House Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) told President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s (D) attorney general, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland">Merrick Garland</a>, that he needs to preserve all documents and clear his calendar for when Republicans win back control of the House of Representatives because Garland is going to be getting dragged before Congress to testify about the FBI executing a search warrant on former President Donald Trump.
The investigation is centered around classified material that Trump brought with him to Mar-a-Lago from the White House.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen enough,&#8221; McCarthy said in a statement &#8220;The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization. When Republicans take back the House, we will conduct immediate oversight of this department, follow the facts, and leave no stone unturned.&#8221;
&#8220;Attorney General Garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar,&#8221; he added.
The report said that Trump delayed returning more than a dozen boxes of material to the National Archives which included documents that were “marked as classified national security information.”
Federal prosecutors opened a grand jury <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-open-grand-jury-investigation-into-trump-over-activities-at-his-florida-home-report">investigation</a> back in May into Trump over whether classified material that ended up at his home in Mar-a-Lago was mishandled.
The main purpose of these types of investigations is usually for federal authorities to determine if any classified material was compromised so that intelligence officials can take steps to protect sensitive sources and methods. Prosecutors are seeking to learn every aspect of how the documents were handled from the time the documents left the White House until they were returned to the National Archives.
For prosecutors to be able to prove that a crime was committed, they would need evidence showing that the parties involved in removing the documents from the White House knew that the documents were classified and knew that removing them would violate the law.
This is a developing news story; refresh the page for updates.

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, whose district is in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California,</a> called out Democratic Governor of California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom">Gavin Newsom</a> on Sunday over his handling of the ongoing drought in the state.
&#8220;I think Gavin Newsom has failed when it comes to water,&#8221; McCarthy <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gavin-newsom-criticized-handling-california-drought-farms-languish">told</a> Fox News. “California has a long history from droughts to very rainy and snow pack years. The problem is a drought is always going to come in the future, it’s what do you do in the other years?”
“They haven’t built any new water storage. No new dams. They don’t have any desal[ination],” he continued. “They continue to let water go out into the ocean. So in a drought year, you do not have the reservoirs to be able to supply the water that’s needed.”
Currently, 97.5% of the state is in <a href="https://www.drought.gov/states/california">severe</a> drought, with 59.8% experiencing extreme drought.
Farmers have been facing a devastating drought in much of the state, and Sam Parnagian, a California Central Valley farmer, told the outlet that farms are being harmed by the situation.
The state produces much of the country’s crops, <a href="https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/">with more than a third</a> of the nation’s vegetables, and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts being grown in the Golden State. However, all of that could change in the future.
&#8220;You&#8217;ll go see tens of thousands of acres that used to have nuts, almonds, pistachios … and they&#8217;re just bare,&#8221; Parnagian told Fox News. &#8220;It&#8217;s just all dust.”
Some farmers in the Central Valley of California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/environmental-policies-are-leaving-california-farmers-in-the-dust">have left a lot of their land fallow</a>, or uncultivated, due to a lack of water. Coming water restrictions, <a href="https://ca.water.usgs.gov/sustainable-groundwater-management/">known</a> as the <a href="https://water.ca.gov/programs/groundwater-management/sgma-groundwater-management">Sustainable Groundwater Management Act</a>, will also add to the lack of available water for farms to use in coming years.
Erik Ekdahl, the California State Water Resources Control Board&#8217;s deputy director for water rights, told the outlet he “think[s] the state has actually done some remarkably good planning and preparation and implementation for drought.”
McCarthy pointed out how Newsom should have been using the time when there was no drought to get ready for dry conditions.
&#8220;You should store it in the abundant years to have it for the years coming forward when it comes to drought,&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;That would show you good management.&#8221;
McCarthy referenced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/environmental-policies-are-leaving-california-farmers-in-the-dust">practices</a> that many farmers and residents of California have criticized, which allow for certain environmental policies to be prioritized for water over communities.
“We’ve got to have better management when it comes to the water itself,” McCarthy said. “You’ve got an administration that picks fish over people and that just allows water to go out to the ocean instead of coming down to the Valley and to southern California where we can use that to supply for farming to make sure our food is safe and secure, but also southern California for people themselves.”

