FIRST ON FOX: The House Judiciary Committee is investigating a top prosecutor on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Trump for his past work as a senior Justice Department official during the Biden administration. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland turn over records related to the employment of Bragg …
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Bragg 'allowed political motivations' to 'infect' prosecution of Trump, House Judiciary GOP says
EXCLUSIVE: The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office “allowed political motivations and animus to infect its prosecutorial discretion,” the House Judiciary Committee argued in a report Thursday, saying charges were brought against former President Trump employed a “dangerously low threshold” to prosecute “political opponents.” The GOP-led committee released a 300-page report Thursday, exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, titled “An Anatomy of …
Read More »Jordan urges warrants to search Americans' data and protect constitutional liberties as GOP fights over FISA
EXCLUSIVE: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan wants the intelligence community to obtain a warrant before it searches Americans’ data through the government surveillance tool known as Section 702 of FISA, telling Fox News Digital that unless there is an “emergency,” it is critical to protect Americans’ constitutional liberties. The House of Representatives this week is considering renewal of FISA’s …
Read More »Biden-appointed judge torches DOJ for defying subpoenas after prosecuting Trump adviser
A President Biden-appointed judge slammed the Justice Department’s apparent hypocrisy on Fridayfor allowing attorneys involved in the Biden family investigation to defy subpoenas — even though former Trump adviser Peter Navarro is sitting in prison for doing the same thing. District Judge Ana Reyes ripped the DOJ at a status conference for not letting DOJ lawyers Mark Daly and Jack …
Read More »House Judiciary subpoenas Biden ghostwriter amid classified records investigation
EXCLUSIVE:House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has subpoenaed Mark Zwonitzer, the ghostwriter of President Biden’s memoir amid the panel’s oversight probe of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden’s retention of classified records. Fox News Digital reviewed the subpoena, which demands Zwonitzer turn over all documents and communications with Biden or his staff related to his ghostwriting work on his …
Read More »House Judiciary Committee suing DOJ officials for testimony on Hunter Biden tax case
The House Judiciary Committee is suing Justice Department officials Mark Daly and Jack Morgan to enforce subpoenas for their testimony related to the Hunter Biden tax investigation as part of the broader House impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Daly and Morgan were both involved in the Hunter Biden tax investigation and in early decisions not to prosecute, Republicans have alleged. …
Read More »Jim Jordan opens investigation into accusations IRS is using AI to spy on taxpayers 'en masse'
FIRST ON FOX: House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is launching an investigation alongside Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., into whether the IRS is using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improperly surveil American taxpayers across the country. In a pair of letters sent to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Attorney General Merrick Garland, the lawmakers point to a September 2023 press …
Read More »House Republicans move to strengthen protections for DOJ whistleblowers
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are eyeing stronger protections for whistleblowers who come out publicly against the Department of Justice (DOJ). A new bill led by Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., and backed by House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is aimed at trying to ensure an expedient and impartial process for DOJ whistleblowers. “Unfortunately, the FBI and DOJ have a …
Read More »Justice Jackson lambasted for 'concern' 1st Amendment could 'hamstring government' in COVID censorship hearing
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio who was inside the Supreme Court for part of its “Murthy v. Missouri” oral arguments, ripped Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s critique of one plaintiffs’ comments about federal pressure on social media firms during the coronavirus pandemic. Jordan told Fox News that Jackson’s comments about the government potentially being “hamstr[u]ng” by the First Amendment” …
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