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Hearing Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 14 transcript matches
KLOBUCHAR, AMY "be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve as acting U.S. attorney under this administration and was appointed as acting, he resigned after"
Hearing Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition and transparency lowers prescription drug costs.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 14 transcript matches
KLOBUCHAR, AMY "be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve as acting U.S. attorney under this administration, and was appointed as acting, he resigned after..."
Hearing Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of AI surveillance pricing.
senate Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Subcommittee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 13 transcript matches
KLOBUCHAR, AMY "be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve as acting U.S. attorney under this administration, and was appointed as acting, he resigned after..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to...
senate Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
GRASSLEY, CHUCK "All of today's nominees are highly qualified and reflect diverse backgrounds in law and public service. They continue President Trump's trend of nominating top-tier people for our country's most important roles. I have a personal honor today to introduce three of our five nominees, so I'll do that right now. Adam Coney Doob is nominated to serve as Assistant Attorney General to oversee the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. His career spans public service, private practice, and academia. After graduating from Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School, he clerked on the..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Request transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_19 "truth to those he works for and to those he works with. Todd's career stands as an outstanding record of public service. He is a consistently well-prepared, tough, but fair prosecutor, fundamentally focused on the Constitution. He understands that he has a profound responsibility in the Justice Department to seek justice, not merely to prosecute. 25 years ago, during my opportunity to serve as Attorney General, Todd worked as an individual in the Justice Department. And in his law school years, Todd worked with the Justice Department. And in that"
Hearing Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Subcommittee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
GRASSLEY, CHUCK "All of today's nominees are highly qualified and reflect diverse backgrounds in law and public service. They continue President Trump's trend of nominating top-tier people for our country's most important roles. I have a personal honor today to introduce three of our five nominees, so I'll do that right now. Adam Coney Doob is nominated to serve as Assistant Attorney General to oversee the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. His career spans public service, private practice, and academia. After graduating from Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School, he clerked on the..."
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Justice Department Reverses Stand on Gambling Statute
Posts · Mar 6, 2019
In January, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein announced that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) had determined that a federal gambling statute, the so-called Wire Act,...
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Department of the Interior and Environmental Justice: Overview and Current Policies
Reports · Jan 27, 2022
The term environmental justice has different meanings in different contexts but generally refers to the notion of equitable or fair distribution of environmental benefits and burdens. Although there...
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General, and Christopher Nassar, to be United States...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 23, 2026 · Transcript
DURBIN, RICHARD J. "is easily explained or dismissed. Whether Biden was right with his pardons, I'll leave it to you to make your own judgment. But to say the president's pardon of these cop beaters is somehow excusable because of that is just not the same. I want to take a moment to respond to the claim that Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, Democrats had never criticized the Biden Justice Department actions. This is simply and provably false. When I was chair of this committee, we held regular oversight hearings, a rarity now. The hearings covered the Justice Department, the FBI, and other DOJ components...."
CRS Report
Overview of FY2022 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS)
Reports · May 11, 2022
This report describes actions taken to provide FY2022 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. The annual CJS appropriations act provides funding for the...
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Overview of FY2021 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS)
Reports · Feb 12, 2021
This report describes actions taken to provide FY2021 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. The annual CJS appropriations act provides funding for the...
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
GRASSLEY, CHUCK "As I recall, as a result of that hearing, the president issued an executive order and an investigation was started in your department, and I've sensed some pause in that right now, so if confirmed, do you have a commitment that the Justice Department will make antitrust enforcement a priority, and since I think there aren't too many people in the Justice Department who know much about agriculture, with some concentration on agriculture. Our committee has received a lot of outreach about the department's litigation position in Louisiana versus FDA. The plaintiffs in this case challenged the..."
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Overview of FY2020 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS)
Reports · Jan 29, 2020
This report describes actions taken by the Trump Administration and Congress to provide FY2020 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. The annual CJS...
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Prosecutorial Discretion in the Context of Corporate Attorney-Client Relations
Reports · Mar 9, 2010
The Justice Department enjoys prosecutorial discretion to bring criminal charges against a corporation, its culpable officers or employees, or both. For a corporation, indictment alone can be...
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Justice Department’s Role in Cyber Incident Response
Reports · Dec 18, 2020
Criminals and other malicious actors rely on the internet and evolving technology to further their operations. In cyberspace, criminals can compromise financial assets, hacktivists can flood websites...
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COVID-19: Department of Justice Enforcement Against Scams
Reports · Jul 20, 2020
Criminals and other malicious actors often seek to capitalize on world events for their gain. Currently, some are leveraging the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and relying on heightened...
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Justice Department’s Evolving Efforts on Ransomware
Resources · Dec 21, 2022
Ransomware attacks, such as the one carried out by the cybercrime group DarkSide against Colonial Pipeline in May 2021 that disrupted pipeline operations, have highlighted federal law enforcement...
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Department of Justice’s Role in Investigating and Prosecuting Hate Crimes
Resources · Mar 18, 2021
In 2019, law enforcement agencies reported 7,314 hate crimes involving 8,812 victims and 6,406 known offenders to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Most hate crimes are investigated by local...
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1829, to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting accountability and...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 12, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1829, to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting accountability and...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 5, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United States, Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Request transcript
Testimony COHEN, STEVE
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"have not committed any of those crimes. In fact, they've committed no crimes at all. I've got a study here from the Justice Department, Justice Department, that shows that less than half as undocumented immigrants are less than half as likely as U.S.-born Americans to be arrested for homicide. And the pattern holds for assault, sexual assault, robbery, burglary, theft, and arson. And they're half as likely to be arrested for drug offenses. That's an NIJ"
Witness Pamela Bondi
Department of Justice · 1 hearing
Witness Dwight Witherspoon
Navajo Nation Department of Justice · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Brendan Ballou
Department of Justice · 2 hearings
Witness Mr. Jack Smith
U.S. Department of Justice · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Pamela Bondi
United States Department of Justice · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Todd Blanche
Department of Justice · 1 hearing
Witness Ms. Brenna Jenny
U.S. Department of Justice · 1 hearing
Hearing “Entering the Golden Age: Ending the Weaponization of the Justice Department”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Feb 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.124, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for disciplinary procedures for supervisors and managers at the...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 11, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.180, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for...
senate Judiciary Committee · May 15, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1133, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S.1146, to permit the televising of Supreme Court...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 18, 2026 · Request transcript
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Law Enforcement and Technology: Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Reports · Aug 22, 2023
Alongside growth in the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones, for both commercial and recreational purposes, law enforcement agencies’ use of this technology has...
