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[February 15, 2019 Letter to the President of the United States Donald J. Trump]
From the Letter: "As the Chairs and Vice-Chair of the House Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittees, we write to express our alarm over your proclamation 'Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States' and your reassignment of funds approved by Congress for other purposes in order to access certain funds denied to you by Congress for the construction of a border wall. We are particularly troubled in light of your statement today that 'I didn't need to do this, but I would rather do it much faster.' The House Judiciary Committee is commencing an immediate investigation into this matter, which raises both serious constitutional and statutory issues. [...] We believe your declaration of an emergency shows a reckless disregard for the separation of powers and your own responsibilities under our constitutional system."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Cohen, Stephen Ira; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947- . . .
2019-02-15
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H.Rept. 116-XXX: Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to the Committee Report for the 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
This is the amendment to House Report 116-XXX: "Beginning on page 1, strike 'The Committee on the Judiciary, having considered' and all that follows through the end of the report, and insert the following[.]" A full revision of the original report follows.
United States. Congress. House
Nadler, Jerrold
2019
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[July 11, 2018 Letter to the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives Bob Goodlatte]
From the Letter: "We write to request that the Judiciary Committee immediately schedule an oversight hearing with Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. The Committee has thus far failed to exercise its oversight responsibilities with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the 115th Congress. This failure has grown even more indefensible as the Nation has watched the horrors caused by the Department's implementation of President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy. [...] The need for a DHS oversight hearing is made even more urgent by the fact that thousands of children remain separated from their parents. [...] The unfortunate reality is that under the present system migrant children are not accounted for with the same efficiency and accuracy as 'property'."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-
2018-07-11
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[May 16, 2017 Letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Jason Chaffetz and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte]
From the Letter: "We are writing to request that the Oversight Committee and the Judiciary Committee launch an immediate joint investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his top officials are engaged in an ongoing conspiracy to obstruct the criminal, counter-intelligence, and oversight investigations currently being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice, and Congress into members of his presidential campaign and their contacts with Russian officials."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-; Johnson, Henry, Jr. . . .
2017-05-16
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[April 16, 2019 Letter to Acting Secretary of Department of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan]
From the Letter: "We write to request information you or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel possess regarding President Donald Trump's reported offering of a pardon to you in the event you closed the southern border and thereby faced criminal liability. Given the Committee's continuing concerns related to the Administration's compliance with the nation's immigration laws, as well as possible misuses of the pardon power that is part of the Committee's ongoing inquiry into whether President Trump may have engaged in obstruction of justice or abuses of power, we request that you promptly provide details concerning this reported directive to close the border and the related offer of a pardon."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Cohen, Stephen Ira; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-
2019-04-16
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[April 15, 2019 Letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan and Acting Chief of Staff of the White House Mick Mulvaney]
From the Letter: "We are deeply troubled by multiple reports, recently confirmed by the President, that the Trump Administration is considering releasing detained immigrants into congressional districts represented by Democrats in a bizarre and unlawful attempt to score political points. [...] These reports are alarming. Not only does the Administration lack the legal authority to transfer detainees in this manner, it is shocking that the President and senior Administration officials are even considering manipulating release decisions for purely political reasons."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Cummings, Elijah E.; Thompson, Bennie, 1948-
2019-04-15
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[December 16, 2016 Letter to the Director of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper]
From the Letter: "As you know, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is scheduled to sunset on December 31, 2017. In the past, each of us has expressed concern that Section 702 surveillance programs may not adequately protect the privacy or civil liberties of United States persons. On April 22, 2016, we wrote to ask that you provide us with a public estimate of the number of communications or transactions involving United States persons that may be captured by Section 702 surveillance on an annual basis. Since that letter, your office and the National Security Agency have briefed our staff about the manner in which you might comply with this request. We understand that you have provided additional, classified briefings to the staff of the House and Senate Judiciary committees."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Nadler, Jerrold; Issa, Darrell, 1953- . . .
