House Democrats call for investigation into top DOJ officials

House Democrats demand DOJ watchdog probe Bove’s conflicts of interest

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) is leading a group of House Democrats in a letter demanding that the Justice Department‘s inspector general look into acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove. The Democrats are worried that Bove and Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin have “clear and disqualifying conflicts of interests.” FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT “We are all former Depa…

House Democrats call for investigation into top DOJ officials

A coalition of House Democrats is calling for an investigation into two top Justice Department officials, arguing they violated the code of conduct in taking actions on cases in which they were previously involved. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), along with six other members, asked Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz to investigate both…

House Democrats Who Used to Work at DOJ Ask for Investigation of Top Two Justice Officials

House Democrats on Wednesday formally called for an investigation into two top officials at the Justice Department, part of a ramped-up effort to fight back against what they see as widespread wrongdoing in the Trump administration, The New York Times reports. The Democrats, who include Rep. Dan Goldman of New York and six other former Justice Department employees who now serve in Congress, sent a letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz…