Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz is due to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Dec. 11 on his highly anticipated report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) at the origin of the Russia investigation. While you were distracted with the Thanksgiving holiday, selected leaks of the report to … Read more
U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ruled on Monday that former White House counsel Don McGahn must comply with a subpoena and testify to Congress, delivering a significant win to House Democrats amid their impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The Hill reports, Judge rules former WH counsel McGahn must testify under subpoena: The ruling (.pdf) … Read more
On Monday at 9:30 a.m., the Supreme Court justices are expected to release additional orders from their November 22 conference. It is expected to include an order regarding President Trump’s request to stay an appellate court decision enforcing a subpoena to turn over financial records and tax records. As SCOTUSblog summarizes: For the Los Angeles … Read more
ABC News is reporting, House Intelligence Committee in possession of video, audio recordings from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas: The House Intelligence Committee is in possession of audio and video recordings and photographs provided to the committee by Lev Parnas, an associate of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who reportedly played a key role … Read more
Update to Heads up! Sen. Lindsey ‘Stonewall’ Graham is ready to begin Stalinist show trials of the Russia investigators. Ambassador Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia and Vladimir Putin, told Devin Nunes to his face that his Ukraine conspiracy theory is ‘harmful’ to Ukraine and U.S. national security interests. She showed how Trump and Republicans function … Read more