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Flori...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"is easily explained or dismissed. Whether Biden was right with his pardons, I'll leave it to you to make your own judgment. But to say the president's pardon of these cop beaters is somehow excusable because of that is just not the same. I want to take a moment to respond to the claim that Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, Democrats had never criticized the Biden Justice Department actions. This is simply and provably false. When I was chair of this committee, we held regular oversight..."
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Federal Efforts to Address the Mental Health of First Responders: Resources and Issues for Congress
Reports · Oct 1, 2020
Police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel are often the first to respond to a crisis or emergency. As such, these first responders may experience significant stress...
Testimony SPEAKER_13
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on Ameri...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"But fraud on the court stands apart as an allegation. My view is that this is the first time that the Department of Justice, certainly any senior the Department of Justice, certainly any senior officials in the Department of Justice, have ever been accused of committing fraud on a federal court. And that matter is pending down in Florida. Interestingly, the Department of Justice chose not to respond to the court when the court said, yeah, I'm going to reopen this matter and let's take a look at..."
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The Trump Administration’s “Zero Tolerance” Immigration Enforcement Policy
Reports · Feb 2, 2021
For the last decade, Central American migrant families have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in relatively large numbers, many seeking asylum. While some request asylum at U.S. ports of entry,...
Testimony JOHNSON, HENRY C. "HANK"
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"see and then probably fed him a steak dinner afterwards with a glass of champagne and a cigar. And so today he is here to tell you about what's going on at Delaney Hall. But I would, I would exclaim to you that perhaps you should call my colleague LaMonica McGyver, who is sitting here with us today, about six or seven months pregnant, she and her husband expecting their second child, having to go through the trauma of a persecution by the Trump Justice Department, Todd Blanch Justice..."
Testimony SPEAKER_19
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"truth to those he works for and to those he works with. Todd's career stands as an outstanding record of public service. He is a consistently well-prepared, tough, but fair prosecutor, fundamentally focused on the Constitution. He understands that he has a profound responsibility in the Justice Department to seek justice, not merely to prosecute. 25 years ago, during my opportunity to serve as Attorney General, Todd worked as an individual in the Justice Department. And in his law school years,..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Feb 5, 2026
"They represent Treasury in it. Our general counsel, who's sitting behind me, has told me that it is a Justice Department matter, that Justice Department defends Treasury in matters like this. Again, that is a DOJ"
CRS Report
Federal Support for School Safety and Security
Reports · Sep 24, 2024
In the United States, more than 68 million students are enrolled in public elementary and secondary (K-12) schools or degree-granting postsecondary institutions. School and campus safety and security...
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Special Counsel Investigations: History, Authority, Appointment and Removal
Reports · Mar 13, 2019
The Constitution vests Congress with the legislative power, which includes authority to establish federal agencies and conduct oversight of those entities. Criminal investigations and prosecutions,...
Testimony SPEAKER_25
Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and ...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"Endowment? I bet it does. Do you think that they're not going to do that again? Well, if you do think that, then I got a bridge I will sell you. They continue to do this over and over and over again. $15 million for what? For the arch. We don't make it up. Let's deal with the facts of the matter here. And then the Justice Department, a filing from the Justice Department revealed that Trump has no intention of getting congressional approval. And the filing stated, and I quote, Congress..."
Testimony NEGUSE, JOE
“The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"And in fact, that criminal activity, the reported criminal activity, has ultimately been prosecuted. By the way, not by President Biden's Justice Department, but by Donald Trump's Justice Department. And the best example of this, which was brought up earlier, was the potential mass terror attack at a synagogue in Las Vegas. Mr. Fair, I think you've already attested to this, but just to be clear, your"
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on America 250 and American citizenship.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_13 "But fraud on the court stands apart as an allegation. My view is that this is the first time that the Department of Justice, certainly any senior the Department of Justice, certainly any senior officials in the Department of Justice, have ever been accused of committing fraud on a federal court. And that matter is pending down in Florida. Interestingly, the Department of Justice chose not to respond to the court when the court said, yeah, I'm going to reopen this matter and let's take a look at this. Fraud on the court for the first time in the Department's history, you'd think they'd want to..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve..."
Testimony PROFESSOR STEPHEN VLADECK
Hearings to examine holding rogue judges accountable.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"which is Judge Boasberg following the rules, which is Jack Smith following what was then the Justice Department's guidelines, and which was the Justice Department changing those guidelines on its own when it realized that it was potentially acting in ways that"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"As I recall, as a result of that hearing, the president issued an executive order and an investigation was started in your department, and I've sensed some pause in that right now, so if confirmed, do you have a commitment that the Justice Department will make antitrust enforcement a priority, and since I think there aren't too many people in the Justice Department who know much about agriculture, with some concentration on agriculture. Our committee has received a lot of outreach about the..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"an overall decline in crime nationwide, end quote. Based on these stats, it's evident that no Justice Department in our nation's history can boast the successes of this Justice Department under Mr. Blanchett's leadership. Still, the critics can't bring themselves to acknowledge this reality. The Washington Times stated, quote, the encouraging news was met with little explanation as to why crime, especially homicides, has cratered after spiking from 2020 to 2022, end of quote. That's a strange..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"an overall decline in crime nationwide, end quote. Based on these stats, it's evident that no Justice Department in our nation's history can boast the successes of this Justice Department under Mr. Blanchett's leadership. Still, the critics can't bring themselves to acknowledge this reality. The Washington Times stated, quote, the encouraging news was met with little explanation as to why crime, especially homicides, has cratered after spiking from 2020 to 2022, end of quote. That's a strange..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Times noted, quote, homicides on a track to hit the lowest point in recorded U.S. history amid an overall decline in crime nationwide, end quote. Based on these stats, it's evident that no Justice Department in our nation's history can boast the successes of this Justice Department under Mr. Blanchett's leadership. Still, the critics can't bring themselves to this reality. The Washington Times stated, quote, the encouraging news was met with little explanation as to why crime, especially..."
