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June 24, 2020 Tweet - "The Justice Department was forced to admit DHS officials made inaccurate or misleading statements to a federal court. Given the harm from potential violations of criminal law, the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General must investigate NOW." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2020 House Judiciary Releases Key Takeaways from Witness Testimony on Politicization of DOJ Under AG Barr Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 24, 2020 Hearing of the House Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Nadler, Hearing on Political Interference and Threats to Prosecutorial Independence Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 24, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans and President Trump expect you to believe they're the true champions of racial justice and police reform. The same Republicans who have run a conveyor belt of anti-civil rights judges! No. We need REAL reform." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review - Warren Leads Colleagues Questioning DOJ Office's Decision to Reopen Immigration Courts and Resume Hearings Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 22, 2020 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript Interview with Jerry Nadler Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans' plan to undermine our democracy: Make it harder to vote. Confirm judges who want to gut voting rights protections--like Cory Wilson. Spread lies and misinformation like this garbage." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "The DOJ Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility must investigate why President Trump and Attorney General Barr fired U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman and whether he was removed for partisan political purposes, retaliation, or to influence an investigation." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Amid nationwide protests for racial justice: Senator McConnell is pushing Cory Wilson--a judge with a hostile record on voting rights--to serve a lifetime appointment on the federal bench. Disgraceful. We need judges who are committed to protecting Americans' voting rights." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate Judiciary Committee must hold a hearing to take Geoffrey Berman's testimony. We must know the roles President Trump, Attorney General Barr, and anyone else played in the plot to oust U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Gillibrand Statement Calling For Jay Clayton To Withdraw His Name For Consideration As SDNY U.S. Attorney Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
June 20, 2020 Chairman Nadler Statement on Bill Barr's Purported Firing of SDNY Prosecutor Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Donald Trump is a liar. Bill Barr is a liar. There's not a single word either man says that we can trust. We must get to the bottom of this." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "The Department of Justice Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility must immediately launch an investigation into the reasons behind the decision by President Trump and Attorney General Barr to attempt to dismiss Geoffrey Berman." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Jay Clayton can allow himself to be used in the brazen Trump-Barr scheme to interfere in investigations by the U.S. Attorney for SDNY, or he can stand up to this corruption, withdraw his name from consideration, and save his own reputation from overnight ruin." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Bill Barr seems panicked and unusually sloppy in his actions. Something very deeply wrong must be going on, and we must get to the bottom of it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "This late Friday night dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process. What is angering President Trump? A previous action by this U.S. Attorney or one that is ongoing?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump & Stephen Miller will stop at nothing Their "arbitrary" and "capricious" DACA rule was overturned by the Supreme Court Now he's throwing a fit on Twitter instead of standing with the vast majority of Americans (including 68% of Republicans!) who support Dreamers" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA. DREAMers are #HereToStay. FACTS." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "During these dark times, these two decisions from the Supreme Court this week were a surprising ray of light. LGBTQ+ Americans. Our Dreamers. No discrimination. Embracing immigrants. These are part of our American ideals." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "I get the impression that the Supreme Court didn't like your "arbitrary," "capricious," and lawless actions against the Dreamers. And neither do the American people." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "During a national movement on racial justice and before we even debate policing reform on the floor, Sen. McConnell will put forward Cory Wilson, a nominee with a hostile record on voting rights. Even by the very low standards of Pres. Trump's judicial nominees, he is appalling." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "Today, Senator McConnell gave Justin Walker--his former intern--a promotion to the DC Circuit. In the middle of a national public health crisis, Senate Republicans confirmed a judge who opposes our country's health care law." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 17, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell said he's going to bring the GOP policing proposal to the Senate floor next week. What he doesn't tell you is that he first wants to approve a circuit court judge--Cory Wilson--with a record of hostility towards minority voting rights." