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5 days agoTop ICE Official Falling Apart Medically Due to Stress of Getting Yelled At
Managing ICE has caused Todd Lyons significant stress, leading to hospital visits and impacting his decision-making ability.
Okay, there were only four Republicans, only four of us that signed that discharge petition: Thomas Massie, myself, Lauren Boebert, and Nancy Mace. Now, what was happening in the background for months leading up to when we finally got it released is we were getting pressure from the White House. Greene added: We were getting pressure from the speaker. Do not take your name off this discharge petition.
Back in 2004, Dick Cheney and the Bush White House were desperate to get the Department of Justice to sign off on an extension to an NSA warrantless wiretapping program. Complicating matters was the fact that AG Ashcroft was in the ICU at George Washington University Hospital and had designated Deputy AG Jim Comey to be the acting AG while he was incapacitated.