Category: Jim Jordan

Manhattan DA Calls House GOP Probe ‘Dangerous Usurpation’ in First Statement After Trump Indictment

March 31, 2023
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office fired back on March 31 at House GOP committee chairmen over their two letters to him regarding his investigation of former President Donald Trump. A New York grand jury voted to indict Trump on March 30 over his alleged role in the payment of hush money to adult film…

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White House Stonewalls on IRS Agent’s Visit to Home of ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Matt Taibbi

March 30, 2023
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The White House on Wednesday remained silent when asked whether a visit by an IRS agent to “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi’s home on the day he was testifying in Congress on government abuse of power was politically motivated. Taibbi, who’s been a journalist for decades, was one of several reporters to be granted exclusive…

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White House Quiet on IRS Agent’s Visit to Home of ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Matt Taibbi

March 30, 2023
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The White House on Wednesday remained silent when asked whether a visit by an IRS agent to “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi’s home on the day he was testifying in Congress on government abuse of power was politically motivated. Taibbi, who’s been a journalist for decades, was one of several reporters to be granted exclusive…

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Jim Jordan Presses IRS to Explain Unannounced Visit to Matt Taibbi’s Home

March 28, 2023
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Monday demanded answers from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about why an IRS agent allegedly made an in-person visit to the New Jersey home of investigative journalist Matt Taibbi, with Jordan suggesting possible witness intimidation. Jordan penned a letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in…

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DOJ Had ‘No Legitimate Basis’ to Use FBI Against Concerned Parents, House Judiciary Report Says

March 22, 2023
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A Republican-led panel on the House Judiciary Committee has found “no legitimate basis” for the Justice Department to use federal law enforcement to police concerned parents speaking their minds at local school board meetings. In an interim report (pdf) published on Tuesday, the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government said evidence so…

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House Republicans Demand Testimony From Manhattan DA Behind Potential Trump Arrest

March 20, 2023
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House Oversight Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is demanding answers from a New York City district attorney reportedly planning to arrest former President Donald Trump on March 21. The district attorney in question, Alvin Bragg of Manhattan, is reportedly planning to arrest the former president over an alleged “hush money” payment during the 2016 election….

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Jim Jordan Subpoenas Former ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ Head, Nina Jankowicz

March 7, 2023
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has subpoenaed Nina Jankowicz, who briefly served as the Biden administration’s “disinformation czar.” In a letter to Jankowicz accompanying her subpoena dated March 6 (pdf), Jordan explained that the committee is conducting oversight of the now-defunct Disinformation Governance Board, including its creation and activities. Department of Homeland Security…

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GOP to Use ‘Power of the Purse’ Against FBI: Rep. Jim Jordan

March 7, 2023
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House Republicans will use its spending power to restrict funding to the FBI, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), head of the lower chamber’s Judiciary Committee and its weaponization subcommittee, said on Sunday. Jordan said on Fox New’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that Republicans in the lower chamber will use its “power of the purse,” or spending power designated…

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Jim Jordan Calls for 51 Intel Agents Who Signed Hunter Biden Laptop Letter to Lose Security Clearance

March 2, 2023
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on March 2 called for the 51 intelligence agents who signed a 2020 letter dismissing Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation to lose their security clearance. While speaking during the second day of the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference just outside of Washington, Jordan suggested that this…

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Republican House Judiciary Committee Members Gear up for ‘Fight’ to Secure Southern Border

February 25, 2023
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YUMA, Ariz.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said he wasn’t surprised no Democrats attended the committee’s second hearing on the southern border crisis in Yuma on Feb. 23. “When you’ve got things this screwed up, maybe it’s best to stay away,” Jordan told The Epoch Times. “It’s their job to serve the American people….

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