{"id":1975702,"date":"2023-07-17T21:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T01:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-threatens-to-hold-christopher-wray-in-contempt-over-fbi-weaponization-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T21:47:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T01:47:59","slug":"jordan-threatens-to-hold-christopher-wray-in-contempt-over-fbi-weaponization-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-threatens-to-hold-christopher-wray-in-contempt-over-fbi-weaponization-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan warns of contempt for Wray in FBI weaponization probe."},"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%2Fjordan-threatens-to-hold-christopher-wray-in-contempt-over-fbi-weaponization-investigation%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=1975702&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>House Oversight \u200bChairman \u200bThreatens\u2064 Contempt of \u2062Congress for FBI Director<\/h2>\n<p>House \u200dOversight \u2063Chairman Jim\u2064 Jordan\u2062 (R-OH) has issued \u200ca\u2062 stern warning to\u2062 FBI\u2064 Director Christopher \u2064Wray, threatening to \u200dhold him\u200c in contempt of Congress. \u200bThe threat comes as \u2063a result \u200dof \u2062the\u2064 FBI&#8217;s failure \u2063to comply \u200dwith \u200dsubpoenas related \u200cto the panel&#8217;s investigation into the\u2064 weaponization of\u2063 the bureau.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 a letter \u200bsent to\u2064 Wray on Monday,\u2063 Jordan set \u2062a deadline of July 25 for \u2062the FBI to\u200b &#8220;substantially improve&#8221;\u2063 its compliance\u200b with\u200b the subpoenas. Failure to do so could result in &#8220;compulsory action,&#8221; \u2063including \u2064the possibility \u2063of\u2063 holding Wray in \u2064contempt\u200d of\u2063 Congress. \u200bJordan \u200dpointed to two previous\u200b instances \u200cwhere he claimed \u2064Wray had not \u200bproperly complied with\u2064 a \u200dsubpoena.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Previous Instances\u2062 of Non-Compliance<\/h3>\n<p> \u200b\u200b <\/p>\n<ul>\n  \u2064  <\/p>\n<li>On February 3, 2023, \u2063the Committee issued a subpoena to you for documents\u2064 and information\u2063 regarding \u2062the\u200c FBI\u2019s\u200c targeting \u2064of concerned\u2064 parents who speak \u200bout at\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/\" title=\"Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool, Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019\">school board meetings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p>  \u200d  <\/p>\n<li>Similarly, on \u200cApril 10, 2023, the\u200d Committee issued \u200ca\u2062 subpoena to you \u2064for \u200cdocuments and information related\u200b to the\u200c FBI\u2019s \u2063profiling \u200bof traditional\u200b Catholics as domestic\u2064 extremists. To date, the FBI\u2019s \u200bcompliance with these subpoenas has been wholly \u200dinadequate \u200dand \u200dhas\u2063 materially impeded the Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-months-after-withdrawal-biden-admin-doesnt-know-identities-of-afghan-refugees-resettled-in-us\/\" title=\"Four Months After Withdrawal, Biden Admin Doesn\u2019t Know Identities of Afghan Refugees Resettled in US\">oversight efforts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p> \u200b <\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan emphasized\u2062 that the \u200ccommittee had \u200bmade\u2063 numerous\u200d attempts to negotiate and work with the FBI, \u200bbut their \u200dcompliance \u2064had been insufficient. He warned Wray that\u200b if the FBI \u200ddoes\u200c not improve \u2064its\u2063 compliance substantially, the committee will \u200dtake action, including initiating contempt of \u2064Congress proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u200c Jordan accused\u200d Wray of hiding information\u2063 demanded by \u200dthe committee\u2062 in\u2062 direct violation of the\u2062 subpoena.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-threatens-to-hold-christopher-wray-in-contempt-over-fbi-weaponization-investigation\/\" title=\"Jordan warns of contempt for Wray in FBI weaponization probe.\">subpoenas impose legal obligations<\/a> on you to comply\u2064 and produce responsive\u2062 materials.\u2062 Thus,\u2062 your refusal to produce \u200ddocuments responsive to the Committee\u2019s subpoenas\u2014months after \u2063the \u200creturn\u200d dates\u2014is \u2062unacceptable,&#8221; the \u200bletter stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan \u200cand House Republicans have clashed with \u2063Wray\u200b and the\u200c FBI, alleging that conservatives have \u2063been unfairly\u200b targeted based on their \u2062beliefs. Wray\u2064 has \u2062vehemently \u200ddenied \u200bthese accusations.<\/p>\n<p>For \u2062more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click\u2064 here<\/a>\u2063 to \u200cvisit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) warned FBI Director Christopher Wray of potential contempt of Congress for not complying with subpoenas related to the FBI&#8217;s investigation into the weaponization of the agency. 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