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The Building Practitioners Board (the Board) has suspended a Licensed Building Practitioner’s (LBP) licence after the builder was found to have bought the LPB scheme into disrepute. The case had been originally brought before the Board after a complaint that the ...

Situation and one that doesnt suit him, and all of a sudden he goes quiet and shuts down the process. so there is that, lawrence. but the bottom line is im very happy and excited that the i.g. has kicked in and is doing the job that he was designed to do as inspector general. and i think the inquiry is proceeding as it should in that regard, but secretary of state mike pompeo really has a lot of questions to answer, and frankly, i think that we all see that he is on the verge of object strubting...

Make the -- the foreign affairs committee and elijah cummings of the oversight committee tell the deputy of state, it is a prisonable or by any threatening letter or communication to influence, obstruct or impede oren did he ever to do so, the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either house or any committee of either house. and we begin our discussion of all of this with someone who would be in that meeting with the inspector ...

To brief several house senate committees tomorrow about documents related to the state department and ukraine. and joining us now is democratic presidential candidate senator kamala harris of california. shes a member of the senate intelligence committee and senate judiciary committee. senator harris, i have to ask you, isnt it possible that your letter to the inspector general is what triggered some kind of inquiry by him that has him rushing to congress tomorrow for a closed door briefing? >> ...

On your? are we saying that for the future? these are not things we should pay attention to? i find that a very troubling proposition. thats really why i come out. one would be ukraine and one would be obstruction because theres been an across the board inquiry. but we need one thats very much like article 2 for nixon. you dont go into great detail, but its under the rubric of abuse of power. trump has committed at least as many abuses of power as nixon did, and i just dont think we should say t...

Prison to buy threats or force or buy any threatening letter or communication, influence, obstruct, impede the due process exercise of their governmental powers. is it appropriate to be citing these criminal statutes when talking with the state department about obtaining information? >> in an inquiry that is a legitimate and important inquiry about how the resources of this secretary of state and the state department have been used, and have they been ugsd for tsed fo political benefit of this p...