Tag: Mike Johnson

House Republicans, Democrats Sound Off After Contentious Government Weaponization Hearing With RFK Jr.

House Republicans saw testimony at a congressional hearing on Thursday as evidence that the federal government has engaged in political censorship. Meanwhile, Democrats at the hearing pushed back on the censorship allegations and focused much of their criticism on one of the four witnesses who testified—Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Mr. Kennedy…


House GOP Says Politics Is Behind Lack of Consequences for Pro-Abortion Extremists

With attacks on pro-life organizations around the country on the rise, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have charged that the Department of Justice is unequally enforcing the law to the detriment of such groups. “Politics is driving the agenda in far too many agencies in our government, and today, it’s not limited to presidential…


LIVE NOW: Reps. Johnson, Roy, and Bishop Hold Press Conference on FACE Act

House Judiciary Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government Mike Johnson (R-La.), joined by Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), and pro-life groups, hold a press conference to discuss recent attacks on pregnancy centers, pro-life facilities, and the Biden administration’s misuse of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act….


Reps. Johnson, Roy, and Bishop Hold Press Conference on FACE Act

House Judiciary Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government Mike Johnson (R-La.), joined by Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), and pro-life groups, hold a press conference to discuss recent attacks on pregnancy centers, pro-life facilities, and the Biden administration’s misuse of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act….


GOP Lawmaker Warns Defense Secretary ‘You Will Lose’ in Court Fight Over Military Abortion Policy

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) criticized as “unlawful” a new Department of Defense (DoD) policy that would pay for military service members to travel to get an abortion if they are stationed in a state where access to abortion is restricted. During a Tuesday House Armed Services Committee hearing, Johnson accused the DoD of exceeding its…


House Oversight Chairman Promises ‘Swift’ Investigation After More Classified Documents Found at Biden’s Home

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said that “swift congressional oversight” is coming, after the White House revealed on Jan. 14 that additional pages of classified documents had been found at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware. “We first learned about the Penn Biden Center classified documents months after they were found in…


Ex-FBI Agent Uses ‘Baseless Assertion’ to Reject Testimony Request: House Republicans

Former FBI agent Timothy Thibault has refused to cooperate with a Republican House probe into allegations of abuse and misconduct within his agency, particularly surrounding the Hunter Biden investigation. Thibault, who left the FBI in August, is being accused by GOP senators of having a political bias against former President Donald Trump and slow-walking the…


FBI Singles Out Conservative Agents in ‘Purge,’ Retaliates Against Whistleblowers: GOP Lawmakers

House Judiciary Republicans are asking a senior FBI official to testify in a transcribed interview, alleging the official has signed off on many “adverse personnel actions” against conservative agents, saying they were being targeted in a “purge.” Their allegations concern Jennifer Leigh Moore, the executive assistant director of the FBI’s human resources branch, according to…


House Republicans Warn Ex-FBI Agent Not to Destroy Documents Related to Hunter Biden Investigation

Timothy Thibault, a former top FBI official who left the bureau last month, has been warned not to alter or destroy documents and communications in his possession, particularly those connected to his work on the Hunter Biden investigation. The warning came from three Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, when they sent a Sept. 23…


House Republicans Warn Ex-FBI Agent to Not Destroy Documents Related to Hunter Biden Investigation

Timothy Thibault, a former top FBI official who left the bureau last month, has been warned to not alter or destroy documents and communications in his possession, particularly those connected to his work on the Hunter Biden investigation. The warning came from three Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee who sent a Sept. 23 letter…