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Criticized Democratic Governor Of California Gavin Newsom Over Drought And Water Management

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said in an interview late last week that if Republicans win back control of the U.S. House of Representatives, he will use their subpoena power to find out what U.S. intelligence agencies knew about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/collections/the-hunter-biden-files">Hunter Biden laptop</a> before the 2020 election, and what they knew of his foreign activities while his father was vice president.
McCarthy, who made the remarks in an interview with the New York Post, warned that &#8220;we will use the subpoena&#8221; option if top officials with the intelligence agencies don&#8217;t cooperate with Republicans.
The report noted that in the days leading up to the 2020 election, more than 50 former intelligence officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/theyre-political-whores-william-barr-eviscerates-51-intel-officials-who-signed-letter-calling-hunter-biden-laptop-story-disinformation">signed</a> a letter claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop story was likely a Russian disinformation campaign.
“You would want to ask these individuals first of all, ‘Would you still sign the letter today, and who asked you to sign the letter and why did you sign the letter, and what information did you have prior?&#8217;” McCarthy said. “Why did you feel comfortable — especially with your own reputations — that you would sign that letter? Was it someone from the [Biden] campaign who asked, or was it people in the intel community?&#8221;
“I think these questions have to be answered,&#8221; McCarthy continued. &#8220;You cannot allow an intel community to utilize their name in an improper way without correcting.”
FBI Director Christopher Wray was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-head-wray-found-reports-on-improperly-dismissed-hunter-biden-info-deeply-troubling">grilled</a> by Republicans last week over an explosive whistleblower report that accused officials at the bureau of wrongly dismissing potentially incriminating evidence against Hunter Biden during the 2020 election.
“I want to be very careful not to interfere with ongoing personnel matters,&#8221; Wray said. &#8220;I should say that when I read the letter that describes the kinds of things that you are talking about, I found it deeply troubling.”
“I am going to give [Wray] the benefit of the doubt at this moment in time,” McCarthy said. “We are going to ask the tough questions and if we don’t get the honest answers, there’s consequences.”
The report added that McCarthy said that Republicans have already sent more than 500 preservation letters, which notify entities not to destroy evidence due to upcoming legal proceedings, in anticipation of the investigations they plan to launch.
Earlier this year, former Attorney General William Barr <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/theyre-political-whores-william-barr-eviscerates-51-intel-officials-who-signed-letter-calling-hunter-biden-laptop-story-disinformation">slammed</a> the former U.S. intelligence officials who signed the letter dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 election.
“They’re political whores,” Barr said bluntly. “And it was wrong for them even to put out a letter because they didn’t know the facts. They had zero information; they did it as a political ploy to help Biden win the election.”

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GOP Leader Says If Republicans Win The House They Will ‘Subpoena’ Intel Agencies Over Hunter Biden Scandal

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House Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) blasted a recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meta">Meta</a> decision to decrease the reach of political content on Facebook, accusing the tech giant of being politically biased.
“Facebook made sure no one saw the Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election,” the House Republican <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1555610847245996032">tweeted</a>. “But now that America has record inflation, rising crime, &amp; a border crisis —all as a result of Dem policies— Facebook is shutting down more &#8216;political content&#8217; to hide the truth from Americans.”
Meta announced recently that it would be implementing changes around the world to decrease &#8220;political content” in users’ <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/facebook">Facebook</a> feeds. The company <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2021/02/reducing-political-content-in-news-feed/">made</a> the announcement on July 19, saying that changes to decrease the spread of political content on Facebook through a ranking system would be made around the world.
“Our tests have concluded and demonstrated that placing less emphasis on likes and shares for political content is an effective way to reduce the amount of political content people experience in their Feed. We have now implemented these changes globally,” the company announced.
The company originally announced these changes in February 2021, saying that it was hoping to decrease political content in news feeds. These changes included moves to “rank political content in people’s feeds using different signals.”
Content from the World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and other health agencies were “exempt” from the tests, with the company citing their “authoritative” status.
The company’s political ranking tests were later expanded to “Facebook Watch” in December 2021, and they announced in May this year that they would be weighing comments and shares on political posts less in a continued effort to decrease the reach of political posts.
