House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan requested Attorney General Merrick Garland concerning the FBI’s involvement in particular counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into former President Donald Trump.
In a letter to Mr. Garland, Mr. Jordan, Ohio Republican, highlights the significance of Special Counsel John Durham’s report that was launched not too long ago and detailed how the FBI used its assets for “purely political purposes.”
Mr. Garland appointed Mr. Smith to analyze Mr. Trump’s actions following the 2020 election and to probe labeled paperwork that had been saved on the former president’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida — together with whether or not anybody obstructed efforts to return the paperwork to the National Archives.
The Washington Times reached out to the Justice Department and the FBI and didn’t hear again.
Mr. Jordan reminded Mr. Smith that the Durham report launched final month detailed the FBI’s failings in opening and conducting an investigation — code-named Crossfire Hurricane — into debunked allegations of collusion between Mr. Trump’s presidential marketing campaign and the Russian authorities in 2016.
“The extent of the FBI’s bias and reckless disregard for the truth, which Special Counsel Durham laid out in painstaking detail, is nothing short of scandalous. The FBI has tried to dismiss the report’s findings by claiming to have ‘already implemented dozens of corrective actions’ to prevent similar misconduct in the future,” Mr. Jordan wrote.
“The FBI’s window dressing is not enough. The special counsel’s report serves as a stark reminder of the need for more accountability and reforms within the FBI. Accordingly, as Congress conducts oversight to inform these legislative reforms, we write to ensure the Justice Department act to preserve the integrity and impartiality of ongoing investigations from the FBI’s politicized bureaucracy.”
Mr. Jordan notes that Mr. Durham mentioned the FBI “abused its law-enforcement authorities to achieve a political end — that is, hamstring the campaign and presidency of President Trump.”
The Ohio Republican reminded Mr. Garland that whereas he’s probably aware of the report’s findings, it’s noteworthy to level out Mr. Durham’s most “troubling conclusions.”
These embody the bureau not possessing any proof of collusion earlier than deciding to launch Crossfire Hurricane as a full investigation in addition to failing to use primary investigative methods to appropriately assess the credibility of data it acquired.
Mr. Jordan additionally highlighted that the Durham report detailed how the FBI utilized totally different requirements for investigating info associated to Mr. Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Mr. Trump has mentioned he desires to fulfill with Mr. Garland to debate the probe carried out by Mr. Smith.
The former president posted a letter Tuesday that his attorneys despatched to Mr. Garland. The missive says Mr. Trump is being handled unfairly in contrast with President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, who faces scrutiny over his international enterprise ties.
“No president of the United States has ever, in the history of our country, been baselessly investigated in such an outrageous and unlawful fashion. We request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss the ongoing injustice that is being perpetrated by your special counsel and his prosecutors,” attorneys John P. Rowley III and James M. Trusty wrote.
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