JUDICIARY: SENIOR JUDICIARY DEMOCRATS DEMAND ANSWERS AFTER TRUMP DECLARES NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER

Dems Request Hearings with White House Counsel & Department of Justice Officials

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), along with the Judiciary Subcommittee Chairs and Vice Chair, sent a letter to President Donald Trump to demand answers after he declared a national emergency at the southern border and to request hearings with White House Counsel Pat A. Cipollone and Justice Department officials.

In addition to the letter, Chairman Nadler released the following statement:

“President Trump’s attempt to strip Congress of its duty by declaring a national emergency at the southern border is a gross abuse of power that subverts the key principles laid out in the constitution. Congress, not the President, has the right to appropriate funding. Instead of these illegal and ill-conceived attempts to circumvent our laws, the President should work with Congress to achieve the necessary bipartisan reforms our immigration system needs.”

Today’s letter was signed by Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Chair Steve Cohen (D-TN), Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Chair Hank Johnson (D-GA) Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Chair Karen Bass (D-CA), Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Chair David Cicilline (D-RI) and Vice Chair Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA).

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