{"id":1970561,"date":"2023-07-12T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T13:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-blasts-christopher-wray-on-weaponization-of-fbi-this-all-happened-under-his-watch\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:00:29","slug":"jim-jordan-blasts-christopher-wray-on-weaponization-of-fbi-this-all-happened-under-his-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-blasts-christopher-wray-on-weaponization-of-fbi-this-all-happened-under-his-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Jordan criticizes Christopher Wray for FBI&#8217;s weaponization: &#8216;He was in charge&#8217;"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fjim-jordan-blasts-christopher-wray-on-weaponization-of-fbi-this-all-happened-under-his-watch%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=1970561&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 Accuses FBI Director Christopher Wray of Exacerbating Issues<\/h2>\n<p>During an interview on Fox News, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) boldly pointed fingers at FBI Director Christopher Wray, holding him responsible for the aggravating problems within the federal agency.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Well, this all happened under his watch,&#8221; Jordan asserted. &#8220;He&#8217;s the guy who created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biden-administrations-disinformation-board-is-a-tool-straight-from-soviet-russias-kgb\/\" title=\"The Biden Administration\u2019s \u2018Disinformation\u2019 Board Is A Tool Straight From Soviet Russia\u2019s KGB\">foreign influence task force<\/a>. The federal court&#8217;s opinion, which was involved in censoring American speech, specifically mentioned the foreign influence task force. Moreover, he presided over the raid on President Trump&#8217;s home just 90 days before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-blasts-christopher-wray-on-weaponization-of-fbi-this-all-happened-under-his-watch\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan criticizes Christopher Wray for FBI's weaponization: 'He was in charge'\">crucial mid-term election<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan emphasized that Wray&#8217;s appointment by former President Donald Trump should not shield him from providing answers to Congress.<\/p>\n<h3>Wray&#8217;s Appearance Before the House Judiciary Committee<\/h3>\n<p>Wray is scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning, following the release of a report that accuses the agency of utilizing its resources for political purposes. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-january-6-committee-alleges-ties-between-trump-extremist-orgs-in-7th-hearing\/\" title=\"House January 6 Committee Alleges Ties Between Trump, \u2018Extremist\u2019 Orgs in 7th Hearing\">committee alleges<\/a> that the FBI violated Americans&#8217; First Amendment rights and potentially compromised national security by assisting a Ukrainian intelligence agency in censoring social media companies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The problems lie within the headquarters and the Washington field office,&#8221; Jordan asserted. &#8220;That has always been our concern. Our focus will be on addressing the issues here in D.C.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Push for Relocating the FBI Headquarters<\/h3>\n<p>The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has advocated for moving the FBI headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama. In a letter on Tuesday, he urged an amendment to an appropriations bill that would strip funding from the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The speaker has made it clear that Republicans will not support funding for a new headquarters in the D.C. area,&#8221; Jordan stated, questioning the use of taxpayer money for a new headquarters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) blamed FBI Director Christopher Wray for exacerbating problems within the agency, stating that everything occurred under his supervision. Jordan highlighted Wray&#8217;s role in establishing the foreign influence task force, which was mentioned in a federal court&#8217;s opinion related to the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1970562,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1970561","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}