2016-12-16
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[December 1, 2016 Letter to the President of the U.S. Barack Obama]
From the Letter: "We urge you to rescind the regulatory framework behind the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) located at 8 CFR 264.1(f). While we commend your Administration for effectively ending the program in 2011, we believe that eliminating the apparatus of NSEERS is consistent with our country's fundamental values of fairness and equality. The NSEERS program was announced in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The most controversial portion of the NSEERS program involved a 'domestic' registration system that targeted certain males who entered the United States on nonimmigrant visas from primarily Arab, Muslim-majority, African, and South Asian countries. The program was fundamentally flawed in its false assumption that people of a particular religion or nationality pose a greater national security risk and should be subject to racial profiling. The program is reminiscent of and indeed has been compared to -- the dark time in our history when innocent people were interned based on their Japanese ancestry."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-; Ellison, Keith, 1963- . . .
2016-12-01
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[February 12, 2016 Letter to the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives Bob Goodlatte]
From the Letter: "We are writing to request that the House Judiciary Committee conduct hearings on the operation of the Michigan Emergency Manager Law and its role in the tragedies concerning the poisoning of Flint's water and the dangerous deterioration of the Detroit Public Schools. Although other committees are reviewing these matters in certain respects, we believe our Committee has a critical responsibility to engage in oversight and review as well."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Jackson-Lee, Sheila; DelBene, Suzan K. . . .
2016-02-12
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[December 2, 2016 Letter to the President of the U.S. Barack Obama]
From the Letter: "We write to lend our voices to the growing community of academics, journalists, civil rights organizations, and members of Congress who have asked you to declassify the full version of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 'Study of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program'. We believe that it is imperative you do so before you leave office in January."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Nadler, Jerrold; Cohen, Stephen Ira
2016-12-02
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[May 3, 2019 Letter to the Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice William P. Barr]
From the Letter: "I write to respond to the Department's letter of May 1, 2019 refusing to comply with the Judiciary Committee's subpoena for the unredacted Mueller report, the documents it cites, and other underlying materials. As you know, the Committee has repeatedly engaged with your staff in writing, by telephone and in person to discuss a way forward on the subpoena. At the outset, we note that the Department has never explained why it is willing to allow only a small number of Members to view a less-redacted version of the report, subject to the condition that they cannot discuss what they have seen with anyone else. The Department also remains unwilling to work with the Committee to seek a court order permitting disclosure of materials in the report that are subject to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e). And the Department has offered no reason whatsoever for failing to produce the evidence underlying the report, except for a complaint that there is too much of it and a vague assertion about the sensitivity of law enforcement files."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold
2019-05-03
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[April 19, 2019 Letter to the Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice William P. Barr]
From the Letter: "We write in response to your proposal regarding restricted access to a less redacted version of Special Counsel Mueller's report. Unfortunately, your proposed accommodation--which among other things would prohibit discussion of the full report, even with other Committee Members--is not acceptable. In order for Congress to fulfill its functions as intended by the Constitution, it must operate as a coequal and coordinate branch of government. Given the comprehensive factual findings presented by the Special Counsel's Report, some of which will only be fully understood with access to the redacted material, we cannot agree to an arrangement that does not include a mechanism for ensuring access to grand jury material."
United States. Congress. Senate; United States. Congress. House
Pelosi, Nancy, 1940-; Schumer, Charles E.; Nadler, Jerrold . . .
2019-04-19
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[May 7, 2019 Letter to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Attorney William A. Burck]
From the Letter: "On Monday, April 22, the House Committee on the Judiciary served a subpoena on your client, former White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn II, compelling the production of documents in the Mr. McGahn's possession or control by May 7, and his testimony on May 21, 2019. We write in response to your letter received this morning regarding that subpoena. As an initial matter, regarding the subpoenaed documents, the White House counsel's letter did not actually 'invoke' executive privilege, but rather merely suggested at the 11th hour--without providing any supporting authority--that all requested documents ''implicate' significant Executive Branch confidential interests and executive privilege.' This blanket suggestion of potential privilege is entirely insufficient."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold
2019-05-07
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[May 6, 2019 Letter to the Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Jerrold Nadler]
From the Letter: "I write you in response to your May 3, 2019 letter to the Attorney General. We appreciate the House Committee on the Judiciary's (Committee) offer to negotiate a reasonable accommodation to the demands made by the April 18, 2019 subpoena, and we emphasize the Department of Justice's (Department) continued willingness to engage in good faith with the Committee on these issues consistent with its obligations under the law. We were disappointed that the Committee took initial steps this morning toward moving forward with the contempt process."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Legislative Affairs
Nadler, Jerrold
2019-05-06
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[February 8, 2013 Letter to the President of the U.S. Barack Obama]
From the Letter: "We write to request that members of the House Judiciary Committee be granted the opportunity to review all Justice Department legal opinions related to the use of lethal force to target specific terror suspects or the broader use of unmanned aerial aircraft ('drones') to conduct airstrikes against terrorist targets (so-called 'signature strikes'). Earlier this week, you authorized the release of these memos to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, indicating your administration recognizes the value of oversight by Congressional committees."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Scott, Bobby, 1947-; Nadler, Jerrold . . .
