
- 06/11/19 White House Will Preview Mueller Evidence Before Nadler Review: Admin Officials
- 06/12/19 Former White House aide Hicks agrees to testify to House panel investigating Trump
- 06/12/19 Hope Hicks Agrees to Give Closed-Door Testimony to House Panel
- 06/13/19 Judiciary Committee lawmakers begin reviewing Mueller report evidence
- 06/18/19 Ex-Trump aide Hicks to testify behind closed doors to U.S. House investigators
- 06/18/19 Dems to grill Hope Hicks on alleged Trump obstruction
- 06/19/19 Hope Hicks refuses to answer questions about Trump White House, lawmakers say
- 06/19/19 ‘It’s a farce’: Dems livid as Hope Hicks dodges questions
- 06/20/19 Hicks told House panel Trump is serious about foreign help in elections
- 06/20/19 Nadler: Hope Hicks broke with Trump on accepting foreign dirt
- 06/20/19 Democrats amplify calls to subpoena Mueller
- 06/20/19 Hope Hicks refused to answer 155 questions during House testimony
- 06/21/19 Nadler: Hope Hicks testimony is huge gift in legal battle with Trump
- 06/22/19 Democrats cut deal to hear from White House counsel office insider, source says
- 06/23/19 White House to assert ‘immunity’ claims over ex-McGahn aide
- 06/24/19 These 3 lawmakers know the secrets in Mueller’s report
- 06/25/19 Mueller to testify to Congress in open session about his investigation
- 07/08/19 White House blocks ex-McGahn aide from answering more than 200 questions
- 07/08/19 WH Blocked Key Mueller Witness From Testifying More Than 200 Times
- 07/09/19 House Democrats plan subpoenas for Jared Kushner, Trump officials and immigration documents
- 07/09/19 House Dems set to subpoena Kushner, Sessions and 10 other Mueller witnesses
- 07/09/19 House Democrats Seek Closed-Door Testimony of Mueller Deputies
- 07/09/19 Justice Dept. Tells Mueller Deputies Not to Testify, Scrambling an Agreement
- 07/11/19 House Democrats Approve Subpoenas for Who’s Who of Mueller Witnesses
- 07/12/19 Mueller, House panels strike deal to delay hearing until July 24, giving lawmakers more time to question him
- 07/18/19 House Judiciary asks Hope Hicks to clarify testimony about Stormy Daniels
- 07/19/19 Mueller hearings to highlight ‘shocking evidence of criminal misconduct’ by Trump, Democrats say
- 07/19/19 Democrats plot new plan to press Mueller on Trump’s alleged crimes
- 07/23/19 Mueller makes last-minute ask to swear in deputy for hearing
- 07/23/19 Mueller makes last-minute ask to swear in deputy for hearing
- 07/24/19 Highlights of Robert Mueller’s Testimony to Congress
- 07/24/19 Trump ordered former White House counsel to lie, Mueller confirms
- 07/26/19 Raising Prospect of Impeaching Trump, House Seeks Mueller’s Grand Jury Secrets
- 07/26/19 Why House Democrats are choosing now to launch impeachment investigation
- 07/26/19 Poll: No impeachment bump after Mueller’s testimony
- 07/28/19 Nadler: "We have impeachment resolutions before the committee"
- 08/05/19 House Judiciary chairman says panel could move to impeach by end of year
- 08/05/19 Nadler: Judiciary panel could recommend articles of impeachment by late fall
- 08/07/19 House Democrats file lawsuit to enforce subpoena for McGahn testimony
- 08/07/19 House Democrats file suit to force Don McGahn to testify, saying his testimony needed for impeachment investigation
- 08/08/19 Nadler presses ahead with impeachment probe as Pelosi keeps door open
- 08/12/19 What if the House Held Impeachment Proceedings and Nobody Noticed?
