Sentences with phrase «congressional probe»
A "congressional probe" refers to an investigation conducted by the U.S. Congress. It involves the members of Congress examining or looking into a specific matter or issue to gather information and find out the truth. Full definition
Welna also reported on congressional probes into the use of torture by U.S. officials interrogating terrorism suspects.
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The statement, delivered amid a bicameral congressional probe of Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election, preceded Johnson's scheduled Wednesday testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes.
Congressman F. Edward Hébert (D. — La.) stood up on floor of House, charged that New Orleans Lightweight Ralph Dupas and his manager, Whitey Esneault, had to submit to «shakedown demands from persons prominently identified with the IBC» in order to get May 7 title bout with Joe Brown, named Angelo Dundee as one who muscled in on Dupas» contract, called for Congressional probe to rid boxing of «monopolistic bloodsuckers.»
State authorities have been accused in a recent congressional probe of being «sluggish» in their response to the crisis after residents began sounding the alarm, and indicated that the water was safe to drink, reversing course only after the federal Environmental Protection Agency got involved.
The FBI Director's chief of staff will be interviewed behind closed doors today as part of a Republican congressional probe into the agency's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as Secretary of State.
[ii] This slip in the polls is a decline of more than 10 percentage points, and demonstrates the public effect of Solyndra's bankruptcy and the resulting Congressional probe into renewable loan guarantees.
In Washington, D.C., where congressional probes often go on at the same time as parallel criminal prosecutions, that can be a key question.
Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Carter Page, Jared Kushner, and Roger Stone were among those being looked at by federal investigators, reports said, amid the FBI and congressional probes into whether any Trump associates acted as agents of the Kremlin, wittingly or not.
«Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes,» the committee's Democrats said in a statement.
In addition to congressional probes that are taking place into possible collusion between Trump's 2016 campaign team and Russia, the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday named former FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate the matter.
In the early months of President Donald Trump's term, the congressional probe has gone through a circuitous process that has seen the recusal of several top US officials, including the House's Intelligence Committee chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes of California and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox said that the departures were unrelated to the ongoing federal investigations and that the agency was fully cooperating with the congressional probe, led by House oversight chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.
A congressional probe of Rep. Chris Collins says there is «substantial reason» to believe the Clarence Republican may have been involved in insider trading on an Australian biotech stock, a violation of federal law.
Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer to Trump, is refusing to cooperate with a congressional probe into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential campaign.
WNY GOP consultant Roger Stone testifies on Capitol Hill today in the congressional probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
He learned his personal attorney is now being drawn into the congressional probes of his team's ties to Russia, he announced the resignation of his communications chief and he interviewed new candidates for FBI director — three weeks after he abruptly fired the last one.
That was one of many iffy situations that came to light in June according to transcripts of a congressional probe into ethics at the National Institutes of Health.
There is simply no «secret» here meriting a congressional probe.
The General Motors ignition switch recall case illustrates the consequences of a failure to escalate serious matters to senior staff, as the company faces government investigations and a congressional probe.
The short answer is they can't, and that drew questioning from a congressional probe today into Facebook, Twitter and Google being used to manipulate the 2016 presidential election.