2013-02-08
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[August 9, 2013 Letter to the Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Eric H. Holder, Jr.]
From the Letter: "As you know, we have a number of concerns about the collection and use of information under the extraordinary authority granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the FISA Amendments Act, and the USA PATRIOT [Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism] Act. Among those concerns is that the government may use this information for purposes wholly unrelated to counterterrorism or the collection of foreign intelligence. We are particularly alarmed by recent reports about what appears to be the routine use of foreign intelligence information in criminal trials."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Scott, Bobby, 1947-; Nadler, Jerrold
2013-08-09
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[April 4, 2019 Letter to the Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice William P. Barr]
From the Letter: "I write to you regarding troubling press reports relating to your handling of Special Counsel Mueller's report, and to urge that you immediately release to the public any 'summaries' contained int he report that may have been prepared by the Special Counsel. [...] These reports suggest that the Special Counsel prepared his own summaries, intended for public consumption, which you chose to withhold in favor of your own[.]"
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold
2019-04-04
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[April 18, 2019 Letter to the Special Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice Robert S. Mueller III]
From the Letter: "I have already communicated to the Department of Justice, I request your testimony before the Judiciary Committee as soon as possible--but, in any event, no later than May 23, 2019. I look forward to working with you on a mutually agreeable date."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold
2019-04-18
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[March 22, 2012 Letter to the Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Eric H. Holder, Jr.]
From the Letter: "The facts which have begun to emerge around the February 26, 2012 shooting death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida have shocked the Nation and raised a call for intervention by federal law enforcement agencies. We applaud the Department's initiative in deciding to conduct a thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding the shooting and are pleased that the Community Relations Service will be on the ground to assist the community in addressing the various tensions that exist."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Scott, Bobby, 1947-; Nadler, Jerrold . . .
2012-03-22
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[December 4, 2012 Letter to the Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Eric H. Holder, Jr.]
From the Letter: "We are following up on our prior requests that the Department of Justice provide copies of any memoranda setting forth the legal and factual justifications for the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki and the Administration's broader use of unmanned aerial aircraft ('drones') to conduct airstrikes against terrorist targets. We requested information regarding the Administrations use of 'personality' strikes where a specific individual has been identified and targeted as well as the use of 'signature' strikes where, according to press reports, a strike is authorized based on patterns of behavior in an area but where the identity of those who could be killed is not known."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Scott, Bobby, 1947-; Nadler, Jerrold
2012-12-04
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[March 25, 2019 Letter to the Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice William P. Barr]
From the Letter: "Your March 24 letter concerning Special Counsel Mueller's report leaves open many questions concerning the conduct of the President and his closest advisors, as well as that of the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. Accordingly, we formally request that you release the Special Counsel's full report to Congress no later than Tuesday, April 2. We also ask that you begin transmitting the underlying evidence and materials to the relevant committees at that time."
United States. Congress. Senate; United States. Congress. House
Nadler, Jerrold; Cummings, Elijah E.; Waters, Maxine . . .
2019-03-25
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[January 18, 2012 Letter to Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Eric H. Holder, Jr.]
From the Letter: "We are following up on our request to the Department of Justice to provide us with a copy of any memoranda setting forth the legal and factual justifications for the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki or to otherwise brief us on this matter. We initiated our request following reports that the Department's Office of Legal Counsel wrote a 'secret memorandum' authorizing the lethal targeting of this United States citizen. [...] To our dismay, the Department has not yet confirmed whether it will comply with our request."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Scott, Bobby, 1947-; Nadler, Jerrold
2012-01-18
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[May 21, 2012 Letter to the Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Eric H. Holder, Jr.]