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 17, 2020 Tweet - "DACA gave millions of young immigrants in NY & America the chance to come out of the shadows The vast majority of Americans support protecting Dreamers The Supreme Court should keep hope alive and reverse President Trump's heartless termination of DACA" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2020 Tweet - "On the heels of the historic Supreme Court ruling: Every single Senate Democrat just told Senator McConnell to put the #EqualityAct on the floor. It passed the House over a year ago. Discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans must be over once and for all. #PrideMonth" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2020 Tweet - "The Supreme Court decision prohibiting employment discrimination for LGBTQ+ Americans is a step forward, but reminds us that we have so much more work to do The next step is to pass the Equality Act Sen. McConnell: Join the rest of the country. Put the bill on the Senate floor" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2020 Tweet - "Why is it that when it comes to confirming right-wing judges, Senate Republicans always make the time. But when it comes to making real changes to police departments, Senate Republicans are already making excuses? We won't stop fighting for action on the #JusticeInPolicing Act!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2020 Chairman Nadler Statement on Testimony from Former DOJ Official and Subpoenas for Whistleblowers Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "Police reform, racial injustice, voting rights, a pandemic, and massive levels of unemployment: These are huge issues that demand the Senate's attention But instead, Senator McConnell's pushing two right-wing judges onto the nation's circuit courts: Justin Walker & Cory Wilson" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell: Americans are in the middle of fighting this COVID-19 public health crisis. So why are you focusing on confirming your former intern, Justin Walker, who has made it very clear that he personally opposes our health care law?!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "The long march for equality takes a step forward. The real answer is to pass the Equality Act, but we all breathe a sigh of relief that the Supreme Court did the right thing." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "When it comes to confirming right-wing judges, Senator Mitch McConnell and the Senate GOP always make time. But when it comes to making real changes to police departments, Senator Mitch McConnell and the Senate GOP only make excuses." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Nadler, Bass & Cohen Statement on SCOTUS Refusal to Re-examine Qualified Immunity Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "The Supreme Court did the right thing & ruled that federal employment discrimination protections do extend to LGBTQ+ Americans Sen McConnell--Now you need to let the Senate vote on the Equality Act! NO American should face discrimination because of who they are or who they love" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Nadler & Cohen Statement on SCOTUS Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers from Discrimination Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "Cory Wilson has supported restrictive voter ID laws and expressed strong opposition to parts of the Voting Rights Act. That's right. During a national movement on racial justice, Senate Republicans are trying to confirm a judge with a hostile record on voting rights!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2020 Velázquez Leads Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief Supporting Amazon Workers Rep. Grace Meng, ...
June 11, 2020 Nominations Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans have time to push right-wing judges next week, but they can't commit time on the floor to address injustices against Black Americans by law enforcement. Americans are in the streets shouting at the tops of their lungs for change!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General - Duckworth, Durbin Join Klobuchar, Smith and Colleagues to Reiterate Call for DOJ Investigation into Racially Discriminatory and Violent Policing at Minneapolis Police Department Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 10, 2020 House Judiciary Democrats File Amicus Brief in United States v. Michael Flynn Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 9, 2020 Tweet - "Why in this moment of national turmoil are Senate Republicans busy confirming more divisive judges and chasing conspiracy theories? Sen. McConnell: Commit to holding a vote on policing reform in the Senate ASAP. It's far past time to act!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 8, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Ralph Erickson, Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and Members of the Committee on Codes of Conduct - Nadler, Johnson and Cohen Urge Judicial Conference Against Withdrawing Draft Advisory Opinion 117 Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
June 8, 2020 Adams Cosponsors Justice in Policing Act of 2020 Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
June 8, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate Republican Conspiracy Caucus cannot continue to squander the Senate's time on right wing judges and conspiracy hearings. Democrats in the Senate are going to fight like hell for action on meaningful policing reform." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 4, 2020 Letter to William Barr, Attorney General - Schakowsky Calls for Special Prosecutor To Investigate Excessive Force Ordered Against Peaceful Protesters Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
June 4, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William P. Barr, Attorney General - Rep. Davis Joins Letter to Attorney General Barr on Assault on Rule of Law Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
June 1, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate must lead. Senator McConnell should commit to put a law enforcement reform bill on the floor ASAP. Not hold hearings on President Trump's wild conspiracies about the 2016 election or a month of right-wing, anti-civil rights judicial nominees." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
