{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://kuster.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/fbi-considers-investigation-into-perjury-by-va-officials", "FBI Considers Investigation into Perjury by VA Officials", "2016-12-14", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Ann Kuster", "K000382", "kuster.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "(Washington, DC) \u2013 Following a letter sent by Congresswoman Kuster (NH-02), the lead Democrats on the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and senior VA committee members, Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik has announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is considering further investigation into potential perjury by VA officials. In September, Congresswoman Kuster joined Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller and Acting Ranking Member Mark Takano in calling on Attorney General Loretta Lynch to launch investigations into whether former VA construction chief Glenn Haggstrom and other VA officials committed perjury in statements before Congress regarding the Aurora, Colorado VA medical center.\n\u201cI\u2019m hopeful that the FBI will thoroughly investigate whether VA officials purposefully mislead the Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee in testimony regarding mismanagement and cost overruns at the VA facility in Colorado,\u201d said Congresswoman Kuster. \u201cThe problems at the VA facility in Colorado are very troubling and if officials misrepresented the situation there they should be held responsible.\u201d\nThe letter from the Assistant Attorney General Kadzik is available here.", 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": ["http://kuster.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/fbi-considers-investigation-into-perjury-by-va-officials"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9165238589048386, "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"}