Testimony JORDAN, JIM
“Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"But since the litigation risk was low, and because members would never find out about the subpoena until years later, they charged ahead and violated the Constitution. The Trump Justice Department has changed DOJ policy to require prosecutors to tell judges if NDOs relate to members of the separate and equal branch of government, the Congress. And to top it all off, the Trump Justice Department opened an investigation into the conspiracy behind the Russia collusion hoax. Justice Department has..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"at home and in their towns and cities can think of an explanation. It's very obvious. Todd Blanchett's Justice Department has reprioritized the safety of Americans after the Biden administration opened borders to violent criminals and then turned a blind eye to heinous crimes that were happening around the country. The Biden administration was too busy weaponizing the Justice Department against political opponents to stop real crime and so please don't forget whistleblowers and media outlets..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"at home and in their towns and cities can think of an explanation. It's very obvious. Todd Blanchett's Justice Department has reprioritized the safety of Americans after the Biden administration opened borders to violent criminals and then turned a blind eye to heinous crimes that were happening around the country. The Biden administration was too busy weaponizing the Justice Department against political opponents to stop real crime and so please don't forget whistleblowers and media outlets..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"at home and in their towns and cities can think of an explanation. It's very obvious. Todd Blanchett's Justice Department has reprioritized the safety of Americans after the Biden administration opened borders to violent criminals and then turned a blind eye to heinous crimes that were happening around the country. The Biden administration was too busy weaponizing the Justice Department against political opponents to stop real crime and so please don't forget whistleblowers and media outlets..."
Testimony JORDAN, JIM
“From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Cri...
house Judiciary Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"Yeah, Mr. Severino, let me come to you. We know that the Biden Justice Department, the Biden FBI was actually paying confidential human sources to do all kinds of things. I mean, we're trying to get some answer to that. I'm just curious, do you think maybe some of the same folks, so the Biden Justice Department was working with the Southern Poverty Law Center to train prosecutors as if they were going to get some great wisdom from the SPLC. They were doing"
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026 · Request transcript · 2 transcript matches
UNKNOWN "At the end of the motion, I'd like to add, pursuant to Clause 2K6 of House Rule 11, the committee shall subpoena all documents and communications from the Department of Defense regarding the military service record of Representative Cory Mills of Florida. Amen. All documents, communications, and contracts from the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, of Interior, of Homeland Security, and Department of State related to Representative Cory Mills of Florida. And any business in which he or any relative has a financial or controlling interest, including PACM Defense, PACM Solutions..."
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
JORDAN, JIM "But since the litigation risk was low, and because members would never find out about the subpoena until years later, they charged ahead and violated the Constitution. The Trump Justice Department has changed DOJ policy to require prosecutors to tell judges if NDOs relate to members of the separate and equal branch of government, the Congress. And to top it all off, the Trump Justice Department opened an investigation into the conspiracy behind the Russia collusion hoax. Justice Department has put common sense ahead of"
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
COHEN, STEVE "have not committed any of those crimes. In fact, they've committed no crimes at all. I've got a study here from the Justice Department, Justice Department, that shows that less than half as undocumented immigrants are less than half as likely as U.S.-born Americans to be arrested for homicide. And the pattern holds for assault, sexual assault, robbery, burglary, theft, and arson. And they're half as likely to be arrested for drug offenses. That's an NIJ"
Hearing “From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Criminal Law”
house Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
JORDAN, JIM "Yeah, Mr. Severino, let me come to you. We know that the Biden Justice Department, the Biden FBI was actually paying confidential human sources to do all kinds of things. I mean, we're trying to get some answer to that. I'm just curious, do you think maybe some of the same folks, so the Biden Justice Department was working with the Southern Poverty Law Center to train prosecutors as if they were going to get some great wisdom from the SPLC. They were doing"
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_04 "Good morning, Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and members of this committee. I am here as a public servant, a former Justice Department employee, and a concerned American who cares deeply about the future of our country. I had great hope that Todd Blanche would be an effective leader and a responsible steward of the Department of Justice, but he quickly proved me wrong. Two days after Mr. Blanche was confirmed as Deputy Attorney General, he fired me from my position as the department's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a political favor for a friend of the..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Angela...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SCHIFF, ADAM B. "And getting a no bill, that is the grand jury refusing an indictment when the bar is only probable cause, that they have taken to calling him no Bill Asaili. It was reported in the L.A. Times that he was heard shouting at the Justice Department over the phone with an earshot of the grand jury vis-a-vis the Justice Manual's requirement that you don't seek an indictment unless you believe you can prove beyond a reasonable doubt someone's guilt at trial, shouting at the Justice Department over the phone that they can F the Justice Manual. doubt someone's guilt at trial, shouting at the Justice..."
Testimony ROY, CHIP
“From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Cri...
house Judiciary Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"Without objection. I would like unanimous consent to enter into the record, I will only ask the executive summary portion of the Department of Justice report, given the length of the full report being 800 pages, but the executive summary of the Department of Justice report outlining the extent to which there was deep coordination between the Department of Justice and abortion activists and the collusion between the two, as well as lack of reporting to"
Hearing Safeguarding Federal Research Funds: The False Claims Act's Role in Combating Grant Fraud
house Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
LOFGREN, ZOE "institutional affiliation. Just as the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is not the place one should expect a well-informed, germane conversation about the Department of Justice's use of the False Claims Act, I have to imagine that the particulars of federal scientific grant-making are out of place within the Department of Justice's commercial litigation branch. So perhaps this could be a learning experience for us all. Science Committee members can delve into how the False Claims Act can be"
Hearing “Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith”
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 22, 2026 · Request transcript
SPEAKER_29 "I understand generally that there's been litigation about whether this report would be public or not. I have not been a party to that litigation. I just know that there is an order and I know the Department of Justice, the current Department of Justice, has interpreted that an order in a way that I cannot speak about anything that could possibly be in that report and its findings. I'm"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Good morning, Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and members of this committee. I am here as a public servant, a former Justice Department employee, and a concerned American who cares deeply about the future of our country. I had great hope that Todd Blanche would be an effective leader and a responsible steward of the Department of Justice, but he quickly proved me wrong. Two days after Mr. Blanche was confirmed as Deputy Attorney General, he fired me from my position as the..."
