Agents at the FBI are being pressured by superior officers to massage reports and pad the resulting data on the number of incidents involving Domestic Violent Extremists (DVE), according to information provided by agency whistleblowers to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Jordan is presently the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and likely to become…
Whistleblowers Claim FBI Leaders Pressuring Agents to Pad Domestic Terrorism Data
Jan. 6 Commission Subpoena Is ‘Political Vendetta’ Disregarding House Rules: Rep. Jim Jordan
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) responded to a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach by characterizing it as “political vendetta,” pointing to the committee’s doctoring and misrepresentation of nonpublic information and listing some of his demands in return. Jordan contested the validity and constitutionality of the congressional subpoena and…
Report Shows FBI Spied on 3.3 Million Americans Without a Warrant, GOP Demands Answers
Top House Republicans are demanding answers from the FBI after court-ordered information came to light showing that the federal agency had collected the information of over 3 million Americans without a warrant. In a May 25 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio) asked Wray to explain why…
Democrats Renew Push For Domestic Counterterrorism Legislation
Democrats have renewed their push to provide the DOJ, FBI, and DHS an influx of domestic counterterrorism resources, with Republicans pushing back at a heated March 16 House Judiciary Committee meeting. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) touted the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 at the March 16 markup, arguing that it’s essential…
Durham’s Latest Report Alleging a Sitting President Was Spied on ‘Really Troubling’: Rep. Jordan
Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said he is troubled by special counsel Attorney John Durham’s latest filing, which alleges that President Donald Trump was spied on not only during the campaign but well into his presidency. Jordan said he knew that there was possible spying on candidate Trump, but…
Thompson Says Jordan’s Refusal to Testify Before Jan. 6 Select Committee Fails to Address the Issues
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, said through a spokesman Monday that a response by Rep. Jim Jordan to his panel’s request the Ohio Republican appear before the panel failed to address the issues at hand. Jordan in a letter made…
Rep. Jordan Indicates He Won’t Cooperate With Jan. 6 Committee as It Is Not ‘Fair-Minded and Objective’
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) appeared to suggest on Sunday that he will not voluntarily cooperate with the Jan. 6 select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol breach, calling the request “unprecedented and inappropriate.” The nine-member committee investigating the origins of the breach, which is almost entirely comprised of Democrats, has subpoenaed a number of people as part of its…
Rep. Jordan Indicates He Won’t Cooperate With Jan. 6 Committee as It Isn’t ‘Fair-Minded and Objective’
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) says he won’t voluntarily cooperate with the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach, calling the request “unprecedented and inappropriate” in a Jan. 9 letter. In the letter to committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Jordan wrote that he has “no relevant information” that would assist them in their investigation or in…
US Reps. Tell AG Garland: States, Not DOJ, Have Authority Over How Elections Are Run
The ranking members of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland criticizing his recent directive to the Justice Department (DOJ) on resetting elections to pre-pandemic laws. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday told…
Pelosi: Republican Representation on Jan. 6 Committee Rejected over previous ‘Statements and Actions’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she rejected two representatives that Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) appointed to the January 6 Select Committee because of previous statements they made, adding that their membership on the committee would weaken the integrity of the commission. “We’re there to get the truth, not to get Trump, t-r-u, truth. Trump,…
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