House Select Committee on Covert Communications (The More Things Changed)

The House Select Committee on Covert Communications was formed on September 5th, 2017, to investigate revelations - first reported in the New York Times document leaks - that United States Secretary of Education Randi Weingarten and senior Education Department officials had maintained improper communications with the Republic of Turkey. Among the allegations were reports that Weingarten and her staff had specifically targeted charter schools operated by Turkish opposition leader Fethullah Gülen.