June 24, 2020 Tweet - "The Justice Department was forced to admit DHS officials made inaccurate or misleading statements to a federal court. Given the harm from potential violations of criminal law, the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General must investigate NOW." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2020 House Judiciary Releases Key Takeaways from Witness Testimony on Politicization of DOJ Under AG Barr Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 24, 2020 Hearing of the House Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Nadler, Hearing on Political Interference and Threats to Prosecutorial Independence Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 24, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans and President Trump expect you to believe they're the true champions of racial justice and police reform. The same Republicans who have run a conveyor belt of anti-civil rights judges! No. We need REAL reform." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review - Warren Leads Colleagues Questioning DOJ Office's Decision to Reopen Immigration Courts and Resume Hearings Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 22, 2020 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript Interview with Jerry Nadler Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans' plan to undermine our democracy: Make it harder to vote. Confirm judges who want to gut voting rights protections--like Cory Wilson. Spread lies and misinformation like this garbage." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "The DOJ Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility must investigate why President Trump and Attorney General Barr fired U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman and whether he was removed for partisan political purposes, retaliation, or to influence an investigation." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Amid nationwide protests for racial justice: Senator McConnell is pushing Cory Wilson--a judge with a hostile record on voting rights--to serve a lifetime appointment on the federal bench. Disgraceful. We need judges who are committed to protecting Americans' voting rights." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate Judiciary Committee must hold a hearing to take Geoffrey Berman's testimony. We must know the roles President Trump, Attorney General Barr, and anyone else played in the plot to oust U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Gillibrand Statement Calling For Jay Clayton To Withdraw His Name For Consideration As SDNY U.S. Attorney Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
June 20, 2020 Chairman Nadler Statement on Bill Barr's Purported Firing of SDNY Prosecutor Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Donald Trump is a liar. Bill Barr is a liar. There's not a single word either man says that we can trust. We must get to the bottom of this." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "The Department of Justice Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility must immediately launch an investigation into the reasons behind the decision by President Trump and Attorney General Barr to attempt to dismiss Geoffrey Berman." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Jay Clayton can allow himself to be used in the brazen Trump-Barr scheme to interfere in investigations by the U.S. Attorney for SDNY, or he can stand up to this corruption, withdraw his name from consideration, and save his own reputation from overnight ruin." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Bill Barr seems panicked and unusually sloppy in his actions. Something very deeply wrong must be going on, and we must get to the bottom of it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "This late Friday night dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process. What is angering President Trump? A previous action by this U.S. Attorney or one that is ongoing?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump & Stephen Miller will stop at nothing Their "arbitrary" and "capricious" DACA rule was overturned by the Supreme Court Now he's throwing a fit on Twitter instead of standing with the vast majority of Americans (including 68% of Republicans!) who support Dreamers" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA. DREAMers are #HereToStay. FACTS." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "During these dark times, these two decisions from the Supreme Court this week were a surprising ray of light. LGBTQ+ Americans. Our Dreamers. No discrimination. Embracing immigrants. These are part of our American ideals." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "I get the impression that the Supreme Court didn't like your "arbitrary," "capricious," and lawless actions against the Dreamers. And neither do the American people." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "During a national movement on racial justice and before we even debate policing reform on the floor, Sen. McConnell will put forward Cory Wilson, a nominee with a hostile record on voting rights. Even by the very low standards of Pres. Trump's judicial nominees, he is appalling." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2020 Tweet - "Today, Senator McConnell gave Justin Walker--his former intern--a promotion to the DC Circuit. In the middle of a national public health crisis, Senate Republicans confirmed a judge who opposes our country's health care law." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 17, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell said he's going to bring the GOP policing proposal to the Senate floor next week. What he doesn't tell you is that he first wants to approve a circuit court judge--Cory Wilson--with a record of hostility towards minority voting rights." