A House Judiciary Committee hearing erupted in bickering on Wednesday as lawmakers heard testimony from a pair of Justice Department whistleblowers and two former senior officials over allegations that the Trump administration has politicized the agency.
The fracas began as former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer was delivering an opening statement. As Ayer ran over his allotted five minutes, Rep. Louie Gohmert
Louis (Louie) Buller GohmertConservative lawmakers press Trump to suspend guest worker programs for a year Gohmert rails against allowing proxy voting over 'wishy washy' fear of dying Positive coronavirus cases shake White House MORE (R-Texas) began making a tapping noise to drown him out.
Gohmert's behavior angered the Democrats on the committee and prompted one to call for the sergeant-at-arms to intervene.
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"Mr. Chairman, I would ask that the sergeant-at-arms be called upon to stop the disruption of this meeting," Rep. Hank Johnson
Henry (Hank) C. JohnsonProgressives urge Democrats to hear from federal judge deeply critical of Roberts, conservatives House approves bill banning flavored tobacco products Clinton advises checking your voter registration during Trump's State of the Union MORE (D-Ga.) said. "I can’t hear this witness. This is a very important witness."
"Yeah, well he's way beyond his time," Gohmert shot back. "And if there are no rules about when people can talk, there are no rules about when you can make noise."
Gohmert went on to call the situation “outrageous,” rhetorically asking Chairman Jerry Nadler
Jerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerThe Hill's Campaign Report: Primary night in Kentucky and New York Hoyer says Democratic leaders mulled requiring masks on House floor Sunday shows - Bolton's bombshell book reverberates MORE (D-N.Y.) if he had “no respect for the rules whatsoever,” saying Ayer was “two minutes beyond concluding and you don’t let us have that kind of time, you gavel us down immediately. You’re being grossly unfair.”
Ayer continued to speak while Gohmert continued to make the tapping noise.
Johnson, noting that rules permitted the chair to allow extra time at his discretion, continued to call for Gohmert’s removal by the sergeant-at-arms.
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Rep. Doug Collins
Douglas (Doug) Allen Collins'The Senate could certainly use a pastor': Georgia Democrat seeks to seize 'moral moment' Lin-Manuel Miranda jabs Bolton over book title's similarity to 'Hamilton' lyric Bolton takes hits from all sides over book MORE (R-Ga.), in response, said that House rules did not allow Nadler to “capriciously determine the five-minute rule at the whim of what he wants,” accusing the New York Democrat of “arbitrarily deciding when the five-minute rule will be applied and when it will not be applied.”
Told by Nadler he had “not stated a cognizable point of order,” Collins countered that Nadler had “not stated a recognizable way of running the committee in 18 months.”
— This report was updated at 2:29 p.m.
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