GOP’s ‘weaponization’ panel would have power to review those probing Trump
Politics,Republican Party,US House,Congress,House Judiciary Committee,Jim Jordan,Kevin McCarthy,Donald Trump,FBI,Justice Department
The GOP is preparing to hammer agencies reviewing the conduct of former President Trump with a new select subcommittee poised to focus on the “weaponization” of the federal government.
The panel is being drawn up to take aim at ongoing investigations at the Department of Justice and the FBI on Trump, including the taking of classified documents to Mar-a-Lago and the former president’s conduct leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
The subcommittee, included under the umbrella of the House Judiciary Committee, is expected to be helmed by Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a combative ally of Trump.
Jordan has already sent more than 100 letters to the two agencies ahead of his own expected probes — complaining the FBI has “ridiculed conservative Americans.”
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