Testimony CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON
Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to b...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Sir, to bluntly answer your question, it's going to be boots on ground, getting my hands dirty, bringing in joint task force, working with a myriad of agencies. Not one agency has all of the tools, so it'll be State Department, Department of Justice, Department of War, and then our regional allies to really attack the scam centers. And then I believe if you attack the scam centers and eliminate that problem, you also see beneficial aspects on a number of other problems. It will eliminate a..."
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, o...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Good morning, Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and members of this committee. I am here as a public servant, a former Justice Department employee, and a concerned American who cares deeply about the future of our country. I had great hope that Todd Blanche would be an effective leader and a responsible steward of the Department of Justice, but he quickly proved me wrong. Two days after Mr. Blanche was confirmed as Deputy Attorney General, he fired me from my position as the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_30
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"which blocks the use of federal funds to create or finance the Trump-IRS Settlement Slush Fund and imposes new restrictions to prevent taxpayer dollars from being funneled from the Judgment Fund to January 6th insurrectionists. Madam Chair, the Justice Department's recent corrupt settlement with President Trump establishing a $1.8 billion political slush fund in the Department of Justice is another brazen scam concocted by this President. Although DOJ has claimed they aren't moving forward with..."
Testimony TLAIB, RASHIDA
Updating America’s Financial Privacy Framework for the 21st Century
house Financial Services Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"bright green light to allow discrimination It's not just, of course, CFPB. We already know that it's also ending disparate impact enforcement within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, and the Federal Trade Commission. All of those agencies will now be investigating discrimination based on disparate"
Testimony SPEAKER_19
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, o...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Todd's career stands as an outstanding record of public service. He is a consistently well-prepared, tough, but fair prosecutor fundamentally focused on the Constitution. He understands that he has a profound responsibility in the Justice Department to seek justice, not merely to prosecute. 25 years ago, during my opportunity to serve as Attorney General, Todd worked as an individual in the Justice"
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Business meeting to consider S.1547, to amend title 54, United States ...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"That cannot happen. In a plebiscite proposed by the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico saying that you can have a territory saying what federal laws applies and what not, and they can have which country they want to do a treaty or not, it's been banned by the Supreme Court of this land and the Department of Justice, by both departments, by the Department of Justice of the Republican Administration and Democratic Administration, both. And the people of Puerto Rico have rejected not once, not..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Hearings to examine the state of the U.S. Territories.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"That cannot happen. In a plebiscite proposed by the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico saying that you can have a territory saying what federal laws applies and what not, and they can have which country they want to do a treaty or not, it's been banned by the Supreme Court of this land and the Department of Justice, by both departments, by the Department of Justice of the Republican Administration and Democratic Administration, both. And the people of Puerto Rico have rejected not once, not..."
Testimony SPEAKER_29
“Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith”
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"I understand generally that there's been litigation about whether this report would be public or not. I have not been a party to that litigation. I just know that there is an order and I know the Department of Justice, the current Department of Justice, has interpreted that an order in a way that I cannot speak about anything that could possibly be in that report and its findings. I'm"
Hearing “False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
JOHNSON, HENRY C. "HANK" "see and then probably fed him a steak dinner afterwards with a glass of champagne and a cigar. And so today he is here to tell you about what's going on at Delaney Hall. But I would, I would exclaim to you that perhaps you should call my colleague LaMonica McGyver, who is sitting here with us today, about six or seven months pregnant, she and her husband expecting their second child, having to go through the trauma of a persecution by the Trump Justice Department, Todd Blanch Justice Department. But she's here. She's been on unannounced visits. And she could tell you exactly what's happening..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual Report to Congress.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Feb 5, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_08 "They represent Treasury in it. Our general counsel, who's sitting behind me, has told me that it is a Justice Department matter, that Justice Department defends Treasury in matters like this. Again, that is a DOJ"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_25 "Endowment? I bet it does. Do you think that they're not going to do that again? Well, if you do think that, then I got a bridge I will sell you. They continue to do this over and over and over again. $15 million for what? For the arch. We don't make it up. Let's deal with the facts of the matter here. And then the Justice Department, a filing from the Justice Department revealed that Trump has no intention of getting congressional approval. And the filing stated, and I quote, Congress authorized the arch project when it approved the design set out in Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission's..."
Hearing “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
NEGUSE, JOE "And in fact, that criminal activity, the reported criminal activity, has ultimately been prosecuted. By the way, not by President Biden's Justice Department, but by Donald Trump's Justice Department. And the best example of this, which was brought up earlier, was the potential mass terror attack at a synagogue in Las Vegas. Mr. Fair, I think you've already attested to this, but just to be clear, your"
Hearing Hearings to examine holding rogue judges accountable.
senate Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Subcommittee · Jan 7, 2026 · Transcript
PROFESSOR STEPHEN VLADECK "which is Judge Boasberg following the rules, which is Jack Smith following what was then the Justice Department's guidelines, and which was the Justice Department changing those guidelines on its own when it realized that it was potentially acting in ways that"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), Christopher...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON "Sir, to bluntly answer your question, it's going to be boots on ground, getting my hands dirty, bringing in joint task force, working with a myriad of agencies. Not one agency has all of the tools, so it'll be State Department, Department of Justice, Department of War, and then our regional allies to really attack the scam centers. And then I believe if you attack the scam centers and eliminate that problem, you also see beneficial aspects on a number of other problems. It will eliminate a demand signal for human trafficking. Now, that won't solve the human trafficking issue in a singular..."
