Jim Jordan Takes Action To Stop The FBI From Interfering In The 2024 Election - 'Window Dressing Is Not Enough'

Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, has expressed deep concern over potential election interference by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice against Trump given the history of particular politicized conduct by these agencies toward the former president, according to the Federalist. 

Jim Jordan sent a letter to Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday that demanded answers about the extent of the Bureau's involvement in Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Donald Trump over his 2020 election challenges and the discovery of supposedly classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Smith was appointed by Attorney General Garland after the Biden appointee signed off on a raid of the former president's Florida residence. Chairman Jordan cited the clear cases of documented ethical, political, and legal misconduct in the Durham report that explored the Bureau's malfeasance in its baseless investigation of Trump's 2016 campaign.

Representative Jordan wrote in his letter, "The extent of the FBI’s bias and reckless disregard for truth, which Special Counsel John Durham laid out in painstaking detail, is nothing short of scandalous...The FBI has tried to dismiss the report’s findings by claiming to have ‘already implemented dozens of corrective actions’ to prevent similar misconduct in the future...[t]he FBI’s window dressing is not enough."

As the Federalist pointed out, the FBI's bias and election interference did not stop with 2016 against Trump. They observed that the Bureau participated in the censorship campaign against the Hunter Biden laptop story by big tech that was damaging to Joe Biden. Jordan noted in his letter that "[p]ublic trust in the FBI is low." 

The Ohio lawmaker also expressed his concern that "due to the FBI’s documented political bias, the Justice Department must ensure any ongoing investigations are not poisoned by this same politicization." He emphasized that "[i]t is clear that Congress must consider legislative reforms to the FBI."

The Republican chairman demanded answers to what was "[t]he total number of FBI employees assigned to work on the investigation...[t]he number of FBI employees from FBI Headquarters working on the investigation and...[t]he number of FBI employees from the Washington Field Office working on the investigation." 

He further demanded to know "whether any FBI employees who have worked on Special Counsel Smith’s investigation previously worked on any other matters concerning President Trump" and "whether Special Counsel Smith’s investigation relies on any information or material gathered exclusively by the FBI prior the Special Counsel’s appointment." Such information must be forward to Jordan's office by June 15th.