The following is from the Senate Judiciary Committee: Republicans on Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), have expanded their ongoing probe into the federal government’s policing of school board meetings to include the Department of Education. […]
Nearly three months after the controversy over the FBI targeting school parents as possible domestic terrorists, Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee have gotten a reply from the Dept. of Justice. They say the response falls far short of what’s
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) is asking Attorney General Merrick Garland for pre-trial information collected by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The information is regarding DOJ’s monitoring and analyses of criminal pre-trial detention and conditional pre-trial release for people charged with
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking clarity from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland about Garland’s recent press release announcing a plan to reduce violent crime. Grassley points out that Garland’s press release uses vague terms like “invest[ing] in prevention” and
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Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is asking the U.S. Justice Department to explain the differences between the prosecutions of rioters at violent and destructive riots over the summer and fall of 2020 and the January 6th Capitol rioters. The letter questions
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Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) recently asked the FBI and Justice Department for an update on any investigations into the cases of witnesses who allegedly gave false testimony to Congress during the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Several