McCarthy&#8217;s criticism stems from Facebook&#8217;s limiting of the New York Post&#8217;s Hunter Biden story prior to the 2020 election.
In October 2020, the company <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/facebook-restricts-bombshell-ny-post-report-alleging-hunter-biden-brokered-meeting-between-burisma-exec-and-joe-biden?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">began</a> limiting the reach of a Post story that alleged that Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a Ukrainian energy executive a year before the vice president pushed Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor who was then probing the executive’s company.
“While I will intentionally not link to the New York Post, I want be clear that this story is eligible to be fact checked by Facebook’s third-party fact checking partners. In the meantime, we are reducing its distribution on our platform,” Facebook spokesman Andy Stone tweeted shortly after the story broke. “This is part of our standard process to reduce the spread of misinformation.”
Since that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-rest-of-the-country-is-starting-to-open-their-eyes-major-outlets-confirm-contents-of-hunters-laptop">time</a>, outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post have confirmed aspects of the laptop story, which some had initially dismissed as Russian propaganda.
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party">Democrats</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party">Republicans</a> seemingly took a break from fighting Wednesday afternoon following the news of the tragic accident that claimed the life of Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and three other people.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-congresswoman-killed-in-head-on-collision">crash</a> happened in Elkhart County, Indiana, where Walorski was traveling with two aides who were also killed, when Edith Schmucker, who was traveling north, drifted across lanes and collided with the vehicle, killing everyone involved.
Walorski was first elected to Congress in 2012 after serving three terms in the Indiana State House, where she was assistant floor leader.
Walorski was previously a television news reporter and also spent four years as a missionary with her husband in Romania, where they helped provide essential items to children living in poverty.
Some of the notable responses to Walorski&#8217;s passing included:
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<li>President Joe Biden: &#8220;We send our deepest condolences to her husband, Dean, to the families of her staff members, Zachery Potts and Emma Thomson, who lost their lives in public service, and to the people of Indiana’s Second District who lost a representative who was one of their own.&#8221;</li>
<li>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): &#8220;Today, the United States House of Representatives sadly mourns the sudden and tragic passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. A lifelong Hoosier, Congresswoman Walorski lived a life of service: whether caring for impoverished children in Romania, representing her community in the Indiana Statehouse or serving nearly a decade in the House.  She passionately brought the voices of her north Indiana constituents to the Congress, and she was admired by colleagues on both sides of the aisle for her personal kindness. Our Congressional community also mourns the loss of two devoted members of her staff, Zachery Potts and Emma Thomson.  May it be a comfort to Jackie’s husband and partner in service, Dean, the entire Walorski family, the families of all the victims and the office of Indiana’s Second Congressional District that so many join them in mourning and are praying for them at this sad time.”</li>
<li>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA): &#8220;This news is absolutely devastating. Jackie was a dear friend, trusted advisor, and the embodiment of integrity who achieved the admiration and respect of all her colleagues in the House. She was passionate about empowering children and families in Indiana and around the world to thrive. Her experience running a foundation in Romania that provided food and medical supplies to needy children clearly informed her time in Congress. Whether she was fighting for justice for fentanyl victims or advocating for educational choice for children, she always put others first. When there was a vacancy for Republican leader of the Ethics Committee, she was my first call. Everyone who knew Jackie knows she was tough, but fair – a no nonsense, straight shooter who knew that Congress must reflect the will of the people with decency and honesty. The House will greatly miss Jackie’s compassion, dedication, and integrity, but we should all seek to honor her memory by living our lives with the same commitment to others that Jackie lived hers. I spoke with Dean and offered my deepest condolences and also share those with the families of Zachery Potts and Emma Thomson. Like Jackie, they were committed to making the country a better place and represent what it means to be a true public servant.”</li>
<li>Melania Trump: &#8220;It is heartbreaking to hear about the tragic loss of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. She was a wonderful advocate for children. I had the privilege of working with her to help our Nation’s youth, specifically our foster children. She had a servant’s heart, and it was her mission to advocate for and help others. She will be deeply missed. My heart and prayers are with her husband, the people of Indiana, and the families and loved ones of Emma Thomson and Zach Potts.&#8221;</li>
