1+ week, 6+ day ago   (444+ words) By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN The committee’s chairman, Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting records related to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s controversial strategy of monitoring — yet not…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (438+ words) The committee's chairman, Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting records related to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's controversial strategy of monitoring — yet not seizing — major fentanyl shipments. The DEA did…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (165+ words) House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., asked Attorney General Todd Blanche on Monday to turn over records concerning the practice, which investigators used while attempting to build larger criminal cases. “While DEA agents may not have the resources to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (339+ words) Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday announced an investigation into allegations that federal drug enforcement agents knowingly let fentanyl cross into New Mexico. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (478+ words) A controversial policing tactic that permitted staggering amounts of deadly fentanyl to reach the streets as federal authorities sought to build bigger drug cases is now under investigation by Republicans on the House Oversight Committee. The committee's chairman, Rep. James…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (478+ words) A controversial policing tactic that permitted staggering amounts of deadly fentanyl to reach the streets as federal authorities sought to build bigger drug cases is now under investigation by Republicans on the House Oversight Committee. The committee's chairman, Rep. James…...

2+ week, 39+ min ago   (25+ words) KTVH DEA tactic that let fentanyl flood the streets is now being investigated...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (245+ words) “As a result, New Mexico was heavily effected by fentanyl with a nearly 21 percent increase in fentanyl poisoning deaths compared to a 14 percent decrease in the United States overall.” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer launched an investigation into a…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (432+ words) The committee’s chairman, Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting records related to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s controversial strategy of monitoring — yet not seizing — major fentanyl shipments. The lawsuit…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (846+ words) The U.S. House Oversight Committee has opened an investigation into reports that Drug Enforcement Administration agents in New Mexico deliberately permitted massive amounts of fentanyl to hit the streets during wiretap investigations of drug traffickers. Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.,…...