- 08/12/19 House Judiciary Committee launches bipartisan investigation into Epstein death
- 08/13/19 DOJ: Dems trying to ‘game the system’ in ‘so-called’ impeachment probe
- 08/14/19 Judge rejects House Dem request to link McGahn, Mueller grand jury lawsuits
- 08/15/19 House panel subpoenas Lewandowksi and former White House official
- 08/16/19 House Intel Committee could bolster Dem case for impeaching Trump
- 08/16/19 The House Judiciary Committee Will Come Back To Washington Early To Work On Gun Control Legislation
- 08/22/19 Nadler asks House committees probing Trump to share docs for its impeachment investigation
- 08/26/19 House Judiciary Committee subpoenas ex-White House aide Rob Porter
- 09/02/19 Congressional Democrats plan to launch inquiry into Trump’s alleged role in scheme to silence affair accusations
- 09/04/19 Judiciary panel issues subpoena on Trump’s alleged offer to pardon DHS officials
- 09/06/19 House Judiciary panel preparing vote to define Trump impeachment probe
- 09/08/19 Democrats Plan Vote to Formalize Procedures for Impeachment Investigation
- 09/09/19 House lays out its impeachment probe
- 09/10/19 House Democrats Push Major Gun Control Bills Forward Following The Mass Shootings In El Paso And Dayton
- 09/12/19 U.S. House panel votes to ramp up Trump impeachment probe
- 09/13/19 House Democrats pursue Sessions for testimony in impeachment probe of Trump
- 09/16/19 Judiciary chairman throws cold water on Kavanaugh impeachment
- 09/16/19 White House tells Lewandowski not to answer questions and asserts immunity for Dearborn and Porter
- 09/17/19 Key Moments From Corey Lewandowski’s Testimony Before Congress
- 09/17/19 Dems see Lewandowski’s combativeness as Trump impeachment fuel
- 09/17/19 Lewandowski mocks Democrats, talks over lawmakers, promotes possible Senate bid
- 09/17/19 Lewandowski, House Democrats spar at 1st impeachment hearing
- 09/17/19 Acting Intelligence Chief Refuses to Testify, Prompting Standoff With Congress
- 09/18/19 Trump’s communications with foreign leader are part of whistleblower complaint that spurred standoff between spy chief and Congress, former officials say
- 09/19/19 House Judiciary Committee weighs holding Lewandowski in contempt
- 09/25/19 House Judiciary chief call on Barr to recuse himself from Ukraine probes
- 09/27/19 Democrats say White House stonewalling won’t drag out inquiry and will boost case for impeachment
- 09/30/19 Trump may have lied to Mueller, House Democrats say
- 0/03/19 Top House Judiciary Republican tells court to ignore Democrats’ impeachment probe
- 10/25/19 House Judiciary Committee can see redacted materials from Mueller grand jury, judge says
- 10/25/19 U.S. judge orders Mueller grand jury materials released to House Judiciary Committee in impeachment inquiry
- 10/25/19 Mueller Grand Jury Materials Must Be Transmitted to Congress, Judge Rules
- 10/28/19 DOJ appeals ruling allowing House Democrats access to Mueller grand jury evidence
- 10/28/19 Trump admin appeals ruling on Mueller grand jury material
- 10/29/19 House Judiciary Committee says it has ‘urgent’ need for Mueller grand jury docs
- 11/13/19 Appeals court hands Trump another loss, saying Congress can seek his tax returns
- 11/13/19 Congress can seek 8 years of Trump’s tax records, court order indicates
- 11/13/19 Court Rejects Trump’s Appeal in Fight to Keep Financial Records From Congress
- 11/13/19 Federal Appeals Court Allows Congress To Subpoena Trump Tax Returns
- 11/14/19 Trump Asks Supreme Court to Bar Release of His Tax Returns
- 11/14/19 Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block New York Subpoena for Tax Records
- 11/14/19 Trump asks Supreme Court to shield his tax returns from prosecutors, setting up historic separation-of-powers showdown
- 11/18/19 House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller
- 11/18/19 Impeachment Investigators Exploring Whether Trump Lied to Mueller
- 11/18/19 House is investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller, its general counsel told a federal appeals court