Hearing H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act; H. Res. 1335 – Condemning actors seeking to...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_30 "which blocks the use of federal funds to create or finance the Trump-IRS Settlement Slush Fund and imposes new restrictions to prevent taxpayer dollars from being funneled from the Judgment Fund to January 6th insurrectionists. Madam Chair, the Justice Department's recent corrupt settlement with President Trump establishing a $1.8 billion political slush fund in the Department of Justice is another brazen scam concocted by this President. Although DOJ has claimed they aren't moving forward with the fund, President Trump refused to disavow it, saying, I love"
Hearing Updating America’s Financial Privacy Framework for the 21st Century
house Financial Services Committee · Mar 17, 2026 · Transcript
TLAIB, RASHIDA "bright green light to allow discrimination It's not just, of course, CFPB. We already know that it's also ending disparate impact enforcement within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, and the Federal Trade Commission. All of those agencies will now be investigating discrimination based on disparate"
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1547, to amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_07 "That cannot happen. In a plebiscite proposed by the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico saying that you can have a territory saying what federal laws applies and what not, and they can have which country they want to do a treaty or not, it's been banned by the Supreme Court of this land and the Department of Justice, by both departments, by the Department of Justice of the Republican Administration and Democratic Administration, both. And the people of Puerto Rico have rejected not once, not twice, four times in a"
Hearing Hearings to examine the state of the U.S. Territories.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_07 "That cannot happen. In a plebiscite proposed by the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico saying that you can have a territory saying what federal laws applies and what not, and they can have which country they want to do a treaty or not, it's been banned by the Supreme Court of this land and the Department of Justice, by both departments, by the Department of Justice of the Republican Administration and Democratic Administration, both. And the people of Puerto Rico have rejected not once, not twice, four times in a"
Hearing “Oversight of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office”
house Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE JOHN SQUIRES "We formed a standards essential patent working group. But before that, we've come in in three cases as partners with the Department of Justice or co-filers with the Department of Justice antitrust division regarding the injunctive factors. So we're intending to use our office as a policy voice for what's important for strong patents and to not only be born strong, but to remain strong because they can get injunctive relief across all the factors. We filed in the"
Hearing Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Election Observation: Best Practices and Congress’s Role”
house Elections Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
PAIGE WHITAKER "the Office of Personnel Management, had assigned more than 26,000 observers to 22 states since the law was enacted in 1965. The House report accompanying the 2006 reauthorization also states that observers played a key role in preventing violations of both the 14th and the 15th Amendments, and that they did so by informing the Department of Justice of any alleged discriminatory conduct so that the Department of Justice could conduct further investigations. The Act itself does not speak to parties, per"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Sheria Akins Clarke, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Kathleen S....
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP "Well, technically, Department of Justice is an executive agency, but I was at the Department of Justice."
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on federalism, sanctuary cities, and the rule of law.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP "Well, technically, Department of Justice is an executive agency, but I was at the Department of Justice."
Hearing Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_25 "I do not have any details into what that means at this time, but I will note that even the Acting Attorney General Blanch's statement Tuesday, this matter is still subject to ongoing litigation, so I'm unable to comment further on it. That means I'm also not able to discuss any part of the settlement agreement. As with all department litigation, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS are represented by the Justice Department, so any additional questions about the settlement or the fund should be directed to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch. To your point about Mr. Bisignano, while I..."
Hearing H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2025"; H.R. 9203, "Student...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SCOTT, ROBERT C. "BOBBY" "In fact, the majority can bring these bills forward knowing full well that the duties of Congress have already placed on the department are being sent all over Washington to other agencies with interagency agreements is shocking. Just this month, the department entered into an interagency agreement with the Department of Justice to transfer the investigative work of the Office of Civil Rights to the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Begs the question, what will OCR be able to tell us about their Title VI work if that work is being done by another"
Hearing H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
RASKIN, JAMIE "So I'm sorry, this is just a bad time to make the argument that we'll let the statute be drawn in an overly broad, loose way because we can trust the prosecutors. Even the federal judges have said they are now rejecting the so-called presumption of regularity, which is that Department of Justice lawyers could be trusted to be telling the truth and saying the right thing, because they're saying there are just way too many cases where the Department of Justice lawyers are lying or evading the truth and disobeying court orders. So somebody should come up with a better argument than that, because..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability”
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
SEWELL, TERRI A. "This investigation is just one example, one more example of Republicans and President Trump using power of his office to harass and intimidate anyone willing to challenge him. The Trump Department of Justice has used its power to intimidate and victimize communities of color, especially black Americans. Just look at their targeted harassment of the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that has worked tirelessly for decades to counter white supremacist organizations. Over and over again, Donald Trump's Department of Justice has harassed black women with bogus lawsuits. We should not..."
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting Americans from global scam operations, focusing on assessing the United States response.
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript
KAINE, TIM "In 2023, Peruvian authorities rescued 43 Malaysians who had been human trafficked to Lima and forced to conduct telecom fraud, demonstrating that this coercive compound model is not just limited to Southeast Asia. The Justice Department, in July 2026, just recently, in a very laudable way, announced guilty pleas in a sophisticated call center operation that was based in the Dominican Republic, which had defrauded more than 400 American seniors of more than 5 million bucks. The average age of those defrauded was 84 years"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"he walked free. The Sanctuary City and soft on crime policies of her home state failed to protect her daughter or deliver justice to the families. Ms. Boss had no recourse until President Trump learned of the case and ensured that the man was detained by ICE. Sadly, Ms. Boss knows firsthand how important it is to have Justice Department that listens to victims, pursues justice, and works to protect communities. Ms. Boss, I'm very sorry for your loss. I'm grateful for your testimony today. We..."
