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Chairmen Jordan and Comer Demand Transcribed Interviews with Blue Star Strategies Executives
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer have requested transcribed interviews with Blue Star Strategies' Chief Executive Officer Karen Tramontano and Chief Operating Officer Sally Painter. The Committees have obtained information suggesting that Blue Star Strategies was involved in the arrangement between Hunter Biden and Burisma.In a letter addressed to Karen Tramontano, Chairman Jordan and Chairman Comer stated, "The information available to the Committees suggests that Blue Star...
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Chairman Jordan Subpoenas Former Biden White House Officials for Roles in Government Censorship Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has issued subpoenas for former Biden White House officials Andrew Slavitt and Robert Flaherty. The subpoenas were issued as part of an investigation by the Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government into the extent of the Executive Branch's involvement in censoring speech.According to documents obtained by the Committee and Select Subcommittee, Slavitt and Flaherty played a central role in communicating the Biden White House's censorship efforts to social media companies. This...
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Chairman Jordan Subpoenas Bank of America for Information on Sharing Customers' Private Financial Data with the FBI
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has issued a subpoena to Bank of America (BoA) for documents and communications related to an investigation into major banks sharing Americans' private financial data with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) without legal process for transactions made in the Washington, D.C., area around January 6, 2021.This move comes after it was revealed that in 2021, Bank of America provided the FBI with a list of individuals who made transactions in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area using a BoA credit or debit card between...
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Judiciary Republicans: Woke Companies Pursuing ESG Policies May Violate Antitrust Law
Today, U.S. Representative Dan Bishop (R-NC) and Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH), alongside House Judiciary Committee Members Congressmen Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), and Cliff Bentz (R-OR), sent a letter to leaders of Climate Action 100+ requesting key documents surrounding the use of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies to advance their progressive goals.
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Republicans Launch Antitrust Investigation Into Climate-Obsessed Corporate ‘Cartel’
House Republicans launched an investigation Tuesday probing whether major climate groups that spearhead the “environmental, social, and governance” (ESG) movement are violating antitrust laws.
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ATF set to destroy guns associated with Obama-era Fast and Furious scandal
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is set to destroy firearms associated with the Obama-era Operation Fast and Furious scandal, sparking a rebuke from the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee.
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Nadler Opening Statement for Markup of the American Music Fairness Act
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, during a markup of the American Music Fairness Act (H.R. 4130):
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Rep. Jim Jordan calls out ATF Director Steve Dettelbach over Biden administration gun rules
U.S. Rep Jim Jordan of Champaign County is targeting newly-confirmed U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steve Dettelbach over new gun rules that Jordan calls “a deliberate attempt to usurp the authority of Congress and infringe on American citizens’ fundamental Second Amendment rights.”
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Investigating the investigators: FBI sent list of six demands in wake of ‘bogus information’ from informants
The FBI has received a series of written questions from a top Republican over the bureau’s handling of “secret informants” on the heels of “bogus information” being obtained from sources and in the wake of a bombshell report on the program’s underlying problems, the Washington Examiner has learned
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Jim Jordan renews requests to 4 current and former government officials for information and interviews as House Judiciary investigations take shape
GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is sending a renewed set of requests to four current and former government officials on Thursday, providing a window into how the highest-ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee is zeroing in on his first top targets ahead of the next Congress when he obtains subpoena power.
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Nadler Floor Statement for the Speak Out Act
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, on the House floor in support of the Speak Out Act (S. 4524):
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Republicans Release 1,000 Page Report on FBI & DOJ Politicization
Today, House Judiciary Republicans released a new report, “FBI Whistleblowers: What Their Disclosures Indicate About the Politicization of the FBI And Justice Department,” detailing a rampant culture of unaccountability, manipulation, and abuse at the highest level.
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Republicans probe SEC Chair Gensler over potential violation of federal transparency laws
House Republicans on Wednesday questioned Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler over his potential violation of federal transparency laws in 2013, even as the agency he heads seeks to crack down on Wall Street firms for similar missteps.
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Jim Jordan Sends Final Warning Shot to DOJ, FBI Ahead of Midterms
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, sent notices to the Justice Department and FBI on Wednesday effectively previewing investigations into the agencies that the committee plans to conduct should Republicans take the majority.
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Top House Republicans Press SEC for Skirting Record-Keeping and Transparency Laws
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY), House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC), and House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Tom Emmer (R-MN) recently sent a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler denouncing the Biden Administration’s inconsistency and hypocrisy of enforcing record-keeping laws, this time at the SEC.
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Jim Jordan Demands Biden Admin Show Compliance With Landmark Energy Decision
Republican Ranking House Judiciary Committee Member Jim Jordan told Biden administration authorities Tuesday to show how their agencies are obeying the Supreme Court’s June West Virginia v. EPA decision limiting the EPA’s power to unilaterally regulate emissions.
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House Judiciary Republicans demand Biden admin preserve docs related to border crisis, as probes loom
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding that the Biden administration preserve documents related to the ongoing crisis at the southern border — as Republicans lay the groundwork for investigations and hearings on the matter in the next Congress.
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Jim Jordan Sends Series of Preservation Letters Continuing Oversight of Biden Administration’s Targeting of Parents
Today, Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a series of letters and preservation notices to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, continuing the Committee Republicans’ oversight of the Biden Administration’s use of law-enforcement resources, including counterterrorism resources, to target parents at school board meetings.Excepts of the letter to Klain:“We are investigating the Biden Administration’s misuse of federal criminal and counterterrorism resources to target concerned parents at school board meetings.
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Republicans blast report that FBI offered Steele $1 million for proof of dossier claims
Republicans expressed shock and outrage after a report emerged that the FBI offered MI6 agent Christopher Steele up to $1 million to prove his salacious allegations against former President Donald Trump in his now-discredited dossier.
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Jordan signals Judiciary focus on school board memo under GOP rule
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has asked the Department of Justice to preserve documents tied to its school board directive, a sign of how House Judiciary Committee Republicans will direct their energy if the GOP regains control of the House.