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 17, 2020 Tweet - "DACA gave millions of young immigrants in NY & America the chance to come out of the shadows The vast majority of Americans support protecting Dreamers The Supreme Court should keep hope alive and reverse President Trump's heartless termination of DACA" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2020 Tweet - "On the heels of the historic Supreme Court ruling: Every single Senate Democrat just told Senator McConnell to put the #EqualityAct on the floor. It passed the House over a year ago. Discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans must be over once and for all. #PrideMonth" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2020 Tweet - "The Supreme Court decision prohibiting employment discrimination for LGBTQ+ Americans is a step forward, but reminds us that we have so much more work to do The next step is to pass the Equality Act Sen. McConnell: Join the rest of the country. Put the bill on the Senate floor" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2020 Tweet - "Why is it that when it comes to confirming right-wing judges, Senate Republicans always make the time. But when it comes to making real changes to police departments, Senate Republicans are already making excuses? We won't stop fighting for action on the #JusticeInPolicing Act!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2020 Chairman Nadler Statement on Testimony from Former DOJ Official and Subpoenas for Whistleblowers Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "Police reform, racial injustice, voting rights, a pandemic, and massive levels of unemployment: These are huge issues that demand the Senate's attention But instead, Senator McConnell's pushing two right-wing judges onto the nation's circuit courts: Justin Walker & Cory Wilson" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell: Americans are in the middle of fighting this COVID-19 public health crisis. So why are you focusing on confirming your former intern, Justin Walker, who has made it very clear that he personally opposes our health care law?!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "The long march for equality takes a step forward. The real answer is to pass the Equality Act, but we all breathe a sigh of relief that the Supreme Court did the right thing." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "When it comes to confirming right-wing judges, Senator Mitch McConnell and the Senate GOP always make time. But when it comes to making real changes to police departments, Senator Mitch McConnell and the Senate GOP only make excuses." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Nadler, Bass & Cohen Statement on SCOTUS Refusal to Re-examine Qualified Immunity Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "The Supreme Court did the right thing & ruled that federal employment discrimination protections do extend to LGBTQ+ Americans Sen McConnell--Now you need to let the Senate vote on the Equality Act! NO American should face discrimination because of who they are or who they love" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2020 Nadler & Cohen Statement on SCOTUS Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers from Discrimination Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
June 15, 2020 Tweet - "Cory Wilson has supported restrictive voter ID laws and expressed strong opposition to parts of the Voting Rights Act. That's right. During a national movement on racial justice, Senate Republicans are trying to confirm a judge with a hostile record on voting rights!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2020 Velázquez Leads Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief Supporting Amazon Workers Rep.Grace Meng, ...
June 11, 2020 Nominations Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans have time to push right-wing judges next week, but they can't commit time on the floor to address injustices against Black Americans by law enforcement. Americans are in the streets shouting at the tops of their lungs for change!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General - Duckworth, Durbin Join Klobuchar, Smith and Colleagues to Reiterate Call for DOJ Investigation into Racially Discriminatory and Violent Policing at Minneapolis Police Department Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 10, 2020 House Judiciary Democrats File Amicus Brief in United States v. Michael Flynn Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 9, 2020 Tweet - "Why in this moment of national turmoil are Senate Republicans busy confirming more divisive judges and chasing conspiracy theories? Sen. McConnell: Commit to holding a vote on policing reform in the Senate ASAP. It's far past time to act!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 8, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Ralph Erickson, Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and Members of the Committee on Codes of Conduct - Nadler, Johnson and Cohen Urge Judicial Conference Against Withdrawing Draft Advisory Opinion 117 Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
June 8, 2020 Adams Cosponsors Justice in Policing Act of 2020 Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
June 8, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate Republican Conspiracy Caucus cannot continue to squander the Senate's time on right wing judges and conspiracy hearings. Democrats in the Senate are going to fight like hell for action on meaningful policing reform." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 4, 2020 Letter to William Barr, Attorney General - Schakowsky Calls for Special Prosecutor To Investigate Excessive Force Ordered Against Peaceful Protesters Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
June 4, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William P. Barr, Attorney General - Rep. Davis Joins Letter to Attorney General Barr on Assault on Rule of Law Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
June 1, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate must lead. Senator McConnell should commit to put a law enforcement reform bill on the floor ASAP. Not hold hearings on President Trump's wild conspiracies about the 2016 election or a month of right-wing, anti-civil rights judicial nominees." Sen.Chuck Schumer
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