Testimony SPEAKER_14
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on Ameri...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Thank you, Senator. If I can quickly start by my gratitude to your staff for spending so much time with me and the hospitality they exhibited. As you know, I'm not in the department. I've never worked at the Justice Department, nor have I had any conversations as it relates to the consolidation that has been discussed and proposed, other than what I've seen publicly. Senator, yes. You have my commitment that I will continue to work with you and your staff as I committed to them when we met in..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE JOHN SQUIRES
“Oversight of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"We formed a standards essential patent working group. But before that, we've come in in three cases as partners with the Department of Justice or co-filers with the Department of Justice antitrust division regarding the injunctive factors. So we're intending to use our office as a policy voice for what's important for strong patents and to not only be born strong, but to remain strong because they can get injunctive relief across all the factors. We filed in the"
Testimony UNKNOWN
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"At the end of the motion, I'd like to add, pursuant to Clause 2K6 of House Rule 11, the committee shall subpoena all documents and communications from the Department of Defense regarding the military service record of Representative Cory Mills of Florida. Amen. All documents, communications, and contracts from the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, of Interior, of Homeland Security, and Department of State related to Representative Cory Mills of Florida. And any business in which he..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"let's move on to Trump versus IRS. Our research indicates that senior DOJ officials have never in the history of the Department before faced a judicial inquiry into a fraud on the court participated in by the Department of Justice. That was the inquiry opened in Florida. The question about fraud on the court committed by the Department of Justice remains open in the judge's decision. Here's what she did find. She found that the Department of Justice colluded with the Trump plaintiffs, that the..."
Testimony PAIGE WHITAKER
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"the Office of Personnel Management, had assigned more than 26,000 observers to 22 states since the law was enacted in 1965. The House report accompanying the 2006 reauthorization also states that observers played a key role in preventing violations of both the 14th and the 15th Amendments, and that they did so by informing the Department of Justice of any alleged discriminatory conduct so that the Department of Justice could conduct further investigations. The Act itself does not speak to..."
Testimony SCHIFF, ADAM B.
Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North D...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"And getting a no bill, that is the grand jury refusing an indictment when the bar is only probable cause, that they have taken to calling him no Bill Asaili. It was reported in the L.A. Times that he was heard shouting at the Justice Department over the phone with an earshot of the grand jury vis-a-vis the Justice Manual's requirement that you don't seek an indictment unless you believe you can prove beyond a reasonable doubt someone's guilt at trial, shouting at the Justice Department over the..."
Testimony KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sheria Akins Clarke, to be Unit...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Well, technically, Department of Justice is an executive agency, but I was at the Department of Justice."
Testimony KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on feder...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Well, technically, Department of Justice is an executive agency, but I was at the Department of Justice."
Testimony SPEAKER_25
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I do not have any details into what that means at this time, but I will note that even the Acting Attorney General Blanch's statement Tuesday, this matter is still subject to ongoing litigation, so I'm unable to comment further on it. That means I'm also not able to discuss any part of the settlement agreement. As with all department litigation, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS are represented by the Justice Department, so any additional questions about the settlement or the fund..."
Testimony VAN DREW, JEFFERSON
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"shouldn't have been doing that. Protest, yes, it's in the best spirit of America. That was not a peaceful protest. Would you agree? I would agree, sir. So the second danger is the lack of cooperation. The next danger, again, my friends on the left, they say they want to fix it, how terrible everything. The second danger is when we don't cooperate, it leads to even investigating further and you find out that these sanctuary cities and sanctuary states, my home state, I was so hurt to see that..."
Testimony PADILLA, ALEX
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Mr. Blanche, during our courtesy meeting a few weeks ago, you said that, quote, independence of the Department was a misnomer in the context of the Department of Justice because the President sets policies and priorities, and your view, the Department of Justice must enforce the law in a way that carries out the President's goals. Do you recall that"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I'm happy to do that. Absolutely. Before I go to Senator Blackburn, since oversight was brought up and responsiveness of your department, I'd like to speak about how it was with the Biden Justice Department's non-responsiveness to my oversight letters. If the Biden Justice Department would have been remotely responsive, there wouldn't be such a backlog right now, so let's not pretend for a minute the last administration was a benchmark of responsiveness, and this administration, to its credit,..."
Hearing Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2026 Request for the Department of Justice
house Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Jun 23, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Pamela Bondi, Department of Justice
Hearing Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Jun 2, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: The Honorable Todd Blanche, Department of Justice
Hearing Legislative Hearing on the following bills: • H.R. 231 (Rep. Hageman), “Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act of 2025”; • H.R....
house Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee · Jan 23, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Dwight Witherspoon, Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Testimony SCOTT, ROBERT C. "BOBBY"
H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Pro...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"In fact, the majority can bring these bills forward knowing full well that the duties of Congress have already placed on the department are being sent all over Washington to other agencies with interagency agreements is shocking. Just this month, the department entered into an interagency agreement with the Department of Justice to transfer the investigative work of the Office of Civil Rights to the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Begs the question, what will OCR be able to tell us..."
Testimony CRUZ, TED
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Mr. Blanche, thank you for the job you are doing. It is rich seeing Senate Democrats complaining about weaponization and politicization of the Department of Justice after four years in which they were complicit in the greatest abuse we have ever seen of the Department of Justice. I want to do something that was strikingly absent in much of the questioning from our Democrat colleagues, which is actually focus on facts instead of made up"
Testimony STANSBURY, MELANIE A.
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"And so we will subpoena and support subpoenas for any co-conspirator and anyone who has evidence that's important in this case. Secondly, I want to know that this individual is actually named in the department of justice emails that were released in the partial release by the administration as one of the 10 co-conspirators the department of justice was investigating and was actually named. And finally, I just want to say this, Mr. Chairman, the department of justice has released as we..."
Testimony LOFGREN, ZOE
Safeguarding Federal Research Funds: The False Claims Act's Role in Co...
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"institutional affiliation. Just as the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is not the place one should expect a well-informed, germane conversation about the Department of Justice's use of the False Claims Act, I have to imagine that the particulars of federal scientific grant-making are out of place within the Department of Justice's commercial litigation branch. So perhaps this could be a learning experience for us all. Science Committee members can delve into how the False Claims Act..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"So I'm sorry, this is just a bad time to make the argument that we'll let the statute be drawn in an overly broad, loose way because we can trust the prosecutors. Even the federal judges have said they are now rejecting the so-called presumption of regularity, which is that Department of Justice lawyers could be trusted to be telling the truth and saying the right thing, because they're saying there are just way too many cases where the Department of Justice lawyers are lying or evading the..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"Attorney General, can you respond to the question? That I would like you to answer, which is, will you turn to the survivors? This is not about anybody that came before you. It is about you taking responsibility for your Department of Justice and the harm that it has done to the survivors who are standing right behind you and are waiting for you to turn to them and apologize for what your Department of Justice has done. That's not accurate, Mr. Chairman. Because she doesn't like the"
Testimony SPEAKER_13
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on Ameri...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"But I just think bad as it was to confirm a nominee to a circuit court of appeals while a contempt of court inquiry was pending against that exact individual, it would be just as bad, if not worse, to go forward with Blanche's confirmation while a fraud on the court inquiry is pending against him. We have asked for documents related to that first episode. And I am asking again because we don't get a response out of the Department of Justice when we ask for documents. And I hope that we can look..."
