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A Democratic senator requested Friday that the FBI open a perjury investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, accusing her of lying about the Trump administration's family separation policy during sworn testimony to Congress.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released a previously undisclosed memo Thursday from high-level officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department in 2017 that outlined policy options to deal with illegal immigration at the border. The second item on the list is a policy to "separate family units." The memo also notes that an upshot of such policies will be the "substantial deterrent effect."
House Judiciary Committee likely to pursue Kavanaugh perjury investigation
The battle over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation might not be over, even though he was elevated to the high court last fall.
Rep. Joe Neguse, a 34-year-old freshman Democrat from Colorado, says he expects the House Judiciary Committee to consider a perjury investigation of Kavanaugh, reports the conservative journal National Review.
"There's no question he committed perjury during the confirmation hearings and so forth," Neguse told a constituent last Friday in a response to a question about whether Justice Kavanaugh should be impeached. "I think the Judiciary Committee is likely to take that up."
A Democratic senator requested Friday that the FBI open a perjury investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, accusing her of lying about the Trump administration's family separation policy during sworn testimony to Congress.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released a previously undisclosed memo Thursday from high-level officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department in 2017 that outlined policy options to deal with illegal immigration at the border. The second item on the list is a policy to "separate family units." The memo also notes that an upshot of such policies will be the "substantial deterrent effect."
House Judiciary Committee likely to pursue Kavanaugh perjury investigation
The battle over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation might not be over, even though he was elevated to the high court last fall.
Rep. Joe Neguse, a 34-year-old freshman Democrat from Colorado, says he expects the House Judiciary Committee to consider a perjury investigation of Kavanaugh, reports the conservative journal National Review.
"There's no question he committed perjury during the confirmation hearings and so forth," Neguse told a constituent last Friday in a response to a question about whether Justice Kavanaugh should be impeached. "I think the Judiciary Committee is likely to take that up."
