Supreme Court Nomination Process
Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members urged Democrats to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. The s…
SEN. HIRONO: SPEAKING OF INDEPENDENCE, OF NOT JUST OF JUDICIARY, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CLARIFY THE FBI'S INDEPENDENCE FROM THE DOJ APPARAT… read more
SEN. HIRONO: SPEAKING OF INDEPENDENCE, OF NOT JUST OF JUDICIARY, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CLARIFY THE FBI'S INDEPENDENCE FROM THE DOJ APPARATUS. CAN THE FDA -- CAN THE FBI CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INDEPENDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR DOES THE FBI HAVE TO GET THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CONSENT? DIR. COMEY: WE WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHETHER THAT IS MAIN JUSTICE OR U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICES ON ALL OF OUR INVESTIGATIONS. WE WORK WITH THEM. SO IN A LEGAL SENSE, WE ARE NOT INDEPENDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WE ARE SPIRITUALLY, CULTURALLY A PRETTY INDEPENDENT GROUP. THAT IS THE WAY YOU WOULD WANT IT. WE WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN ALL OF OUR INVESTIGATIONS. SEN. HIRONO: ARE THERE SENIOR OFFICIALS -- SO IF A SENIOR OFFICIAL OPPOSES AN INVESTIGATION, CAN THEY HOLD THAT FBI INVESTIGATION? DIR. COMEY: IN THEORY, YES. SEN. HIRONO: HAS IT HAPPENED? DIR. COMEY: NOT IN MY EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL TO TILL THE FBI JUST OF DOING SOMETHING WITHOUT ITN APPRO close
Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members urged Democrats to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. The s…
President Trump met with Republican senators about immigration policy, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals …
Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), John Cornyn (R-TX) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke to reporters …
Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee held a news conference on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to ta…