- 11/18/19 Judges suggest court shouldn’t solve dispute over Mueller’s evidence
- 11/19/19 Judge intends to rule by Monday on House subpoena to Donald McGahn
- 11/22/19 Impeachment is about to get a Robert Mueller reprise
- 11/25/19 Federal Judge Rules That McGahn Must Testify, Delivering Blow To White House
- 11/25/19 Federal judge says former White House counsel Don McGahn must speak to House
- 11/25/19 Former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena, judge rules
- 11/26/19 White House Budget Official Said 2 Aides Resigned Amid Ukraine Aid Freeze
- 12/01/19 Sidelined for Months, Judiciary Panel Will Reclaim Impeachment Drive It Once Led
- 12/01/19 White House won’t take part in first House Judiciary impeachment hearing
- 12/02/19 White House will not participate in Judiciary Committee hearing
- 12/02/19 Democrats Ready Impeachment Report as Republicans Argue Trump Did Nothing Wrong
- 12/02/19 House Republicans defend Trump’s actions in new report responding to impeachment inquiry
- 12/02/19 House Republicans’ Report Defends Trump in Impeachment Probe
- 12/03/19 Here Are The Latest Secret Memos From Mueller’s Report
- 12/03/19 Newly released documents shed light on Mueller-Trump meeting
- 12/03/19 Highlights from the newly released FBI Mueller investigation notes
- 12/02/19 Democrats quietly debate expanding impeachment articles beyond Ukraine
- 12/03/19 Impeachment Report Says Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference
- 12/03/19 Trump abused power of presidency, Dems conclude in impeachment report
- 12/03/19 House Democrats vote to send impeachment report to Judiciary Committee
- 12/03/19 Trump Compromised Security, Abused Office, House Report Says
- 12/03/19 Democrats’ impeachment report cites Trump obstruction and withholding aid, warns of ‘grave harm’
- 12/03/19 Impeachment report details ‘scheme’ by Trump to pressure Ukraine for his benefit
- 12/03/19 House Intelligence Committee sends report on Trump and Ukraine to judiciary panel, paving way for possible articles of impeachment
- 12/03/19 Democrats obtained phone records showing how Trump allies coordinated ‘false narratives’
- 12/04/19 Scholars Call Trump’s Actions on Ukraine an Impeachable Abuse of Power
- 12/04/19 Nadler says scholars’ testimony is ‘clear and compelling evidence’ that Trump abused his power
- 12/04/19 Founding Fathers would be ‘horrified’: Legal experts testify Trump should be impeached
- 12/04/19 Key Moments from the First Impeachment Hearing in the Judiciary Committee
- 12/04/19 5 takeaways from the Judiciary Committee’s first impeachment hearing
- 12/04/19 10 takeaways from the impeachment hearing: Legal scholars in plain English
- 12/04/19 Dems signal Mueller-related impeachment charges as witnesses assail Trump
- 12/05/19 PRESS RELEASE: The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Presentations from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Judiciary Committee
- 12/05/19 House Judiciary Committee slates next impeachment hearing for Monday
- 12/05/19 Democrats consider bribery, obstruction for impeachment articles against Trump
- 12/05/19 Democrats’ latest steps suggest Mueller evidence likely part of articles of impeachment
- 12/06/19 Phone logs in impeachment report renew concern about security of Trump communications
- 12/06/19 White House says it won’t participate in impeachment hearing
- 12/09/19 Trump impeachment hearing: Pro-Trump Infowars host who called for Obama to be lynched thrown out of inquiry
- 12/09/19 Lawyer for Democrats calls Trump ‘a clear and present danger’ as he argues case for removal
- 12/09/19 Democrats Signal Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress Charges Against Trump
- 12/09/19 Democrats expected to unveil articles of impeachment against Trump, focusing on abuse of power, obstruction of Congress
- 12/09/19 Democrats Plan at Least Two Trump Impeachment Articles
- 12/09/19 Lawyer for Democrats calls Trump ‘a clear and present danger’ as he argues case for removal
- 12/09/19 Lawmakers clash as Dems present evidence for Trump’s impeachment