<li>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY): &#8220;The entire House Republican Conference is heartbroken by the tragic passing of our colleague and friend, Jackie Walorski, and her two staffers Zachery Potts and Emma Thomson. Jackie was deeply beloved by all her colleagues. A woman of deep faith, Jackie led with a true servant’s heart, and she and her staff always represented her constituents and district with dedication, principles, hard work, and endless compassion. To say she will be missed does not fully embody the void that will be felt by her absence. We pray for the family, friends, colleagues, constituents, and the communities of Jackie, Zachery, and Emma at this incredibly difficult time.&#8221;</li>
<li>Mike Pompeo, former secretary of state: &#8220;Truly saddened to hear of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski&#8217;s passing, along with two of her staff. It was a pleasure to serve with her in Congress. She was a wonderful friend and a dedicated colleague who loved Indiana and America. Susan and I are praying for each of their families.&#8221;</li>
<li>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): &#8220;Heidi and I are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Representative Jackie Walorski, Zachery Potts, and Emma Thomson. We’re lifting up their families and loved ones in prayer during this tragic time.&#8221;</li>
<li>Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX): &#8220;Absolutely heart broken to hear about the passing of my colleague Rep. Jackie Walorski and her staff. She was a true patriot and stateswoman. Please send their families strength and prayers as they deal with this tragic accident. God bless.&#8221;</li>
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While representing Indiana’s 2nd District in Congress this term, Walorski served on the House Ways and Means Committee and as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support; she also served as the ranking member of the House Ethics Committee, according to her congressional <a href="https://walorski.house.gov/about/biography/">website</a>. She previously served on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, the House Budget Committee (113th Congress), and the House Agriculture Committee (114th Congress), where she chaired the Nutrition Subcommittee.

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House Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) blasted House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) as House Democrats plan to introduce a bill to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.
During his weekly <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybs0EkgU2kE">press conference</a> Friday, McCarthy blasted Pelosi for waiting until the end of the term of Congress to roll out a framework for a bill that would ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks. McCarthy said that Pelosi&#8217;s husband, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosis-office-defends-husbands-stock-buy-ahead-of-key-vote-says-colleagues-are-actually-the-ones-breaking-rules">Paul Pelosi</a>, made a number of stock trades around the times of key Congressional actions, and said that he may have gotten that knowledge from conversations they had with each other.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s ironic that the Speaker of the House now talks about bringing up a bill at the very end of the term of Congress,&#8221; McCarthy told reporters. &#8220;So her husband could trade all the way through, but now it becomes a crisis? Look, I think the Speaker of the House has greater determination of what comes to the floor, what gets out of committee. And her husband didn’t just trade stock, he traded options. I think what her husband did was wrong.&#8221;
“When she said she never told him anything, I know they spent their time together overseas and when they’re coming back, I’m sure she had conversations on the phone about what was gonna be on the floor,&#8221; McCarthy continued. &#8220;I’m sure she had conversations about what the chip version finally looked at. I’m sure she had those conversation; I don’t know if he was able to hear them or not. But I think we need to bring trust back to this institution, and I think we have to do a thorough investigation and look at what is the proper role for members of Congress and what influence they have, and I don’t think the proper way to do this is Nancy Pelosi writing the bill because we have proven that she can’t do that.&#8221;
McCarthy then said that if Republicans take back the majority after the midterms, they will introduce a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-demand-pelosi-hold-vote-on-stock-trading-bans">bipartisan</a> bill that will go through the committee process.
“It should be in a bipartisan manner, and we should look at it through committee, and this is something that we will do in the majority, bringing new rules forward to make sure that you have trust in this House, and the ability — that you know that people [are] not investing in a place that they have influence,&#8221; McCarthy said. “What I’ve told everybody, we will come back and we will not only investigate this, we will come back with a proposal to change the current behavior.”
<a href="https://punchbowl.news/archive/7-28-22-punchbowl-news-am/">Punchbowl News</a> reported Thursday that Democrats in the House are planning to introduce a bill next month to ban lawmakers, their spouses, and members of their senior staff from holding shares in individual stocks. The proposal would force lawmakers, their spouses, and their senior staff to either put their investments in a blind trust or completely divest from their portfolios. They would, however, be able to hold mutual funds.
