Dick Durbin

12 Bipartisan Senators Demand Inspector General Audit of DOJ Epstein Files Compliance

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Twelve bipartisan senators write to DOJ Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume demanding an audit of the Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The letter is led by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), with additional …

Richard Blumenthal Lisa Murkowski Jeff Merkley Chuck Schumer Amy Klobuchar +5 more epstein-network congressional-oversight doj-obstruction bipartisan inspector-general
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Attorney General Bondi Testifies Before Senate Amid Accusations of DOJ Weaponization

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On October 7, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a contentious oversight hearing marked by sharp Democratic criticism of the Justice Department’s targeting of President Trump’s political opponents. The hearing came one day before former …

Pam Bondi Senate Judiciary Committee Department of Justice Dick Durbin Richard Blumenthal +1 more doj congressional-oversight political-prosecution institutional-capture weaponization +1 more
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Congressional Hearing Exposes Systematic Judicial Intimidation Tactics

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The Senate Judiciary Committee held a critical hearing investigating unprecedented threats to judicial independence in 2025, documenting rising levels of violence, intimidation, disinformation, and defiance of lawful court judgments. Testimony revealed a disturbing pattern of physical threats, …

Senate Judiciary Committee Chief Justice John Roberts U.S. Marshals Service Supreme Court Justices Dick Durbin +5 more judicial-intimidation constitutional-crisis judicial-independence congressional-oversight threats-to-democracy
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Senate Judiciary Subpoenas Harlan Crow Over Thomas Gifts After Resistance

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Senate Judiciary Committee issues subpoena to Harlan Crow after he refuses to provide information about gifts to Clarence Thomas, marking escalation in corruption investigation

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Trump Calls Haiti and African Nations 'Shithole Countries' in Bipartisan Immigration Meeting

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During a bipartisan meeting with senators in the Oval Office to discuss immigration, President Trump asked why the United States would want people from ‘shithole countries’ while being briefed on changes to the visa lottery system. Trump questioned why America would want immigrants from …

Donald Trump Dick Durbin U.N. Human Rights Office African Union racial-politics immigration republican-party xenophobia institutional-racism +2 more
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