Congressional-Investigations

Senate Finance Committee Report Reveals NRA Misled Public About Russia Connections and 2015 Moscow Trip

2019-09-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden released findings on September 27, 2019 from an 18-month investigation into the National Rifle Association’s relationship with Russia and potential violations of U.S. tax and sanctions laws. The report revealed new evidence that the 2015 NRA …

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Dies Committee (HUAC) Formed by Conservative Democrats to Discredit New Deal as Communist Infiltration

1938-05-26 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The House of Representatives establishes the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), commonly known as the Dies Committee after its chairman Representative Martin Dies Jr. (D-TX), on May 26, 1938, as a special investigating committee to probe alleged disloyalty and subversive activities by …

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