Another influential House Democrat is stepping down from committee leadership after facing a competitive challenge from a younger member.
Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, announced his decision to not seek another term as the influential committee’s top Democrat in a letter to his Democratic colleagues released Wednesday.
The House Judiciary Committee is responsible for conducting oversight on the courts and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Under Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s leadership, GOP lawmakers have used the committee to investigate the Biden DOJ’s prosecutions of President-elect Trump and have demanded that special counsel Jack Smith preserve all records related to the federal prosecutions against Trump.
