{"id":1942916,"date":"2023-06-02T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T19:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jordan-investigates-fbis-role-in-trump-special-counsel-probe-after-durham-report\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T19:07:40","slug":"rep-jordan-investigates-fbis-role-in-trump-special-counsel-probe-after-durham-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jordan-investigates-fbis-role-in-trump-special-counsel-probe-after-durham-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan probes FBI&#8217;s involvement in Trump probe after Durham report."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-jordan-investigates-fbis-role-in-trump-special-counsel-probe-after-durham-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1942916&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Jim Jordan Demands Answers from Attorney General Merrick Garland on Special Counsel Investigation into Trump<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0602\/7229ff24-44bc-4596-b843-cbb49a037aab\/audio.mp3?length=2205837&#038;duration=184\"><\/div>\n<p>After the release of the Durham Report, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has written to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding answers about an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clinton-attorney-briefed-jake-sullivan-on-trump-russia-conspiracy\/\" title=\"Clinton Attorney Briefed Jake Sullivan on Trump-Russia Conspiracy\">ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">special counsel investigation<\/a><\/a> into former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Special Counsel\u2019s report details how the FBI abused its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-judiciary-republicans-fbi-waited-over-a-year-to-fully-investigate-jan-6-pipe-bombs\/\" title=\"House Judiciary Republicans: FBI Waited Over a Year to Fully Investigate Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs\">law-enforcement authorities<\/a> to achieve a political end\u2014that is, hamstring the campaign and presidency of President Trump,\u201d Jordan said in the June 1 letter (<a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2023-06-01-jdj-to-garland-re-durham-report.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) from the House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the letter, Jordan describes actions documented in the report (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/storage\/durhamreport.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) from Special Counsel John Durham, including the evidence that a strongly anti-Trump FBI agent, Peter Strzok, initiated the Crossfire Hurricane investigation of then-candidate Trump despite failing to carry out basic investigatory steps beforehand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2591172\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/07\/12\/510A0498_e-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/07\/12\/510A0498_e-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testifies at the Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Joint Hearing on \u201cOversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election\u201d in Washington on July 12, 2018. (Samira Bouaou\/The Epoch Times)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe speed and manner in which the FBI opened and investigated Crossfire Hurricane during the presidential election season based on raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence also reflected a noticeable departure from how it approached prior matters involving possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jordan-investigates-fbis-role-in-trump-special-counsel-probe-after-durham-report\/\" title=\"Jordan probes FBI's involvement in Trump probe after Durham report.\">attempted foreign election interference plans aimed<\/a> at the Clinton campaign,\u201d Durham\u2019s report reads.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s letter to Garland goes on to argue that the abuses described in the report necessitate that the agency share details on the federal-level Smith probe into Trump\u2014one that could possibly include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/analysis-january-6-convictions-suggest-trump-could-face-sedition-charges-experts-say_5302693.html\">seditious conspiracy charges<\/a> of the former president tied to Jan. 6, according to legal analysts interviewed by The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s investigation also touches on Trump\u2019s alleged mishandling of classified documents from his presidency, which led to the FBI\u2019s raid of Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that Congress must consider legislative reforms to the FBI, and the [Judiciary] Committee has been engaged in robust oversight to inform those legislative proposals. In the interim, however, due to the FBI\u2019s documented political bias, the Justice Department must ensure any ongoing investigations are not poisoned by this same politicization,\u201d Jordan\u2019s letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman requested details on the case, including the number of FBI agents participating in the investigation and \u201cwhether any FBI employees who have worked on Special Counsel Smith\u2019s investigation previously worked on any other matters concerning President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican concerns about the politicization of the FBI and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-mounts-that-capitol-breach-was-pre-planned-eroding-incitement-allegation-in-trump-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Evidence Mounts that Capitol Breach Was Pre-Planned, Eroding Incitement Allegation in Trump Impeachment Trial\">federal law enforcement agencies<\/a> during the Trump era inspired the name of the Judiciary subcommittee that Jordan chairs: the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<h3>GOP 2024 Presidential Hopefuls Weigh In<\/h3>\n<p>Several GOP 2024 presidential hopefuls have also voiced their concerns about the investigation and the politicization of the FBI. It remains to be seen what the outcome of the investigation will be and how it will impact the political landscape in the coming years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has asked Attorney General Merrick Garland for answers regarding the ongoing special counsel investigation into former President Donald Trump. The report reveals how the FBI misused its law-enforcement powers to hinder Trump&#8217;s campaign and presidency. This comes after the Durham Report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":1942917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[11773,9763,6998,4356,4083,11243,3819,3634],"class_list":["post-1942916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-durham","tag-fbis","tag-involvement","tag-jordan","tag-probe","tag-probes","tag-report","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}