Democrats said the framework would be introduced by August, and hoped that the bill itself would be introduced in September, and passed by the end of the month.

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The House of Representatives passed the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act on Thursday, despite opposition from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party">Republicans</a> who argued that the bill would funnel billions in taxpayer money toward corporations.
The House passed the bill in a 243-187 bipartisan vote, while it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/corporate-welfare-or-needed-investment-to-beat-china-senate-passes-computer-chips-subsidy-bill">passed</a> the Senate on Wednesday 64-33. The bill will dedicate $52 billion in government subsidies for companies that make computer chips, provide $24 billion in tax credits, and put forth $170 billion in scientific research over the next five years. Shortly after the bill passed, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced they had compromised on a bill that would raise taxes and fund climate change initiatives worth nearly $700 billion.
Prior to the vote, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy blasted the federal government for its spending and implored his colleagues to oppose the legislation.
&#8220;The Senate passed a bill that took a small, discretionary program and turned it into a $280 billion blank check, including $79 billion in mandatory spending on corporate welfare to be handed out to whoever President Biden wants,” McCarthy said from the House floor.
“I’m a no on the Senate CHIPS bill that will come to the floor today. I was a no last week. I was a no last night. And I will be the first no on the board today,” McCarthy said. “I encourage all my Republican colleagues to join me.”
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) noted that even Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was against the bill because it favors corporations.
&#8220;Senator @BernieSanders said the senate CHIPS Act is &#8216;a $53 billion bribe&#8217; that semiconductor companies demanded in exchange for staying in the United States,&#8221; Massie tweeted. &#8220;He’s right. Taking money from working Americans and giving it to profitable corporations is immoral and won’t even work.&#8221;
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Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BernieSanders</a> said the senate CHIPS Act is “a $53 billion bribe” that semiconductor companies demanded in exchange for staying in the United States.
He’s right.
Taking money from working Americans and giving it to profitable corporations is immoral and won’t even work.
&mdash; Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1552681519956824064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) argued that the bill &#8220;bolsters domestic manufacturing, creates good-paying jobs, and fights inflation, advancing the #MakeItInAmerica agenda: education, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, and supply chain resilience.&#8221;
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The CHIPS and Science Act bolsters domestic manufacturing, creates good-paying jobs, and fights inflation, advancing the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItInAmerica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MakeItInAmerica</a> agenda: education, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, and supply chain resilience. <a href="https://t.co/zkkr9g8kDU">pic.twitter.com/zkkr9g8kDU</a>
&mdash; Steny Hoyer (@LeaderHoyer) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderHoyer/status/1552620891653144577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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McCarthy also used his floor speech to warn against the Manchin-Schumer Inflation Reduction Act.
&#8220;They say they want to restore growth, but their new bill adds $700 billion in new taxes,” McCarthy added. “Do Democrats really believe spending hundreds and billions of tax dollars right now while pursuing and punishing productive investments in the long run will lower inflation?”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/corporate-welfare-or-needed-investment-to-beat-china-senate-passes-computer-chips-subsidy-bill">Corporate Welfare Or Needed Investment To Beat China? Senate Passes Computer CHIPS Subsidy Bill</a>

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GOP leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is preparing to train Republican staffers for post-midterm investigations — probes dealing with some of the most highly criticized political moments of President Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency.
In an email sent to staffers on Tuesday <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/12/kevin-mccarthy-training-sessions-house-gop-staff-investigations-joe-biden-administration/">obtained by The Daily Caller</a>, the House minority leader and ranking member Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) invited staffers to &#8220;informational briefing(s)&#8221; to prepare them for upcoming investigations.
“Leader Kevin McCarthy and Ranking Member Rodney Davis would like to invite you to attend this informational briefing with Jon Skladany, Chief Oversight Counsel for the Committee on Financial Services, and Rachel Kaldahl, Republican Staff Director for the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight,” the email said. “This briefing will review the basics of performing effective oversight investigations and will highlight best practices to fulfill Congress’s Constitutional oversight obligations.”
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Republicans have a long list of matters they plan to investigate should they take the House in November. These include Biden&#8217;s border policies, the origins of COVID-19, coronavirus testing, the Afghanistan withdrawal, and, more pressingly as of late, Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings.
