Commentary: Fishing the Federal Treasury

Column: Fishing the federal treasury

The deadweight Biden Department of Justice is under fire from eight huffy Republican senators.

GUEST EDITORIAL: Senators fishing the federal treasury

The deadweight Biden Department of Justice is under fire from eight huffy Republican senators. They want financial retribution for what they consider wrongful searches of their phone records by federal investigators delving into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot to…

GOP senators distance themselves from provision allowing them to sue over phone record searches

Most of the senators whose data was requested as part of the investigation that led to special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 probe have now distanced themselves from a provision included in the shutdown-ending bill, signed into law by President Donald Trump, that would let them sue the government for potentially millions of dollars for not notifying them when accessing their records.“I have no plans at this time” to sue, Sen.

Government Officially Re-Opens After House Passes Spending Bill, Though Key Issues Remain as Senators Allow Themselves To Sue Jack Smith

Johnson tells the Sun that he wants to repeal a section of an appropriations bill that would allow a small group of senators to sue the Justice Department for millions.

Senator Blackburn backs efforts to remove "Arctic Frost" provision in budget bill

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn is backing efforts to remove a controversial provision in the new federal budget that would allow her and several other senators to sue the federal government for up to $500,000. The provision would let senators sue if their phone records were subpoenaed without their knowledge during the federal investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Tennessee Rep. John Rose criticized the measure, …

Lawmakers Blast Revised CR Allowing Senators to Sue Feds Over Jan. 6 Phone Surveillance

House lawmakers from both parties continued Wednesday to criticize new Senate language in the package to end the government shutdown (HR-5371) that would allow senators to sue federal agencies in response to reports of DOJ spying on some Republican lawmakers'...