Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, said in an interview that Wednesday’s hearings revealed that the FBI had personal data, which was “pretty frightening.”

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. hearing The title is “Federal Bureau of Investigation Surveillance”. During the hearing, he said he targeted protesting parents at a school board meeting, reported the presence of FBI officials in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, and conducted the August riot. He faced tough questions from Republican lawmakers on the committee. 8 Mar-a-Lago Raid. (Related: FBI whistleblower challenges school board testimony)

“The big takeaway from today’s hearing is what the FBI does with the personal data of Americans,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jordan told Fox Business host Larry Kudrow. Told. “I mean, Democrats asked Secretary Wray, and he said, ‘Are you buying data, personal information from Americans through brokers, or is the FBI buying it? Director Ray said, “I need to contact you again, so please answer me.” I need to explain how it works. ”

Wray said during the hearing that the FBI worked with private companies, including major U.S. banks, to obtain information on U.S. citizens who were suspected of committing crimes.

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“I feel like I’m kidding,” Jordan continued. “And when combined with what we submitted, this is an email from the FBI to Bank of America that tells Bank of America that it has a client debit card in a particular geographic location. Asked to provide credit card activity for a specified period May 5 and 6, 2021, here in the DC area, in connection with purchases of firearms and firearms-related materials from the same customers to the government and FBI. It overlays what you can donate, which is pretty scary.”

The FBI has faced accusations of politicizing it in an incident involving pro-life advocates and parents protesting at a school board meeting, and the FBI has issued a statement based on the following reports: involved in censorship. document Twitter owner Elon Musk made the announcement to journalist Matt Taibi.

“We have done a ton of depositions and interview transcripts with Department of Justice officials. They told me they didn’t use it, they retrieved it from the system, they didn’t send the lead in. I called the FBI,” Jordan told Kudrow. “But all of this just underscores our main purpose for the hearings against the Republicans: there is no way to reauthorize FISA Article 702 in its current form, there can be no way they This is where I illegally queried this database and got the following information: Americans. The New York Times reported that this was done 204,000 times, also illegally without a warrant. ”

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