Bragg files lawsuit amid deepening battle with House GOP |
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is suing House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), alleging Jordan and the GOP-led panel "are participating in a campaign of intimidation, retaliation, and obstruction" in their oversight attempts regarding the hush money investigation into former President Trump, which led to Trump's indictment. Jordan subpoenaed former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who resigned from the investigation into Trump last year. While Bragg hasn't received a subpoena, Jordan has requested his testimony along with documents related to the Trump case. Bragg has refused, saying it would violate the rights of those involved — including Trump's. The DA is seeking to block the Pomerantz subpoena, along with any subpoenas that could be issued to others in the DA office, including Bragg himself. The lawsuit from Bragg's office states, "Congress has no power to supervise state criminal prosecutions. Nor does Congress have the power to serve subpoenas 'for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to punish those investigated.'" Jordan responded to the suit on Twitter, saying, "First, they indict a president for no crime. Then, they sue to block congressional oversight when we ask questions about the federal funds they say they used to do it." Jordan, along with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), said in a letter to Bragg last month that his "actions will erode confidence in the evenhanded application of justice and unalterably interfere in the course of the 2024 presidential election." The back-and-forth between Bragg and Jordan also involves debate over whether the committee's oversight efforts serve a "legitimate legislative purpose." Read more here |
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- The Bureau of Land Management approved a 732-mile high-voltage transmission line for renewable energy stretching from south-central Wyoming to southern Nevada.
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a record number of sexually transmitted infection cases, with more than 2.5 million cases reported in 2021.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf says misinformation is partly responsible for lowering life expectancy in the U.S.
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Schumer wants Senate briefing on Ukraine document leak |
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on the Biden administration to brief the Senate about leaked U.S. intelligence documents on the Ukraine war. Included among the leaked documents are warnings of weakness in Ukraine's air defense and ammunition shortfalls, The Washington Post reported. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Monday some of the documents were doctored. The Hill's Alexander Bolton wrote that the leaked documents "are putting pressure on the Biden administration and NATO allies to increase support for the war effort, congressional sources say."
Congress included $47 billion in additional assistance for Ukraine in the December omnibus.
More from Alexander: "While Senate Democrats and Republicans believe there's broad support for more Ukraine aid in the House Republican conference, House conservatives may try to block it, especially if the Biden White House refuses to agree to any of their demands for spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling." |
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Gang of Eight get access to docs tied to Trump, Biden |
Top lawmakers now have access to classified documents recovered from former President Trump's and President Biden's homes. The Justice Department is leading investigations into Biden and Trump over the documents. The department shared the documents with the Gang of Eight — all four congressional leaders and the top Republican and Democrat from each chamber's Intelligence Committee. Lawmakers "argue they need to oversee the potential national security fallout from the failure to keep the documents properly stored," The Hill's Rebecca Beitsch wrote. Some on the Senate Intelligence Committee had suggested withholding funds from the Justice Department if it didn't share the documents. Read more here |
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Chicago hosting 2024 Democratic convention
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Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison said the "Midwest reflects America and will give Democrats an opportunity to showcase some of President Biden and Vice President Harris's most significant accomplishments for American families." Read more here |
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The Hill interview with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal
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In an exclusive interview with The Hill, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal previewed his trip to Washington for the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. "We indeed see losses in terms of economy, in terms of human lives, and these losses indeed exercise a heavy toll on all ourselves," Shmyhal said, but added, "it doesn't mean that we do not have bravery left or inspiration left or forces left, to fight until the final victorious moment that we all strive for." Read more from Laura Kelly here |
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Florida groups prepare to fight expansion of education law
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The Hill's Brooke Migdon and Lexi Lonas look at the ways LGBTQ advocacy groups are fighting a possible expansion of Florida's Parental Rights in Education measure, known by critics as the "Don't Say Gay" law. |
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"The threat to Democracy behind the farce in Tennessee" — Glenn C. Altschuler, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies at Cornell University and co-author (with Stuart Blumin) of "Rude Republic: Americans and Their Politics in the Nineteenth Century."(Read here) "Believe it or not, some legislators are hard at work" — Kevin R. Kosar, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, co-editor of "Congress Overwhelmed: Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform" and host of the Understanding Congress podcast. (Read here) |
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574 days until the presidential election. |
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