Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, joined Breitbart News Daily on Tuesday with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon to talk about his new book, Watchdog: The Real Stories Behind the Headlines from the Congressman Who exposed Washington’s Biggest Scandals.
While discussing his new book, Watchdog: The Real Stories Behind the Headlines from the Congressman Who exposed Washington’s Biggest Scandals, with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon of Breitbart News Daily, former House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) talked about the outcome of the congressional investigation into Benghazi, and how he might have handled things differently.
Former House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, during a Breitbart News Daily interview with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon, was critical of the committee’s direction under his successor, placing much of the blame on then-Speaker John Boehner.
FBI director James Comey testified under oath Thursday at the House Oversight Committee about his decision not to recommend Hillary Clinton’s prosecution for mis-handling classified information. Here are the seven key takeaways.
Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform turned in a strong performance on Thursday as they dismantled FBI director James Comey’s arguments against prosecuting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
A decorated U.S. Marine who is being discharged for sending classified information on his personal e-mail account plans to cite the Hillary Clinton precedent set by FBI director James Comey in his upcoming defense, his lawyer said on Thursday.
FBI director James Comey admitted to the House Oversight Committee on Thursday that he had not checked whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had lied to the FBI the same way that she lied to Congress and the public about her emails.
Thursday at 10 a.m. ET, FBI Director James Comey will testify before House Oversight Committee about his agency’s probe into presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state. Earlier this week, Comey
On Thursday, FBI director James Comey will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about his agency’s decision not to recommend that Hillary Clinton be prosecuted for mis-handling confidential information.
The sister of the late U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was not to blame for the death of her brother during the 2012 Benghazi Libya attacks which also cost three more American lives. Instead, Dr. Anne Stevens blamed the Republican-dominated Congress for “underbudgeting” the State Department.
A war of words erupts between Congress and the White House, as an adviser who bragged about manipulating lazy reporters refuses to testify before the House Oversight Committee.
Sources tell Politico that House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) plans to proceed with an investigation into federal record-keeping practices, with the blessing of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)… provided the probe proceeds with “caution” when it hits Hillary Clinton’s email server.
Pro-life leaders are concerned that lawmakers aren’t serious about eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood. The worries come as a “panel” has been created to study Planned Parenthood’s activities, this one headed by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, also considered to be a potential candidate for House Speaker. According to The Hill, Blackburn said, “Our investigation has raised many more questions than we’ve been able to find answers. We need to have a national conversation about these practices. This is a discussion we cannot shy away from.”
Stating on numerous occasions that she was trying to be as cooperative as possible with the committee, Cecil Richards nevertheless evaded some questions about Planned Parenthood’s abortion business, often responding she “did not know” the answer to questions a CEO might be expected to know. At one point, as Live Action president Lila Rose tweeted, she was asked if babies who survive abortions should be given medical care, Richards replied, “I have never heard of such a circumstance happening.”
While providing testimony before the House Oversight Committee Tuesday morning, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards boasted about her abortion business’ use of taxpayer funds to provide sex education to young people.
“Investigators are blaming two IRS workers at a computer center in West Virginia for erasing thousands of emails related to the tax agency’s tea party scandal, impeding congressional investigations into the treatment of conservative political groups,” reports the Associated Press. “The workers might be incompetent, a lead investigator said Thursday, but there is no evidence they were part of a criminal conspiracy to destroy evidence.”
Everyone knew Gruber was critical to ObamaCare, and when he was caught on tape high-fiving himself for helping to fool what he described as “stupid” American voters with the Affordable Care Act’s web of false promises and ludicrous projections, he was speaking from the Administration’s heart.
During Tuesday’s deposition of Hillary Clinton’s adviser Sid Blumenthal at the House Select Committee on Benghazi, former House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrel Issa (R-CA) entered the closed-door hearing uninvited, only to be swiftly escorted from the room by Benghazi committee chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC).
Like the federal employees who have complained of being left to twist in the wind for months until the breach was acknowledged – and then forced to sit through days of stonewalling while officials revised their stories about how severe the penetration was, and how many people were affected – Chaffetz does not seem impressed with the transparency or vigor of the Administration’s response.
If we’re going to disband Congress and abandon the separation of powers in favor of imperial rule with term limits for the despot, then let’s do it, formally and with our eyes open, following a frank debate about the pros and cons.
In the blizzard of Obama administration scandals, don’t forget the IRS-Lois Lerner saga. That scandal is back in the news because some Lerner emails that were reported “lost” have been recovered, and the Treasury Inspector General seems to think they’re important.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz recently took the gavel as head of the House Oversight Committee. One of the first things he did, news reports say, is remove portraits of previous chairmen from the walls of the committee hearing room. That includes the portrait of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who chaired the committee through December.
