Nadler blasts GOP over Lynch hearing
Rep. says gun violence bigger issue than Clinton emails
U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, decried Republican concerns over Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s email scandal and sought to turn lawmakers’ attention at a Capitol Hill hearing toward the issue of gun violence in America.
Nadler (D-Manhattan-parts of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst) called gun violence an epidemic and charged that Congress has not taken action to address the issue, despite the fact that there are more than 33,000 gun-related deaths every year in the U.S.
Nadler spoke out during a hearing Tuesday in which U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch faced questioning from Republican members of the Judiciary Committee on her decision not to indict the former secretary of state over her use of a private server for her emails during her days at the State Department.