Defending Democracy

The ranking member of the House Oversight Committee is demanding answers from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, days after Lutnick reportedly met with the owner of the Ambassador Bridge.

The New York Times reported earlier this week that the conversation between Lutnick and bridge owner Matthew Moroun on Monday, Feb. 9, came hours before President Trump threatened to stop the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. 

Both bridges connect Detroit to Canada.

On any given day, there is no shortage of things for Rep. Robert Garcia and his staff to investigate. As the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Garcia has tangled with the Trump administration on everything from the release of the so-called Epstein files to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis.

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, California Rep. Robert Garcia, is asking oil firms for more information following the Trump administration’s initial sale of Venezuelan crude, which Semafor first reported.

“The Committee seeks answers about the Trump Administration’s intentions” as well as “any agreements your companies have made,” Garcia wrote in a letter, first shared with Semafor, to the CEOs of Vitol and Trafigura.

Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, is no stranger to media appearances. But he still seemed nervous earlier this month as he got ready to be grilled in a Manhattan television studio.

House Democrats on Friday released new images from the estate of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that highlight his ties to celebrities, financiers and other powerful men, including President Trump and former President Bill Clinton.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a collection images and video clips Wednesday showing a private Caribbean island owned by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The more than 150 photos and videos of Epstein's island show the compound's exterior structures, as well as interiors, including a pool area, and several bedrooms and bathrooms.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Robert Garcia and his team faced a monumental task on Nov. 5: Sift through more than 20,000 documents obtained from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein in search for something that would shed more light into President Trump’s relationship with the now-deceased convicted sex offender.

After six tedious days combing through the records, Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and four staff members identified three emails that would go on to ignite a political firestorm.

There was the U.S. citizen who said she no longer feels safe after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer slammed her to the ground in downtown Los Angeles and later accused her of assault — a case prosecutors dismissed soon after.

The Long Beach mayor, who said immigration agents have seized more than 50 residents off the city’s streets — including 11 in a single afternoon Thursday, among them a gardener tackled inside Polly’s Pies restaurant.