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Chairman Jordan's Opening Statement at the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government Hearing

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Jim Jordan requests communications between Biden administration, social media companies
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are requesting documents that include communications between the Biden administration and social media companies as part of the panel’s investigation into what the GOP says were efforts to “suppress free speech and censor content online.”

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Chairman Jim Jordan Requests Big Tech Censorship Documents Identified in Missouri v. Biden
Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) just sent a letter to the Department of Justice demanding copies of documents already produced in Missouri v. Biden, a civil case demonstrating how the federal government colluded with Big Tech to violate Americans' First Amendment rights.

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Jim Jordan Puts A Dozen Intel Veterans On Notice Over Hunter Biden Laptop Letter
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is turning up the heat on 51 U.S. intelligence veterans who signed a letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation.

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Chairmen Jim Jordan and Mike Turner Send Letters to Intelligence Officials Who Called Hunter Biden's Laptop Russian Disinformation
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) sent letters to various intelligence officials about the public statement signed in October 2020 that falsely implied the New York Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden was the product of Russian disinformation.

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Repeat Sex Offender Convicted of Second Federal Child Pornography Offense
News Release: DETROIT - A federal jury today convicted the former resident of a Detroit residential reentry center of receiving child pornography, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.

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Justice Department Secures Settlement in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Michigan Landlord
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured an agreement to resolve a lawsuit alleging that landlord Darrell Jones of Muskegon, Michigan, violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants. The settlement also resolves claims against Fatima Jones and Jones Investing, LLC, which, along with Jones, owned the properties where the alleged harassment occurred.

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Williams: Man sentenced after he 'carried out a sprawling criminal scheme from Nigeria'
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a multimillion dollar fraud scheme in which he impersonated procurement officials with educational institutions as well as state and federal governments.
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Western North Carolina Dog Fighters Sentenced to Federal Prison
News Release: Two North Carolina men were sentenced today for violations of the Animal Welfare Act for engaging in dog fighting and related criminal conduct.
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Update: Date Change for FBI Richmond 2023 Teen Academy
News Release: Update: Date Change for FBI Richmond 2023 Teen Academy.

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Seven Defendants Sentenced for Defrauding Federal Program That Provided Technology Funding for Rockland County Schools
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the sentencing of all seven defendants who previously pled guilty to defrauding the federal “E-Rate" program, designed to provide information technology to underprivileged schools, in connection with E-Rate...
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Federal Jury Finds Minneapolis Felon Guilty of Possession of a Machinegun and Illegal Possession of a Firearm
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man has been found guilty by a federal jury of possession of a machinegun and illegal possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

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Federal Jury Finds Convicted Felon Guilty of Illegally Possessing a Firearm
News Release: OXFORD, MS - A federal jury convicted a Marshal County man on Wednesday of illegally possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.
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Two Men Sentenced in $30M Foreign Exchange Fraud Scheme
News Release: A Massachusetts man and a Florida man were sentenced for their roles in perpetrating a foreign exchange trading scheme to steal $30 million from their investor victims.
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Two U.S. Citizens Arrested for Illegally Exporting Technology to Russia
News Release: Two Kansas men were arrested today on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws that included the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and the imposition of stricter restrictions on exports to Russia.

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Woman Pleads Guilty to Threatening Election Official
News Release: A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty today to sending multiple threatening communications to a Michigan election official in the wake of the 2020 election.

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MS-13 gang murder of Maryland autistic woman sparks investigation of Biden administration
News Release: EXCLUSIVE - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has demanded two Biden Cabinet officials explain how an MS-13 gang member who was charged in the murder of an autistic Maryland woman was allowed into the United States after illegally crossing the border, according to a letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner.

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FBI Returns Fugitive to Sacramento County to Face Sex Crime Charges
News Release: FBI Returns Fugitive to Sacramento County to Face Sex Crime Charges.

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Justice Department Files Statements of Interest in Servicemembers’ Lawsuits Asserting Their Rights Against Major Banks in Federal Court
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it filed statements of interest in Espin et al. v. Citibank, N.A. and Padao v. American Express National Bank, two lawsuits currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, to address the right of the nation’s servicemembers ...
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UPS Employees Charged with Trafficking Cocaine
News Release: McAllen, Texas - A total of five people have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

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