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing ...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026
"This investigation is just one example, one more example of Republicans and President Trump using power of his office to harass and intimidate anyone willing to challenge him. The Trump Department of Justice has used its power to intimidate and victimize communities of color, especially black Americans. Just look at their targeted harassment of the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that has worked tirelessly for decades to counter white supremacist organizations. Over and over again,..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"that's pretty simple, that when you have a settlement, it's involved with the settlement at that time, and anything in the future that might be gone wrong, whether somebody had done something illegally or somebody wasn't paying their taxes, that it wouldn't apply to anything in the future. To me, that's very common sense, and that's all that I see that at least for one half of what Tillis and Cornyn were trying to accomplish should have been accomplished very easily, and it seems like it took..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"by refusing to admit that the sum was chosen to signal support for the January 6th rioters, and many of us remember when they attacked and invaded the Capitol. Those rioters shamelessly invoked $1.776 to compare themselves to American revolutionaries. Give me a break. Mr. Blanch told me that a ruling against the settlement was, quote, a hit piece personally directed at him. This is no surprise coming from the man who declared that the justice department is, quote, at war, close quote, with the..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"The Department of Justice should work on behalf of all the American people. Mr. Blanche continues to operate as the president's personal lawyer, treating the Justice Department like a law firm serving one client, the president. The president has made it clear he plans to keep Mr. Blanche in place as acting Attorney General, a damning comment on his capacity to honorably serve in this"
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Then here's a story from ProPublica. Federal judges chastise Trump's Justice Department for unlawful, unethical, and unseemly conduct. I'll just read the first"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Mr. Chairman, what is black and white is that a nominee to be the chief law enforcement in our country should be able to condemn the actions taken in that case. Upholding the independence of the Justice Department is vital to its legitimacy. I know this"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"To quote Senator Adam Schiff, what happened to that Todd Blanche? Since then, however, acting Attorney General Blanche has said of the Justice Department's investigations into people the President has had issues with in the past, Blanche said that is his right and, indeed, it is his duty to do that. In fact, the President has repeatedly directed the Justice Department to engage in political prosecutions related to his personal grievances. In fact, the President has repeatedly directed the..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Under acting Attorney General Blanche, the Department moved to vacate convictions of leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys who participated in January 6th. And a matter of less public note, but incredibly important to our economy, is antitrust. It is devastating to our economy if the Justice Department stands back and lets the big get bigger and the small get"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"that cases and winning in a big way. And now we await the remedies. Not from the Justice Department's sellout settlement, but from the Attorney Generals of this country. Finally, I have great concerns about Acting Attorney General Blanche's willingness to uphold the Department's independence as the President tries to use the Department"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"undermine our democracy ahead of the midterms. We know that under Todd Blanche's leadership, the Justice Department has already tried to coerce states, including Minnesota, on the very day Alex Pretty was killed, to turn over voter-sensitive information. In fact, they tried to tie that to the ICE"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"that's pretty simple, that when you have a settlement, it's involved with the settlement at that time, and anything in the future that might be gone wrong, whether somebody had done something illegally or somebody wasn't paying their taxes, that it wouldn't apply to anything in the future. To me, that's very common sense, and that's all that I see that at least for one half of what Tillis and Cornyn were trying to accomplish should have been accomplished very easily, and it seems like it took..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Give me a break. Mr. Blanch told me that a ruling against the settlement was, quote, a hit piece personally directed at him. This is no surprise coming from the man who declared that the justice department is, quote, at war, close quote, with the courts. These are not the words of someone who would serve our nation as a top law enforcement official. One of Mr. Blanch's first One of Mr. Blanche's first acts as Deputy Attorney General was to issue a memo gutting DOJ's crypto crime enforcement,..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"The Department of Justice should work on behalf of all the American people. Mr. Blanche continues to operate as the president's personal lawyer, treating the Justice Department like a law firm serving one client, the president. The president has made it clear he plans to keep Mr. Blanche in place as acting Attorney General, a damning comment on his capacity to honorably serve in this"
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Then here's a story from ProPublica. Federal judges chastise Trump's Justice Department for unlawful, unethical, and unseemly conduct. I'll just read the first"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Mr. Chairman, what is black and white is that a nominee to be the chief law enforcement in our country should be able to condemn the actions taken in that case. Upholding the independence of the Justice Department is vital to its legitimacy. I know this"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"To quote Senator Adam Schiff, what happened to that Todd Blanche? Since then, however, acting Attorney General Blanche has said of the Justice Department's investigations into people the President has had issues with in the past, Blanche said that is his right and, indeed, it is his duty to do that. In fact, the President has repeatedly directed the Justice Department to engage in political prosecutions related to his personal grievances. In fact, the President has repeatedly directed the..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Under acting Attorney General Blanche, the Department moved to vacate convictions of leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys who participated in January 6th. And a matter of less public note, but incredibly important to our economy, is antitrust. It is devastating to our economy if the Justice Department stands back and lets the big get bigger and the small get"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"After the President met with the company's CEO and discussed the litigation, and we know how that story ended with the state's Attorney General, Democrat and Republican, continuing that cases and winning in a big way, and now we await the remedies. Not from the Justice Department's sell-out settlement, but from the Attorney Generals of this country. Finally, I have great concerns about Acting Attorney General Blanche's willingness to uphold the Department's independence as the President tries..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"that's pretty simple, that when you have a settlement, it's involved with the settlement at that time, and anything in the future that might be gone wrong, whether somebody had done something illegally or somebody wasn't paying their taxes, that it wouldn't apply to anything in the future. To me, that's very common sense, and that's all that I see that at least for one half of what Tillis and Cornyn were trying to accomplish should have been accomplished very easily, and it seems like it took..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"by refusing to admit that the sum was chosen to signal support for the January 6th rioters, and many of us remember when they attacked and invaded the Capitol. Those rioters shamelessly invoked $1.776 to compare themselves to American revolutionaries. Give me a break. Mr. Blanch told me that a ruling against the settlement was, quote, a hit piece personally directed at him. This is no surprise coming from the man who declared that the justice department is, quote, at war, close quote, with the..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"The Department of Justice should work on behalf of all the American people. Mr. Blanche continues to operate as the president's personal lawyer, treating the Justice Department like a law firm serving one client, the president. The president has made it clear he plans to keep Mr. Blanche in place as acting Attorney General, a damning comment on his capacity to honorably serve in this"