The first training session is scheduled for July 22, the Daily Caller reported, and McCarthy will reportedly host two more planned for September.
A Republican Oversight Committee aide told The Daily Caller that Republicans are also flooding the Biden administration with “hundreds of preservation notices&#8221; asking that relevant documents be preserved.
“We’re just laying the groundwork now, we’re going to keep sending our letters,&#8221; the aide told The Daily Caller. &#8220;I would imagine at some point … those letters are repackaged and we say, ‘Hey, you did not respond to this request we sent you six months ago. We expect you to turn over these documents.'&#8221;
The aide continued: “We’re just getting ready. We keep conducting oversight … We’ll be ready to roll in January with several investigations already prepared to go.&#8221;
&#8220;Everything will be on the table,&#8221; the aide told the publication, even the &#8220;possible impeachment of multiple cabinet officials&#8221; such as Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) arrested a group of staffers who work for CBS&#8217;s &#8220;The Late Show With Stephen Colbert&#8221; late on Thursday night after they allegedly illegally entered an office building for the U.S. House of Representatives and were snooping around offices belonging to Republican Members.
The group of nine individuals were arrested in the Longworth House Office Building after police had escorted them out of different building earlier in the day where they were looking to conduct interviews related to the January 6 committee hearings.
&#8220;However, the group surfaced later that night after the Capitol complex was closed to the public Fox is told they took pictures and video around the offices of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO),&#8221; Fox News correspondent Chad Pergram tweeted. &#8220;They were unescorted and arrested and charged with illegal entry. They were arrested near Boebert’s office.&#8221;
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5) They were unescorted and arrested and charged with illegal entry. They were arrested near Boebert’s office. They were released overnight.
&mdash; Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1537932029546811392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The nine individuals who were allegedly arrested included Jake Plunkett, Allison Martinez, Tyrone Dean, Stephen Romond, Nicoletta Green, Brendan Hurley, Robert Smigel, Josh Comers, and David Feldman.
“Robert Smigel is known for being the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog,” Pergram noted. “He also produced short cartoons for Saturday Night Live’s ‘TV Funhouse.’”
Fox News host Jesse Watters claimed in a segment that Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) let Colbert’s staff in the building.
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🚨 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: On the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepAdamSchiff</a>&#39;s cronies sneak in Stephen Colbert&#39;s staffers and provide unauthorized reconnaissance tours of Republican offices throughout Capitol Hill. <a href="https://t.co/XHbLdGKRka">pic.twitter.com/XHbLdGKRka</a>
&mdash; House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1537956023268302850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“On June 16, 2022, at approximately 8:30 p.m., U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) received a call for a disturbance in the Longworth House Office Building,” USCP said in a statement. “Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway.”
“The building was closed to visitors, and these individuals were determined to be a part of a group that had been directed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day,” the statement continued. “They were charged with Unlawful Entry.  This is an active criminal investigation, and may result in additional criminal charges after consultation with the U.S. Attorney.”
A spokesperson for CBS said that the staffers were on site to do a comedy segment for Colbert&#8217;s show and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-capitol-police-arrest-stephen-colbert-staffers-house-office-building-charged-illegal-entry">claimed</a> that the interviews were &#8220;pre-arranged.&#8221;
&#8220;On Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday, June 16, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on-site at the Capitol with a production team to record interviews for a comedy segment on behalf of ‘The Late Show.’ Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through Congressional aides of the members interviewed,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;After leaving the members’ offices on their last interview of the day, the production team stayed to film stand-ups and other final comedy elements in the halls when they were detained by Capitol Police.&#8221;
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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For the third time, GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy requested Monday unanimous consent to expedite the passage of a security bill to protect the Supreme Court justices.
McCarthy emphasized that &#8220;there is no reason&#8221; to delay the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4160">proposal</a>, asking for immediate consideration in the House.
His request was declined.