- 12/09/19 Impeachment Gets Weird
- 12/09/19 House Democrats Expected to Draft at Least Two Articles of Impeachment
- 12/09/19 5 takeaways from the House Judiciary impeachment hearing
- 12/10/19 Impeachment Hearing Takeaways: Democrats Allege ‘Brazen’ Trump Scheme While Republicans Lament ‘Unfair’ Process
- 12/10/19 WATCH: House Democrats Announce Articles of Impeachment
- 12/10/19 Trump ‘Ignored and Injured’ the National Interest, Democrats Charge in Impeachment Articles
- 12/10/19 House Democrats unveil two articles of impeachment against Trump; White House predicts ‘full exoneration’ in GOP-led Senate
- 12/10/19 House Democrats Announce Two Articles of Impeachment Against Trump
- 12/10/19 ‘High crimes and misdemeanors’: Dems unveil impeachment charges against Trump
- 12/10/19 House leaders unveil two articles of impeachment, accusing Trump of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’
- 12/10/19 House Democrats Unveil 2 Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump
- 12/10/19 The articles of impeachment against President Trump, annotated
- 12/10/19 Read the Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump
- 12/10/19 U.S. House Judiciary panel to vote on Trump impeachment no later than Thursday
- 12/12/19 House Panel Delays Vote on Impeachment Articles
- 12/12/19 House Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourns after marathon debate, will vote on articles of impeachment Friday morning
- 12/12/19 House Judiciary Committee Delays Its Vote on Articles of Impeachment
- 12/12/19 House Judiciary Committee postpones approval of impeachment articles to Friday
- 12/12/19 Nadler suddenly ends impeachment hearing before final vote, enraging Republicans
- 12/12/19 Heavily redacted communications on withholding of Ukraine aid released by Trump administration
- 12/12/19 Trump Administration Resists Ukraine Disclosures Ordered By Court
- 12/13/19 Panel Approves Impeachment Articles and Sends Charges for a House Vote
- 12/13/19 Impeachment live updates: House Judiciary panel passes two articles of impeachment against Trump
- 12/13/19 House Panel Approves Trump Impeachment Articles
- 12/13/19 Trump Impeachment Advances as Historic Vote Sends Case to House
- 12/13/19 Judiciary Committee sends articles of impeachment to the floor for vote next week
- 12/13/19 House Judiciary approves articles of impeachment, paving way for floor vote
- 12/13/19 House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach Trump, capping damaging testimony
- 12/13/19 House committee votes to advance articles of impeachment against Trump
- 12/16/19 House says it still needs Mueller grand jury details for impeachment proceedings
- 12/15/19 House Judiciary Committee publishes full impeachment report
- 12/15/19 Judiciary Committee impeachment report alleges Trump committed ‘multiple federal crimes’
- 12/16/19 Federal Criminal Offenses and the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump
- 12/16/19 Democrats accuse Trump of criminal bribery, wire fraud in report that explains articles of impeachment
- 12/16/19 Trump Accused Of Bribery And Fraud In Impeachment Report That Sets Up Senate Trial
- 01/14/20 Press Release: House Judiciary Will Investigate Trump Administration’s “Remain in Mexico” Policy
- 01/17/20 Read: Mueller Memos Part 4: FBI Documents That Congress Had To Fight To Get
- 01/21/20 Trump impeachment team undercuts DOJ position in McGahn case
- 01/31/20 Supreme Court sets arguments on Trump taxes, financial records in cases that could yield major rulings
- 02/03/20 Nadler says House ‘likely’ to subpoena Bolton
Markups:
- 05/08/19 Committee Report for Resolution Recommending that the House of Representatives Find William P. Barr, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in Contempt of Congress for Refusal to Comply with a Subpoena Duly Issued by the Committee on the Judiciary
- 09/12/19 Chairman Nadler Statement For The Markup Of The Resolution For Investigative Procedures
- 10/11/19 H. Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump
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