Sentences with phrase «republicans over the investigation»

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Rep. Devin Nunes, the California Republican who chairs the committee, told Comey that revelations about the investigation had placed a «big gray cloud» over people trying to lead the country.

Partisan disagreements on the intelligence committee have escalated over the last year as Democrats have charged that Republicans aren't taking the panel's investigation into Russian election meddling seriously enough.

They also examined moves after the news of an FBI investigation into Clinton emails, and when Trump won key Republican primaries.PredictIt.org on Friday put the odds of a Trump win at 31 percent and a Clinton win at 74 percent, an improvement of about 6 points for Clinton over Thursday's level.

The House Republicans released the highly controversial Nunes memo on Friday, after the White House gave the all - clear, over the objections of the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Over continued objections from the FBI, the White House declassified a version of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes's four - page memo on Friday, which alleges serious abuses of power by the FBI during its investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.

Around the same time, Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, demanded that Schneiderman and Healey turn over documents as part of a congressional investigation, claiming possible violations of state fraud laws.

Until the U.S. attorney explicitly says that the governor is not under investigation, Cuomo could have a cloud over him that his Republican opponent Rob Astorino will be sure to exploit.

Disgraced former Rep. Michael Grimm said he hopes that the Republican probe into the FBI over the Russian investigation will exonerate the charges that led to him leaving Congress.

Latimer and his Republican opponent, Bob Cohen, have traded barbs over Silver's handling of the Lopez mess, with Cohen calling on the speaker to resign and Latimer saying he prefers to wait until JCOPE has completed its investigation before jumping to any conclusions.

One loud objection over prosecutors» handling of the de Blasio investigation came from lawyers for former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican awaiting trial on charges that he also accepted bribes from Singh.

AG Eric Schneiderman has shot down a request from Republican members of a congressional committee that he turn over a number of records related to an investigation into climate change and what ExxonMobil may have known about its effects on the environment.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Thursday continued to question the legitimacy of a review by House Republicans into an investigation over whether ExxonMobile understated the impact of climate change.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation orders a Trump affiliated business to surrender files on Russia, international cyber attacks, the battle over SALT tax deductions between Republican Representative John Faso and Democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and more.

Over the protests of the Democrats, the Republicans have shut down the House Intelligence Committee investigation of Russian meddling.

The campaign of Virginia Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli said Monday that it's going up with a new TV commercial titled «scandal» that slams Democratic rival Terry McAuliffe over federal investigations of an electric car company that McAuliffe co-founded.

The FBI yesterday handed over to Congress documents related to its investigation of Clinton's private email server after House Republicans pushed the bureau to surrender material it had gathered before it concluded last month that she should not face criminal charges.

House Republicans plan to ask for a new FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information, this one focused on whether she lied to Congress about it, as the two parties continued to duel over fallout from the controversy.

Many political operatives thought Senate Republicans might replace Larkin on the ballot as he's recently come under attack for taking two state pensions; writing a letter of support for Skelos during his trial; and controversy over a criminal investigation into the treasurer of his campaign committee.

After serving as then - Majority Leader Joe Bruno's deputy for more than a decade, Skelos took over for Bruno when the Brunswick Republican decided to step down in 2008 amid a federal investigation into his consulting business.

The mayor is the subject of a multipronged investigation by state and federal authorities over an unsuccessful effort in 2014 to oust Senate Republicans from power.

His investigation into political fundraising by Levy, a Republican, resulted in Levy's agreement in 2011 not to seek re-election and to turn over his $ 4.1 million war chest to Spota, who distributed it to Levy's donors.

Behind Rep. Elijah CummingsElijah Eugene CummingsHouse oversight GOP refuses to force DOJ official to answer census questions Dem urges House Oversight to subpoena Cambridge Analytica Dems want DOJ to hand over docs related to Comey conversation MORE (Md.), the Democrats have for months accused Republicans of selectively releasing information from their investigation to paint Clinton in an unfavorable light.

Representative Gibson, a retired Army colonel with 24 years of active - duty experience in the military and six in Congress, was widely seen as the strongest Republican contender to pose a challenge to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat who has battled questions over the last several days about a federal investigation into a former top aide and confidant.

In the wake of Comey's firing Tuesday, Sen. John McCain, R - Ariz., and Reps. Justin Amash, R - Mich., and Charles Dent, R - Pa., were among Republicans to call for a special prosecutor or an independent commission appointed by Congress to take over the investigation.

Ahead of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's vote tomorrow on Interior secretary nominee Ryan Zinke, the Montana Republican lawmaker disclosed to the committee that a super political action committee he was once affiliated with is under investigation and reaffirmed his opposition to turning federal lands over to states.

«The White House and Justice Department leaders are racing to defuse an ugly confrontation with House Republicans over access to sensitive documents connected to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, according to four sources with knowledge of the discussions.

The videos reignited a long - standing debate over the use of fetal tissue collected through abortions, fueled efforts seeking to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, re-energized arguments over whether public money should support Planned Parenthood and became the subject of a Republican - led investigation on Capitol Hill.