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Why Republicans are clashing with the FBI over a confidential Biden document

Jun. 07, 2023 14:27 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The yearslong feud between congressional Republicans and the FBI is reaching a new level of rancor as lawmakers prepare a resolution to hold bureau director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight...

House Republicans ready contempt vote against FBI director Wray over Biden document

Jun. 05, 2023 18:03 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Oversight Committee plans to move forward this week with holding FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. Oversight Chairman Rep. James Comer said a more-than-hourlong briefing he received Monday from bureau officials about...

FBI offers to show GOP chairman document that purports to relate to Biden, his family

Jun. 03, 2023 01:27 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI offered Friday to show top lawmakers next week a bureau document that purports to relate to President Joe Biden and his family following weeks of demands by congressional Republicans and a contempt threat against Director Christopher Wray. In a statement,...

GOP chairman moves to hold FBI director Wray in contempt over Biden doc

May. 30, 2023 23:28 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday he is moving forward with holding FBI Director Chris Wray in contempt of Congress because the department has not turned over a bureau record that purports to relate to President Joe Biden and his family. ...

GOP pauses Blinken contempt push after gaining access to classified Afghanistan cable

May. 18, 2023 17:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he is pausing an effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress now that the State Department offered to let him review a classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the U.S....

Tennessee governor signs off on eliminating community boards with police oversight power

May. 18, 2023 15:39 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on legislation that will gut Tennessee's community oversight boards and instead replace those panels with review committees that have no power to investigate police misconduct allegations. Lee, a Republican, quietly...

US Virgin Islands seeks to subpoena Elon Musk in Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit

May. 15, 2023 21:56 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is trying to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit seeking to hold JPMorgan Chase liable for sex trafficking acts committed by businessman Jeffrey Epstein. Musk has never been publicly accused of any...

Former Trump prosecutor mostly mum before Congress on details of hush-money investigation

May. 12, 2023 17:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An ex-prosecutor who once oversaw Manhattan's investigation of former President Donald Trump declined to substantively answer questions at a closed-door deposition Friday of the House Judiciary Committee, according to a Republican lawmaker in the meeting. The prosecutor and his...

GOP says Biden family financial records a smoking gun. White House calls it a 'political stunt'

May. 10, 2023 13:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing growing pressure to show progress in their investigations, House Republicans on Wednesday detailed what they say are concerning new findings about President Joe Biden's family and their finances. The smoking gun, according to the GOP, is recently obtained...

GOP threatens Blinken contempt charge over Afghanistan docs

May. 08, 2023 11:01 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee has threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress if the State Department does not turn over classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Rep. Michael...