From the Letter: "We write to follow-up on our previous request for information regarding the Administration's legal and factual justification for the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. We initiated our request in October 2011, following press reports of a secret memo authorizing the lethal targeting of this United States citizen, and followed up by letter to you dated January 18, 2012. We have not received any response to our requests."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Scott, Bobby, 1947-; Nadler, Jerrold
2012-05-21
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[November 27, 2018 Letter to the Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Christopher A. Wray, and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen]
From the Letter: "As you are no doubt aware, Members of the House Judiciary Committee have written repeatedly to the Trump Administration and Chairman Goodlatte on matters related to domestic terrorism, countering violent extremism, domestic surveillance, and the unfair profiling of racial, religious, and ethnic minority groups. To date, we have received little or no substantive response to any of these communications. According to the latest FBI reporting, hate crimes increased 17 percent last year [...] The report also shows that hate crimes motivated by anti-Semitism rose by 27 percent. We have reason to believe that even these troubling numbers fail to capture the extent of the problem[.]"
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold
2018-11-27
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[June 1, 2018 Letter to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kirstjen Neisen and Attorney General of the Department of Justice Jeff Sessions]
From the Letter: "We are disappointed that Secretary Nielsen's previously planned appearance for June 7, 2018 before the House Judiciary Committee has been cancelled, which compels us to write this letter seeking immediate information and a briefing by your agencies on the humanitarian crisis that is playing out along our Nation's border. The Administration's recent implementation of a 'zero tolerance' policy towards border crossers apprehended between ports of entry has resulted in the criminalization of asylum seekers and a drastic increase in family separation. As Members of the House Judiciary Committee, we take seriously our oversight responsibilities and believe that it is imperative that you immediately provide us with additional information about the impetus for, and the impact of, these new policies."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-; Johnson, Henry, Jr. . . .
2018-06-01
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[June 28, 2018 Letter to the President of the U.S. Donald J. Trump]
From the Letter: "We have repeatedly expressed our disagreement with your Administration's decision to separate families at the Southern border. We remain opposed to any policy that separates children from their parents or legal guardians in order to deter future migrant flows. Such a policy is inhumane, cruel, and un-American. We have concerns not only with the policy itself, but with the chaos and confusion that this Administration displayed in its implementation. [...] The human cost of this incompetence is evidenced by the pandemonium in immigration detention centers across the country, as desperate parents and traumatized children attempt to locate each other with minimal success."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-; Johnson, Henry, Jr. . . .
2018-06-28
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[February 14, 2018 Letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary Bob Goodlatte]
From the Letter: "We write to request a hearing to comprehensively examine the ongoing opioid epidemic. [...] On October 26, 2017, President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a Nationwide Public Health Emergency. At the time, you stated that 'the House Judiciary Committee will continue to review our nation's laws to determine if more resources are needed to address this crisis.' [...] It is long past due that the Committee held a hearing to examine these issues and how we can work in a bipartisan manner to consider comprehensive measures to combat the opioid epidemic. Additionally, we are concerned by the President's FY 2019 budget proposal, which recommends a massive 95-percent cut in funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the agency that would coordinate federal, state and local efforts to combat the opioid epidemic."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-; Bass, Karen . . .
2018-02-14
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[November 1, 2017 Letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary Bob Goodlatte]
From the Letter: "In recent weeks, our citizens and, individually, Members of Congress have focused on and discussed various issues related to the scourge of firearms violence that plagues our country. However, this Committee has taken no action. Inaction, when there are issues that we must examine and steps Congress must take, is no longer an option. [...] In fact, when legislation weakening our laws on silencers and armor piercing ammunition was being prepared for floor consideration, this Committee waived jurisdiction, despite a request from the Ranking Member that it not do so."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Jackson-Lee, Sheila; Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-; Deutch, Theodore Elliot . . .
2017-11-01
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[December 1, 2017 Letter to the Attorney General of the Department of Justice Jeff Sessions]
From the Letter: "After your recent appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, we remain deeply concerned about the security of our next federal elections. [...] The threat of foreign influence in our elections is real, present, and endangers the most basic notion of democratic process. We believe these facts are more than enough to put the whole government to work to secure the election process."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-; Johnson, Henry, Jr. . . .
2017-12-01
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[February 8, 2018 Letter to the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte]
From the Letter: "We write to request that the Committee hold immediate hearings to examine vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure, threats posed to that infrastructure by foreign actors, and what steps the Trump Administration may or may not be taking to ensure the integrity of our state and federal elections. We believe the threat is urgent."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-; Johnson, Henry, Jr. . . .
2018-02-08
