Senate Democrats are quietly meeting to find new ways to hold Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Trump Justice Department accountable, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly voted 51-49 to table an amendment that would have directed the Justice Department to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein, after Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., forced a surprise vote that infuriated Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
Kash Patel, a polarizing pick to lead the FBI, cleared another procedural hurdle Tuesday as the Senate voted 48-45 to advance his nomination, setting up a final confirmation vote in the coming days.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s controversial pick for FBI director, despite warnings from Democrats that he would prioritize the president’s interests and target perceived political enemies.
Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling for an investigation into President Trump’s FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, accusing him of secretly orchestrating a purge of career officials at the bureau before his confirmation.
A Senate committee investigating the July 13 shooting at a Donald Trump rally is calling for Congress to reevaluate the Secret Service’s budget and mandate that security for U.S. leaders and political candidates be based on threat assessments rather than their office status.
A bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday revealed that multiple Secret Service failures ahead of former President Trump’s July rally, where a gunman opened fire, were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day.”
Sitting in the hot seat Tuesday, the new leader of the Secret Service, Ronald Rowe, was blunt about the security lapses that led to the assassination attempt of former President Trump.
