Hearing: “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation”

Committee on the Judiciary

2141 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Support Documents

• A letter to Attorney General Bondi and Director Kash Patel from Members of Congress dated August 28, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Nadler of NY. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from the New York Times titled “F.B.I. Dismantles Elite Public Corruption Squad” dated May 15, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Nadler of NY. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from the New York Times titled “Trump Invokes Kirk’s Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents” dated September 17, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Nadler of NY. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from The Center Square titled “FBI director backtracks on administration’s proposed budget cuts” dated May 8, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from Newsweek titled “Trump Admin Says 70% of ICE Detainees Do Not Have Criminal Convictions” dated August 29, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from MSNBC titled “Trump’s deportations divert FBI agents off child predator cases” dated September 16, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA and Mr. Garcia of IL. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from the CATO Institute Blog titled “ICE Has Diverted Over 25,000 Officers from Their Jobs” dated September 3, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Garcia of IL. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from CNN titled “White House pressure for increased immigration arrests strains law enforcement agencies” dated May 29, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Garcia of IL. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from CNN titled “Historical loss’: Alleged gang leader evades US justice with deportation to El Salvador” dated March 24, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Goldman of NY. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• A document from the United States Department of Justice Oversight and Review Division titled “A Review of the Department of Justice’s Issuance of Compulsory Process to Obtain Record of Members of Congress, Congressional Staffers, and Members of the News Media” dated December 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Goldman of NY. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• A memo from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the Epstein Files dated July 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Goldman of NY. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• Questions for the Record for Former FBI Director Christopher Wray from the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Hunt of TX. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from the New York Times titled “How a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Department” dated July 24, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from The Wall Street Journal titled “Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files” dated July 23, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA. [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• An article from The Gurdian titled “Ghislaine Maxwell hinted at Epstein’s ties to Trump officials – why wasn’t she pressed for names?” dated August 31, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 12:02 PM
• An article 404 Media titled “DOJ Deletes Study showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing” dated September 16, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 12:02 PM
• An article from Reuters titled “Exclusive: FBI scales back staffing, tracking of domestic terrorism probes, sources say” dated March 21, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 12:02 PM
• An article from Reuters titled “Exclusive: Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown” dated March 22, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 12:02 PM
• A list of NGOs, submitted for the Record by My. Roy of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 12:02 PM
• A document from the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund titled “Outsourcing Justice: How donors and activists control progressive prosecutors and corrupt the criminal justice system from within”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Roy of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 12:02 PM
• A letter to Speaker Johnson, Chairman Jordan, and Chairman Comer from Members of Congress dated September 11, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Roy of TX [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 12:02 PM
• An article from the Vera Institute titled “Crime Is Down in 2025. Trump Doesn’t Deserve Credit” dated June 20, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from the Federal Bureau of Investigation titled “FBI Releases 2024 Reported Crimes in the Nation Statistics” dated August 5, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from PolitiFact titled “Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low” dated May 28, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from NPR titled “GOP vows to make America safe again. Statistics contradict their growing crime claims” dated July 17, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The American Presidency Project titled “REPORT: Record-Low Crime During Biden-Harris Administration” dated January 17, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• A letter to Former President Biden from Senator Tom Cotton dated July 10, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• A letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt from Senator Marco Rubio dated June 10, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from MSNBC titled “Kash Patel knowingly broke law when firing top officials, lawsuit alleges” dated September 10, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The New York Times titled “The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty” dates July 10, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from AP News titled “Senior FBI official who resisted Trump demands is ousted” dated August 7, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The Anti-Defamation League titled “Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2024” dated February 21, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD and Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from CNN titled “Timeline suggests Trump team changed its tune on Epstein files after Trump was told he was in them” dated July 24, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• A decision from the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, in United States v. Jeffrey Epstein, filed August 20, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An opinion from the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, in United States of America v. Ghislaine Maxwell, filed August 11, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from CNN titled “FBI agents are again pulled from their day jobs to address a Trump priority” dated August 14, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• A letter to Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, Chairman Grassley, and Ranking Member Durbin from Natalie Bara, President of the FBIAA, dated August 21, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• A clip from PBS NewsHour titled “How Russia is using AI to interfere in elections” from Season 2024 Episode 249, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from Carnegie Endowment titled “Russian Interference: Coming Soon to an Election Near You” dated February 13, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• A document from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence titled “30 Days Until Election 2024: Election Security Update as of Early October 2024”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from CPR titled “Ken Buck one of multiple Republicans receiving death threats for voting against Rep. Jim Jordan as House Speaker” dated October 19, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The Hill titled “Rep. Bacon says his wife slept with loaded gun after ‘ugly phone calls’ over his Speaker vote” dated October 19, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The Hill titled “GOP lawmaker says she’s received death threats over Speaker vote” dated October 18, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from Politico titled “Russia’s ‘Ghostwriter’ hacker group takes aim at German election” dated September 21, 2021, submitted for the Record by Ms. Crockett of TX. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from BBC titled “Buffalo shooting: How far-right killers are radicalized online” dated May 17, 2022, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from the National Institute of Justice titled “Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism: An Overview of NIJ’s Research Portfolio” dated January 2, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The University of Chicago Divinity School titled “Dylann Roof, the Radicalization of the Alt-Right, and Ritualized Racial Violence” dated January 12, 2017, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from the Post-Gazette titled “How Robert Bowers went from conservative to white nationalist” , submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from the Cato Institute titled “Politically Motivated Violence Is Rare in the United States” dated September 11, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from CNN titled “White supremacist group stands by racist ideology” dated June 24, 2015, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The Anti-Defamation League titled “Evergreen High School Shooter’s Online Activity Reveals Fascination with Mass Shootings, White Supremacy” dated September 12, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The New York Times titled “Bank of America Flagged Suspicious Payments to Epstein Only After He Died” dated December 13, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The New York Post titled “Dem Sen. Ron Wyden claims ‘big’ Epstein file ‘full of actionable information’ locked in Treasury Department drawer” July 17, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The Guardian titled “Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $75m to settle Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit” dated May 18, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from FOX Business titled “JPMorgan processed over $1B for Jeffrey Epstein despite internal concerns over sex offender status: report” dated September 10, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The New Republic titled “DOJ Quietly Deletes Study on Politics of Domestic Terrorists” dated September 16, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• An article from The Hill titled “DOJ quietly removes study showing right wing attacks ‘outpace’ those by left” dated September 17, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA. [PDF] Added 10/02/2025 at 02:15 PM
• A letter to Secretary Noem and Director Patel dated July 30, 2025 from America’s Communications Association, The Internet & Television Association, The Rural Broadband Association, and USTELECOM The Broadband Association, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lee of FL. [PDF] Added 10/07/2025 at 12:09 PM
• An article from El Paso Matters titled "Walmart gunman attacked El Paso 'because that's what his president was telling him,' defense attorney says" dated March 30, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA. [PDF] Added 11/19/2025 at 10:58 AM

Votes

• RC #1 - Vote on Motion to Table [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• RC #2 - Vote on Motion to Table [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• RC #3 - Vote on Motion to Table [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM
• RC #4 - Vote on Motion to Table [PDF] Added 09/18/2025 at 05:00 PM

Hearing Record

• Questions for Director Patel, submitted for the Record by Members. [PDF] Added 12/04/2025 at 09:44 AM

First Published: September 10, 2025 at 09:05 AM
Last Updated: December 4, 2025 at 09:44 AM