{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/news-articles/could-2018-be-the-year-of-investigations", "Could 2018 be the year of investigations?", "2017-12-29", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Joyce Beatty", "B001281", "beatty.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Could 2018 be the year of investigations? \nIts hard to believe, but it hasnt even been a year since Donald Trump took the oath of office to become President of the United States.\nBut 11 months, ten days, and more than 2,400 tweets later, here we are.\nWell here we go. Put your seat belt on -- its been an interesting first year, said Rudy DeLeon with The Center for American Progress, looking back on Trumps presidency.\nBut its also time to look ahead to 2018 -- a year some believe could defined by investigations.\nSpecial counsel Robert Muellers isstill going strong, already resulting in charges against three former Trump campaign officials and a guilty plea by former National Security Agency Director Michael Flynn.\nDemocrats on Capitol Hill are hoping the investigation continues in as thorough a manner as possible.\nI am standing with Mueller. I am so comfortable standing with him, I signed on to a letter of support for him, said Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, in a recent interview.\nRepublicans are calling for many more answers as well.\nSen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in a tweet called for an investigation into Obama administration officials he says may have colluded to prevent a Trump election.\nOther GOP lawmakerswant to know whether Hillary Clinton got special treatmentby the FBI during the investigation into her emails.\nMy constituents say what is going on in the investigation into crimes of the previous administration, said Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., during a Capitol Hill hearing in July.\nWASHINGTON (SBG) Its hard to believe, but it hasnt even been a year since Donald Trump took the oath of office to become President of the United States.\nBut 11 months, ten days, and more than 2,400 tweets later, here we are.\n\nWell here we go. Put your seat belt on -- its been an interesting first year, said Rudy DeLeon with The Center for American Progress, looking back on Trumps presidency.\nBut its also time to look ahead to 2018 -- a year some believe could defined by investigations.\nSpecial counsel Robert Muellers isstill going strong, already resulting in charges against three former Trump campaign officials and a guilty plea by former National Security Agency Director Michael Flynn.\nDemocrats on Capitol Hill are hoping the investigation continues in as thorough a manner as possible.\nI am standing with Mueller. I am so comfortable standing with him, I signed on to a letter of support for him, said Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, in a recent interview.\nRepublicans are calling for many more answers as well.\nSen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in a tweet called for an investigation into Obama administration officials he says may have colluded to prevent a Trump election.\n \n\t\n \nMy constituents say what is going on in the investigation into crimes of the previous administration, said Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., during a Capitol Hill hearing in July.\nThe conservative watchdog group Judicial Watchis also behind multiple lawsuits looking into connections between the Democratic National Committee, The Clinton campaign and Fusion GPS,the group behind the infamous Trump dossier.\nThe more we have learned the more questions there are, said Judicial Watch Senior Attorney James Peterson\nTheyre questions that may spur even more investigations.\nDemocrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill, seem to be united on at least one matter - they say they are all just trying to get to the heart of the truth.\nThis article was originally published by WJLA on December 29, 2017.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/news-articles/could-2018-be-the-year-of-investigations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6336729750037193, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}