“Complying with a federal court’s order is not optional. The Trump administration is flouting the rule of law to undercount and erase our communities.” Just days after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate the previous October 31 deadline for the 2020 census, the U.S. Census Bureau late Monday released a one-sentence statement announcing that Commerce Secretary […]
Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, accused President Donald Trump of a “shocking and dangerous” abuse of executive power Monday night after the White House instructed former aides Rob Porter and Rick Dearborn to defy the panel’s subpoenas to testify as part of its investigation into Trump’s alleged crimes. In a letter (pdf) to Nadler on […]
“We will not allow the president to stop this committee’s investigation,” Nadler said. The committee two weeks ago overrode Republican objections as it voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he refused to turn over an unredacted copy of Mueller’s 448-page report on his 22-month investigation. The leading Republican on […]