The White House informed House Oversight Chair James Comer that President Joe Biden will not accept his invitation to testify in a committee impeachment inquiry hearing, according to a letter obtained first by CNN, further insulting the Republican-led effort. “Your impeachment investigation is over,” Special Counsel to the President Richard Sauber wrote to Comer on Monday. “We decline your invitation for President Biden to testify.” In the letter, Sauber said that the president “has done nothing...
By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The White House informed House Oversight Chair James Comer that President Joe Biden will not accept his invitation to testify in a committee impeachment inquiry hearing, according to a letter obtained first by CNN, further insulting the Republican-led effort. “Your impeachment investigation is over,” Special Counsel to the President
President Biden declined to appear before House impeachment investigators, writing in a Monday letter through an attorney that the investigation “is over.” Though brief, the letter tears into the impeachment investigation being led in part by House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), which has yet to uncover any wrongdoing by President Biden. “Your Committee’s purported
On Wednesday, the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ended not with a bang but with a whimper, when the Senate under Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) dismissed both impeachment articles without a trial. Sen. Schumer stated that the House of Representatives had sent to the Senate “the least legitimate, least substantive and most politicized impeachment trial ever in the history of the United States.” Oh, the irony!
Kemba Walden, the former acting national cyber director, said that a ransom payment ban is the ultimate goal.
House Republican impeachment managers are set to send the Senate articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday after Senate conservatives successfully lo
A White House official was confronted by Fox News' Bill Hemmer Monday on a long list of foreign policy blunders under President Biden's leadership following Iran's direct attack against Israel. Biden had warned Iran not to attack Israel over the weekend, saying, "Don't," but the Islamic Republic fired 170 drones, more than 30 cruise missiles and more than 120 ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday, according to the IDF. "Joe Biden said, don't do it. But [Iran] did anyway. John Kirby is...
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Sunday said President Joe Biden doesn’t “believe” that Iran’s overnight attacks against Israel need to escalate into a wider war in the Middle East. “The President doesn’t believe that it needs to move in that direction whatsoever,” Kirby said in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” His remarks came hours after Iran launched an attack on Israel with more than 300 missiles and drones. The U.S. helped Israel defend against the attack,...
The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem has imposed travel restrictions on diplomats living in Israel as officials fear an Iranian attack could be coming. An Iranian attack would be in retaliation for an April 1 strike on a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus. The White House on Friday wouldn't go as far as to say that an attack was 'imminent,' instead calling the threat 'viable'
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday. House Republican Leader Steve Scalise told reporters that Johnson had been talking with White House officials about a
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House. House Republican Leader Steve Scalise says Johnson has been talking with White House officials about a package that would
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House. House Republican Leader Steve Scalise says Johnson has been talking with White House officials about a package that would