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Then here's a story from ProPublica. Federal judges chastise Trump's Justice Department for unlawful, unethical, and unseemly conduct. I'll just read the first"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Mr. Chairman, what is black and white is that a nominee to be the chief law enforcement in our country should be able to condemn the actions taken in that case. Upholding the independence of the Justice Department is vital to its legitimacy. I know this"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"To quote Senator Adam Schiff, what happened to that Todd Blanche? Since then, however, acting Attorney General Blanche has said of the Justice Department's investigations into people the President has had issues with in the past, Blanche said that is his right and, indeed, it is his duty to do that. In fact, the President has repeatedly directed the Justice Department to engage in political prosecutions related to his personal grievances. In fact, the President has repeatedly directed the..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Under acting Attorney General Blanche, the Department moved to vacate convictions of leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys who participated in January 6th. And a matter of less public note, but incredibly important to our economy, is antitrust. It is devastating to our economy if the Justice Department stands back and lets the big get bigger and the small get"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"that cases and winning in a big way. And now we await the remedies. Not from the Justice Department's sellout settlement, but from the Attorney Generals of this country. Finally, I have great concerns about Acting Attorney General Blanche's willingness to uphold the Department's independence as the President tries to use the Department"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"undermine our democracy ahead of the midterms. We know that under Todd Blanche's leadership, the Justice Department has already tried to coerce states, including Minnesota, on the very day Alex Pretty was killed, to turn over voter-sensitive information. In fact, they tried to tie that to the ICE"
Testimony KAINE, TIM
Hearings to examine protecting Americans from global scam operations, ...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"In 2023, Peruvian authorities rescued 43 Malaysians who had been human trafficked to Lima and forced to conduct telecom fraud, demonstrating that this coercive compound model is not just limited to Southeast Asia. The Justice Department, in July 2026, just recently, in a very laudable way, announced guilty pleas in a sophisticated call center operation that was based in the Dominican Republic, which had defrauded more than 400 American seniors of more than 5 million bucks. The average age of..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"All of today's nominees are highly qualified and reflect diverse backgrounds in law and public service. They continue President Trump's trend of nominating top-tier people for our country's most important roles. I have a personal honor today to introduce three of our five nominees, so I'll do that right now. Adam Coney Doob is nominated to serve as Assistant Attorney General to oversee the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. His career spans public service, private practice, and academia...."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"the nominee briefly returned to public service as Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunication and Information Administration, and then as Deputy Attorney General with the Justice Department. During President's second term, the nominee has served as General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission. Throughout his career, he's done important work. His scholarship and legal advocacy focused on protecting children from exposure to"
Testimony JASON MANION
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"Thank you to Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and the members of this committee for holding this hearing. I want to start by thanking President Donald Trump for the honor of this nomination. I am proud to have served in his administration, first at the Justice Department, and now on the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. And I'd like to thank a few people who helped make that possible. I look forward to continuing my public service on the Sentencing Commission if I am fortunate..."
Testimony JASON MANION
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"The closest town had a couple stoplights, fewer than 2,000 people. I certainly would not be here today except for the blessing and grace of God and the help and generosity of far too many people to count. But a few of those people are here with me today, and I'd like to briefly recognize them. First, my parents, Joseph and Cynthia Mannion, are here. They instilled in me faith, patriotism, and a strong work ethic, and for that I am really grateful. Second, I'm joined by several colleagues from..."
Testimony BRITT, KATIE BOYD
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"Thank you. I'd like to enter into the record a letter supporting Mr. Candeub's nomination former senior Justice Department officials, including former Attorney General Bill Barr. They endorsed Mr. Kandub and stated that, quote, his government service has demonstrated the leadership and management ability the division's leadership"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"All of today's nominees are highly qualified and reflect diverse backgrounds in law and public service. They continue President Trump's trend of nominating top-tier people for our country's most important roles. I have a personal honor today to introduce three of our five nominees, so I'll do that right now. Adam Coney Doob is nominated to serve as Assistant Attorney General to oversee the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. His career spans public service, private practice, and academia...."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"the nominee briefly returned to public service as Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunication and Information Administration, and then as Deputy Attorney General with the Justice Department. During President's second term, the nominee has served as General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission. Throughout his career, he's done important work. His scholarship and legal advocacy focused on protecting children from exposure to"
Testimony JASON MANION
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"Thank you to Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and the members of this committee for holding this hearing. I want to start by thanking President Donald Trump for the honor of this nomination. I am proud to have served in his administration, first at the Justice Department, and now on the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. And I'd like to thank a few people who helped make that possible. I look forward to continuing my public service on the Sentencing Commission if I am fortunate..."
Testimony JASON MANION
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"The closest town had a couple stoplights, fewer than 2,000 people. I certainly would not be here today except for the blessing and grace of God and the help and generosity of far too many people to count. But a few of those people are here with me today, and I'd like to briefly recognize them. First, my parents, Joseph and Cynthia Mannion, are here. They instilled in me faith, patriotism, and a strong work ethic, and for that I am really grateful. Second, I'm joined by several colleagues from..."
Testimony BRITT, KATIE BOYD
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"Thank you. I'd like to enter into the record a letter former senior Justice Department officials, including former Attorney General Bill Barr. They endorsed Mr. Kandub and stated that, quote, his government service has demonstrated the leadership and management ability the division's leadership"