All posts tagged "Darrell Issa"

Shouting broke out between lawmakers during former Special Counsel Jack Smith's first public testimony on Thursday.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) got into a yelling match during the House Judiciary Committee hearing over Smith's investigations into President Donald Trump. Issa was questioning Smith, who was attempting to answer the lawmaker's questions over seeking phone records following the Jan. 6, 2021 Insurrection probe, when the lawmakers started to interrupt each other — and Smith.

"My office didn't spy on anyone," Smith said. ...

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) was recently heard discussing California's mid-decade redistricting plans, which included criticism of one of his Republican colleagues for running against an incumbent GOP member of Congress.

Spectrum News reporter Cassie Semyon posted the clip of Issa's remarks to X on Thursday, in which he's heard speaking to someone whose face is not shown about the upcoming Republican primary in California's newly redrawn 40th Congressional District. That race pits Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) against Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) due to new district lines imposed by California's Prop 50, which voters overwhelmingly approved in November.

"Ken [Calvert] has nowhere else to go. [Kim] does have a hard seat she could go to, and I know the administration would look favorably if she would do that," Issa is heard saying. "And then if she doesn't win, you know, she could go to the administration for two years. With Ken, we need him exactly where he is, and most of this district is or has been his. If anyone else had a claim for it, it'd be me."...

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) says Joe Biden is guilty of treason with 140 countries, and it even caused a Fox News host to react by calling it "diabolical."

Issa appeared on Fox News on Sunday to discuss the border and Biden's intentions for, he claims, refusing to take executive action on the border. While Biden has stated that he would prefer a bipartisan effort, he has also signaled that he would consider making executive orders.

But on Fox News, Issa had his own take on the president's motivations....

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers now want the border security deal that they turned down after reports that Donald Trump ordered the leadership he didn't want another "win" under Joe Biden's presidential belt.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is now calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to take up the Ukraine/Israel funding bill, but several GOP House members told Raw Story that they "need" border security in the bill.

Last week, it was so toxic that Republican Sen. James Lankford (OK) became a huge target on the right for helping to negotiate the legislation. ...

Two powerful congressmen have opened separate inquiries into whether a Department of the Treasury bureau charged with policing money laundering may have flouted federal hiring rules, including regulations that require military veterans be given preference for government jobs.

U.S. Representative Darrell Issa sharply criticized a California gubernatorial candidate from the Republican Tea Party faction who erroneously suggested a rival of Indian descent was supportive of Islamic Sharia law.