House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) condemned the news that former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday evening. “Don Lemon is an accomplished journalist whose urgent work is protected by the First Amendment,” Jeffries wrote in a post on the social platform X. “There is zero basis to arrest him. He should be freed… Source link
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Friday morning as Democrats continue their push to rein in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following two fatal shootings in Minnesota at the hands of federal immigration enforcement officials. Jeffries and others have blasted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in recent weeks over the… Source link
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said he opposed the resolutions to hold former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify as part of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I strongly support the position of… Source link
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that he has not ruled out impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if Democrats take back the House after the 2026 midterm elections. “Yeah, we haven’t ruled anything in or anything out in terms of the proper way to bring about accountability,” Jeffries told “All In” host… Source link
“Donald Trump claims that he’s gonna run Venezuela. He’s done a terrible job running the United States of America,” Jeffries said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday. “Life hasn’t gotten better for the American people over the last year; life has gotten worse. He promised to lower the high cost of living. Costs haven’t gone down. They’ve gone up. The health care system is broken. Donald Trump refuses to do anything about it.” “So, the notion that he’s going to run Venezuela and make life better for the Venezuelan people, of course, is belied by the facts as to what he’s done as president here in the United States of America,” Jeffries added. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who appeared on Meet the Press earlier Sunday, said Congress was not notified about the US strike on Venezuela until after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were abducted due to concerns about leaks. However, Jeffries argued that the administration had provided no evidence as to why the US even attacked Venezuela. “Well, there’s …