&#8220;I do not understand why we would risk that,&#8221; McCarthy said in remarks Monday afternoon, pointing out that the bill was introduced more than a month ago. &#8220;I do not understand why you&#8217;ll make sure that the Capitol is protected right now knowing that something could happen&#8230;or something could happen at the Supreme Court this week, but you won&#8217;t protect those justices.&#8221;
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For the 3rd time in a week, I&#39;m calling for a vote for stronger security for Supreme Court Justices—ALL of them. This isn&#39;t partisan. The threat is real. Why is Speaker Pelosi blocking something that the Senate has already passed unanimously? <a href="https://t.co/rz11LysiS0">https://t.co/rz11LysiS0</a>
&mdash; Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1536379321966661633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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McCarthy also drew on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s Thursday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-denies-request-to-immediately-pass-scotus-security-bill-house-will-vote-next-week">claim</a> that “the justices are protected,&#8221; a remark that came only a few days after authorities arrested a man near <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brett-kavanaugh">Brett Kavanaugh</a>‘s home who allegedly said he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-arrest-armed-man-near-brett-kavanaughs-home-who-allegedly-wanted-to-kill-the-justice-report">wanted to kill</a> the justice.
&#8220;This issue is not about the justices, it’s about staff and the rest,&#8221; Pelosi said, explaining why the House would be voting on the Supreme Court security bill the following week. &#8220;The justices are protected; you saw the attorney general even double down on that.”
&#8220;How can you make that statement the same week?&#8221; demanded McCarthy, adding that Pelosi&#8217;s statement &#8220;makes no sense.&#8221;
The GOP leader warned Democrats that if they change the Supreme Court security bill, sending it back to the Senate instead of passing it, &#8220;the country will know why.&#8221;
&#8220;Cause if you change the bill and move it back to the Senate, you&#8217;re trying to kill it,&#8221; he said, emphasizing that every senator had voted for the security bill. &#8220;You&#8217;re trying to delay it. That&#8217;s exactly what you&#8217;re doing.&#8221;
&#8220;If you think something else needs to be added, run it by itself,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I think you&#8217;re jeopardizing people&#8217;s lives. I think you&#8217;re jeopardizing the safety of the Supreme Court.&#8221;
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn introduced the Supreme Court security bill on May 5 following the leak of a majority opinion draft indicating the justices would likely overturn Roe v. Wade.
The bill passed the Senate without amendment by unanimous consent on May 9 and has been stalled ever since.
House Democrats reportedly <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-democrats-stall-measure-boosting-security-scotus-justices-bill-law-clerks">want the bill</a> to include protection for clerks and other Supreme Court staffers.
When House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) asked House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) last week why leading Democrats had not put the bill to a vote, Hoyer responded that this was a “very relevant question.”
“Hopefully can move that as early as possible,” he said, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/politics/supreme-court-security-legislation-house-vote-pelosi/index.html">according</a> to CNN. “I want to tell the gentleman the reason he thought that it might be moving this morning was because last night I thought I had after discussions with Sen. Cornyn, a way forward both the Senate and the House could agree on. Unfortunately this morning that appeared not to be the case.”
Pelosi did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.

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McCarthy Accuses Dems Stalling Security Bill Of ‘Jeopardizing The Safety Of The Supreme Court’

 For The Third Time, GOP Leader Requests Unanimous Consent To Pass Supreme Court Security Bill

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House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) denied House Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a>&#8216;s (R-CA) second unanimous consent request to immediately pass a Supreme Court security bill on Thursday, announcing that the House will vote on the bill next week.
Though McCarthy, a California Republican, had made a unanimous consent request on the House floor to bring the legislation for a vote, Democrats failed to comply with this proposal.
&#8220;We had hoped that we could do it today but we certainly will do it at the beginning of next week,&#8221; Pelosi told reporters on Thursday. Her remarks came after authorities arrested a man near <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brett-kavanaugh">Brett Kavanaugh</a>&#8216;s home who allegedly said he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-arrest-armed-man-near-brett-kavanaughs-home-who-allegedly-wanted-to-kill-the-justice-report">wanted to kill</a> the justice.
