Decades of abuse and corruption within the FBI, including recent efforts to intimidate and silence conservative citizens, could finally be exposed and punished as one of the most powerful members of Congress has ordered the agency to cough up documents.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced he has “subpoenaed several categories of documents and information necessary for the Committee’s oversight into misconduct of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during the Biden Administration and the tenure of former Director Christopher Wray.”
“During the 118th Congress, the Committee issued several subpoenas that compelled information concerning the operations of the FBI. Unfortunately, Director Wray failed to produce many of these materials before his resignation,” Jordan ominously notes.
Jordan notes that information the Committee previously requested includes:
The Biden-Harris Administration’s Insertion of Federal Law Enforcement into Local School Board Meetings
The Richmond Field Office’s Intelligence Memorandum that Labeled Traditional Catholics as “Violent Extremists”
The Biden-Harris Administration’s Collusion with Big Tech Companies to Censor and Moderate Free Speech
Director Wray’s Slow-Walking of January 6, 2021 Pipe Bomb Investigation
The Use of FBI Confidential Human Sources on January 6, 2021
The Biden-Harris Administrations Use of the FACE Act to Pursue Political
Prosecutions
In a 12-page letter to new FBI Director Kash Patel, Jordan notes:
Under the Biden Administration and the tenure of former Director Christopher Wray, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) departed from its core public safety mission, suffered from senior leadership failures, and refused any real transparency or accountability for its actions.
During the 118th Congress, the Committee issued several subpoenas that compelled information and documents concerning the operations of the FBI. Unfortunately, Director Wray failed to produce many of these materials before the end of that Congress.
When President Trump nominated you to serve as the Director of the FBI, he rightly
called you an “advocate for truth, accountability, and the Constitution” who will “bring back Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity to the FBI.” You have identified “two foundational steps …necessary to rebuild public confidence in the FBI”: (1) “streamlining operations at headquarters while bolstering the presence of field agents across the nation” to “let good cops be cops” and (2) “ensuring that the FBI operates with the openness necessary to rebuild trust by simply replying to lawmakers” when we conduct congressional oversight.
We support your commitment to restore public confidence in the FBI, including your efforts to streamline the FBI’s bureaucracy at headquarters to allow good agents to do their jobs and your promise to improve the FBI’s transparency.
During this critical time in the FBI’s history, when Americans deeply distrust the FBI, it is important that you succeed in restoring public confidence and creating much-needed transparency. We will work with you toward these goals. Accordingly, consistent with your commitments, we write to compel several categories of documents and information necessary for the Committee’s oversight in the 119th Congress.
Jordan has asked the FBI to produce all requested documents by March 17.
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Sic’em Kash! It’s about damn time to make things right. The nation is on your side.