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Crime

Hawley Urges DOJ to Investigate Left-Wing Dark Money Groups Funding Anti-ICE Protests

Tuesday, February 03, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging the Department of Justice to investigate radical left-wing organizations and individuals funding anti-ICE protests—including those with possible ties to the Chinese Communist Party."I write to request that the Department of Justice open a comprehensive investigation into the funding and coordination of recent so-called 'grassroots' anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) campaigns...

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Hawley Secures Commitment from Trump DOJ to Investigate Biden FBI Spying on Him, Calls for Special Prosecutor

Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Today, in a Senate Judiciary hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) secured a commitment from Attorney General Pam Bondi that her Department of Justice (DOJ) would fully investigate how Joe Biden weaponized his DOJ to track Senator Hawley's personal communications and access his confidential phone records. Biden's special prosecutor Jack Smith also spied on seven other Republican members of Congress. Senator Hawley lamented Biden's weaponization of government against conservatives and what...

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‘Abuse of Power Beyond Watergate’: Hawley Reacts to New Reporting that Biden FBI Spied on Him, Other Republican Lawmakers

Monday, October 06, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement following explosive new reporting, revealing that President Joe Biden's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) spied on Republican senators and a representative—going so far as to tap the lawmakers' private communications and phone calls. The organized spying campaign was part of the Biden-era "Arctic Frost" investigation. The truth comes out. Biden’s Stasi who claimed to be saving “our sacred democracy” in fact...

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WATCH: Hawley Grills Former Biden Advisor Over Defund the Police Advocacy and Gender Lunacy

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

This morning, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Gregory Jackson, Jr.—former President Joe Biden's Deputy Director of Gun Violence Prevention—for advocating to defund the police and invest in "safe-spaces" for "two-spirit" individuals. “Mr. Jackson, Do you renounce the report that you authored as executive director?” Senator Hawley asked. “This is your report, 'A Policymaker's Playbook To Reduce Gun Violence Without Policing Communities'...

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Hawley Expands Investigation, Demands Documents from Big Tech on AI Chatbot Policies after Hearing

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Following an explosive Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing that exposed the harm AI chatbots have caused to children, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) issued document requests to Character.AI, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Snap Inc. demanding they turn over all communications related to their AI chatbot policies.  In the letters, Senator Hawley, who chairs the committee, noted the testimony of several parents who lost their children to suicide at...

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ICYMI: Chairman Hawley Exposes AI Chatbots for Harming Children

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

'Every Parent's Worst Nightmare' U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, held a hearing to expose the growing harms to children posed by online chatbots like Character.AI, OpenAI's ChatGPT and Meta. The hearing featured new testimony from parents of chatbot victims as well as AI safety experts and psychologists—one of whom recently issued a health advisory for AI chatbots.One mother...

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Hawley Secures Commitment from FBI Director Patel to Investigate Anti-Christian Violence & AI Chatbots

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) secured a commitment from FBI Director Kash Patel to further investigate the harms of AI chatbots and anti-Christian violence in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination.  "I want to start by talking to you about the tide of violence that we have seen, ideological violence against people of faith, particularly Christians," Senator Hawley said. "Is the FBI investigating the Kirk assassination as part of this broader...

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Hawley, Blumenthal Unveil Bipartisan Bill Empowering Working Americans to Sue Big Tech, AI Companies for Stealing Creative Works

Monday, July 21, 2025

Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to protect consumers’ data rights and hold Big Tech companies accountable for illegally pirating creators' copyrighted works to train their artificial intelligence (AI) models. Senator Hawley's legislation follows his recent Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing where he sounded the alarm on AI companies' willful engagement in "the largest...

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Hawley Introduces Trump-Backed Legislation to Increase Penalties for Criminal Flag Burners

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Flag Burners Act, which would enact sentencing enhancements for individuals who burn the American flag in the course of committing a federal offense. Just this week, President Trump called on Congress to support Senator Hawley’s bill and send it to his desk. Senator Hawley is currently circulating the bill and inviting other Senators to join. Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) are...

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Senate Committee Unanimously Advances Hawley, Durbin Bill Stopping Child Sex Abuse Materials

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) advanced their STOP CSAM Act unanimously through a Senate Judiciary Committee markup. The legislation would crack down on the proliferation of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) by allowing victims to sue companies that host it. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ashley Moody (R-Fla.,), Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)...

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