House Judiciary Committee Republicans Reveal First Potential Witnesses for the 118th Congress

Form November 18, 2022 post

Today, House Judiciary Committee Republicans sent letters to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona naming potential witnesses to take part in transcribed interviews and hearings early in the 118th Congress.

Committee Republicans have continued to raise concerns about the allegations of bias and politicization within the FBI and DOJ, including releasing a report, “FBI Whistleblowers: What Their Disclosures Indicate About the Politicization of the FBI And Justice Department,” to detail a rampant culture of unaccountability, manipulation, and abuse at the highest level of the DOJ. Committee Republicans have also demanded answers from the Biden Administration on the unprecedented national security and humanitarian crisis of the Administration’s own making at the southern border.

“In addition, to advance our oversight of the Biden Administration’s use of federal law enforcement with respect to school board-related threats, we require prompt testimony from employees of the Executive Office of the President (EOP). We expect your unfettered cooperation in arranging for the Committee to receive testimony from EOP employees. As an initial matter, we anticipate requiring testimony, in hearings or transcribed interviews, from the following employees early in the 118th Congress:

Key excerpt of the letter to Klain:

Mary C. Wall, Senior Advisor, COVID-19 Response Team;
Julie C. Rodriguez, Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs;
Katherine Pantangco, Policy Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs; and
Nezly Silva, Senior Policy Analyst for Intergovernmental Affairs.”

Read the full letter to Klain here.

Key excerpt of the letter to Mayorkas:

“In addition, to advance our oversight, we require prompt testimony from DHS employees. We expect your unfettered cooperation in arranging for the Committee to receive testimony from DHS employees. As an initial matter, we anticipate requiring testimony, either in hearings or transcribed interviews, from the following employees early in the 118th Congress:

Alejandro Mayorkas; Secretary
Ur. M. Jaddou, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services;
Tae Johnson, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
Kerry E. Doyle, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
Blas Nunez-Neto, U.S. Customs and Border Protection;
Raul L. Ortiz, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Chief
Jennifer Daskal, Office of the General Counsel;
Adam Hunter, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans;
Jen Easterly, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency;
Geoff Hale, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; and
Julia Treanor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.”

Read the full letter to Mayorkas here.

Key excerpt of the letter to Wray:

“In addition, to advance our oversight, we require prompt testimony from FBI employees. We expect your unfettered cooperation in arranging for the Committee to receive testimony from FBI employees. As an initial matter, we anticipate requiring testimony from the following employees, either in hearings or transcribed interviews, early in the 118th Congress:

Christopher A. Wray, Director;
Paul Abbate, Deputy Director;
Timothy Langan, Executive Assistant Director, Criminal, Cyber, Response, & Services Branch;
Jennifer L. Moore, Executive Assistant Director, Human Resources Branch;
Steven M. D’Antuono, Assistant Director in Charge, Washington Field Office;
Carlton L. Peeples, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division;
Kevin Vorndran, Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division;
Laura Dehmlow, Section Chief, Foreign Influence Task Force; and
Elvis Chan, Special Agent, San Francisco Field Office.”

Read the full letter to Wray here.

Key excerpt of the letter to Garland

:“In addition, to advance our oversight, we require prompt testimony from Justice Department employees. We expect your unfettered cooperation in arranging for the Committee to receive testimony from Justice Department employees. As an initial matter, we anticipate requiring testimony, either in hearings or transcribed interviews, from the following employees early in the 118th Congress:

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland;
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco;
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta;
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr.;
Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division Matthew G. Olsen;
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke;
Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Jonathan Kanter;
Brian Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division;
Jacqueline C. Romero, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;
Mark H. Wildasin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee;
Matthew M. Graves, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia;
Mark A. Totten, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan;
Susan Hennessey, Senior Counsel, National Security Division;
Margy O’Herron, Office of the Deputy Attorney General; and
David Neal, Executive Office for Immigration Review.”

Read the full letter to Garland here.

Key excerpt of the letter to Cardona:

“In addition, to advance our oversight of the Biden Administration’s use of federal law enforcement with respect to school board-related threats, we may require prompt testimony from Department of Education employees in hearings or transcribed interviews, including Kimberly Watkins-Foote. We expect your unfettered cooperation in arranging for the Committee to receive testimony from Department employees. As an initial matter, we anticipate requiring testimony, in hearings or transcribed interviews, from the following employees early in the 118th Congress: