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Jordan Warns DOJ and FBI ‘not immune from transparency or above accountability’
Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan sent a scathing letter to the Department of Justice and FBI Wednesday advising them that his committee will conduct investigations into the expansion of power within the bureau and DOJ, if Republicans reclaim the House majority.
The Ohio congressman told #TheSaraCarterShow this week that if he is given the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee the first order of business will be to set into motion a series of investigations that will unravel what numerous FBI whistleblowers have shared with his committee and the Senate.
Jordan explained on my podcast that the FBI has lost the public’s trust and that the bureau has been weaponized by those in charge. He said both the DOJ and FBI have a responsibility to the American people to be transparent. I agree with him whole-heartedly.
“(The FBI) has been weaponized. And we know that because 14 different agents have come to us and taken whistleblower status, and told us how bad it is,” he said. “And you’re right, that country sees it for what’s happening. Think about the last two months, the last two months, we’ve seen a rate the home of a former President take the phone of a sitting member of Congress and kick in the door of a pro life leader, arrest him in front of his wife and seven children for something local law enforcement, local judge says was not a problem, not a crime.”
“They get all that and a couple of months, so the country knows how bad it’s gotten,” he told me on the podcast. “And it’s one of the factors that’s weighing in on this decision and this move by the people to say, we’re going to throw these Democrats out of office, and we’re gonna put Republicans in charge of the Congress, which as you and I both know, is a good thing for the country.”
He also informed me that that there will also be extensive investigations into the stringent federal restrictions put into place during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s role, as well as an investigation into alleged NIH funding into gain of function research.
sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray. Jordan also calls on the agencies to retain and preserve all documents related to the committees possible future investigations.
He gave Merrick and Garland until Nov. 16 to produce the documents.
In the letter, Jordan also demanded that the DOJ and FBI save all information and documents including the targeting of journalists “with Project Veritas, the shuttering of the Department’s China Initiative, the Department’s one-sided enforcement of the FACE Act, and the Department’s unprecedented raid on President Trump’s residence.”
He told Wray in his letter that the committee will also investigate “allegations of politicization and bias at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
The ranking member noted in the letter to Wray that “as a part of this oversight, Committee Republicans have sent you letters requesting documents and information on several matters, including but not limited to whistleblower disclosures alleging the FBI’s improper use of law-enforcement resources for political purposes and the FBI’s ‘purging’ of employees with disfavored viewpoints. To date, the FBI has not sufficiently responded to any of our specific requests for documents or information. Our various requests to you, accordingly, remain outstanding.”
Jordan warned that the “FBI is not immune from transparency or above accountability for its actions.”
“Committee Republicans intend to continue to examine the politicization and bias at the FBI, including into the 118th Congress if necessary,” he added.
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‘Federal Warfare is Winding Down’ as Judge Grants Request to Cancel Further Proceedings in Jan 6 Case
“Federal lawfare is indeed winding down” now that former President Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election, National Review shrewdly points out. One of the most significant examples is that of Judge Tanya Chutkan, the Obama appointee who is presiding over the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Trump.
On Friday, Chutkan issued a brief order on the docket vacating all proceedings scheduled in the case. That includes any briefing on pending issues; she ordered that on or before December 2, 2024, Biden-Harris DOJ special counsel Jack Smith must file “a status report indicating [the government’s] proposed course for this case going forward.”
The course for the case is to dismiss it. Judge Chutkan’s order was a result of a brief application by Smith’s staff. The Trump camp did not oppose the application which stated:
As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025. The Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy.
National Review states what many in the political sphere have avowed all along: the entire thing was a theatrical and costly attempt to prevent Trump from being elected.
Judge Juan Merchan is due to rule next Tuesday on Trump’s motion to vacate the guilty verdicts. The motion includes the defense claim that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s trial presentation violated the principles set out by the Supreme Court in its immunity ruling (in the January 6 case) a month after Trump’s Manhattan trial ended.
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Woody
November 2, 2022 at 5:18 pm
Why would you play your cards before the start of the game. We’ve just seen in Brazil what the derp state can do to politicians and governments they don’t like. The Brazillians are ameteurs compared to the criminal coalition of FBI, CUA, DOJ. This cartel of evil is the most despicable gang the world has known. More power to Jordan, but beware of their ruthless brutality.
KJ Kadziauskas
November 2, 2022 at 11:38 pm
When people, including ex employees i.e. Comey, Mueler, go on trial for sedition and/or end up in Gitmo I will take this seriously.
Larry Burns
November 3, 2022 at 6:38 am
George Soros is evil.
Timothy D Naegele
November 3, 2022 at 10:07 am
Excellent. Let the payback begin!