The speaker of the house also told reporters that the justices are protected, firing back at a reporter who pointed out that there was an attempted assassination, &#8220;The justices are protected. This issue is not about the justices, it&#8217;s about staff and the rest. The justices are protected; you saw the attorney general even double down on that.&#8221;
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.⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a>⁩ snaps at a reporter asking her about the threat on Justice Kavanaugh’s life: “They are protected!” <a href="https://t.co/4q1BxAKfub">pic.twitter.com/4q1BxAKfub</a>
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&#8220;But this is about security for the justices; an armed man showed up near Justice Kavanaugh&#8217;s house,&#8221; the reporter persisted, to which Pelosi responded, &#8220;We are working together on the bill that the Senate will be able to approve of &#8230; we can pass whatever we want here, we want it to be able to pass the Senate. So I don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talking about because evidently you haven&#8217;t seen what the &#8230; language is.&#8221;
&#8220;There will be a bill,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Nobody is in danger over the weekend because of our not having a bill.&#8221;
On Wednesday, Pelosi’s Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hammill told The Daily Wire that Pelosi “believes that violence against public officials has no place in civilized society” and that the house speaker “condemns this abhorrent criminal act.”
McCarthy heavily criticized House Democrats for blocking the bill in a Thursday tweet.
&#8220;Speaker Pelosi has been sitting on this bill for a month and today claimed &#8216;nobody is in danger,’” he said. &#8220;She should tell that to the Kavanaugh family.&#8221;
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For the second time, House Democrats BLOCKED a bill to provide more security for Supreme Court justices and their families.
Speaker Pelosi has been sitting on this bill for a month and today claimed “nobody is in danger”.
She should tell that to the Kavanaugh family. <a href="https://t.co/4HPqZC3MMN">pic.twitter.com/4HPqZC3MMN</a>
&mdash; Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1534963190991360001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The White House has not responded to requests for comment from The Daily Wire as to whether the president supports Pelosi&#8217;s delay on the bill.
The Senate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-unanimously-passes-bill-to-protect-supreme-court-justices-families-amid-leftist-protests">passed the legislation unanimously</a> in May, but it has been stalled in the House of Representatives, prompting sharp criticism from Republicans who say that the bill should be passed immediately to protect the justices. House Democrats reportedly <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-democrats-stall-measure-boosting-security-scotus-justices-bill-law-clerks">want the bill</a> to also include protection for clerks and other Supreme Court staff.
When House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) asked House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) why leading Democrats had not put the bill to a vote, Hoyer responded that this was a &#8220;very relevant question.&#8221;
&#8220;Hopefully can move that as early as possible,&#8221; he said, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/politics/supreme-court-security-legislation-house-vote-pelosi/index.html">according</a> to CNN. &#8220;I want to tell the gentleman the reason he thought that it might be moving this morning was because last night I thought I had after discussions with Sen. Cornyn, a way forward both the Senate and the House could agree on. Unfortunately this morning that appeared not to be the case.&#8221;
According to CNN, Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) also said on Thursday that the House is &#8220;ready to move&#8221; on the legislation and that the Senate is &#8220;ready to meet with them and resolve our differences.&#8221;
&#8220;What happened this week with Justice Kavanaugh is a reminder that we live in a dangerous place, and these people are vulnerable and we should protect them,&#8221; Durbin added, CNN reported.

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Pelosi Denies Request To Immediately Pass SCOTUS Security Bill, House Will Vote Next Week

House Will Vote Next Week On SCOTUS Security Bill, Nancy Pelosi Says

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hit back at the Democrat Party Thursday evening with a new &#8220;The Democrat Party is the Party of Crime&#8221; video which comes as Democrats try to garner interest for their January 6 hearing.
&#8220;The Democrat Party is for lawlessness and the breakdown of society,&#8221; McCarthy said in a tweet. &#8220;While they defund the police, violent crime is skyrocketing in our communities. Enough is enough.&#8221;
The video shows numerous Democrats, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, and others talking about either defunding law enforcement or demonizing them.
The video also features multiple clips from news programs highlighting violence in Democrat-run areas.
After highlighting the aforementioned content for several minutes, the video concludes by stating on the screen, &#8220;As Democrats in Washington abuse their power to attack their political opponents, they are ignoring America’s crime crisis.&#8221;
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The Democrat Party is for lawlessness and the breakdown of society. While they defund the police, violent crime is skyrocketing in our communities. Enough is enough. <a href="https://t.co/SAuwKe9jIM">pic.twitter.com/SAuwKe9jIM</a>
&mdash; Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1535003805766541312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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