House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (of Ohio) threatened to cut federal funding to the Justice Department and the FBI during a hearing on Wednesday over its conduct in Operation Crossfire Hurricane.
“I don’t think you need more training. More rules make it happen.I i really think i have to need to change the process Use the budget allocation process restrict US taxes dollars are used in Department of Justice,” Jordan said at a hearing on Special Counsel John Durham’s review of the Justice Department’s investigation into Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Jordan and other Republicans have already threatened to block funding for the new FBI headquarters and will likely push for major reforms of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In some cases, that could include removing provisions that would allow intelligence agencies to review information collected from Americans.
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 21: Special Counsel John Durham testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2023. (Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Federal officials used FISA regulations (Section 702) to gather information about Trump campaign aide Carter Page. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz later revealed that law enforcement officials made “at least 17 serious errors or omissions” in Page’s surveillance application. (Related: Special Counsel John Durham Explains Behind Closed Doors to Intelligence Commission)
“Before you spy on him, why don’t you talk to him?” Jordan rhetorically asks about Page, suggesting that the FBI should interview foreign policy advisers before federal officials began wiretapping Page. pointed out that it did not.
in Durham report said the Justice Department’s investigation into the Trump campaign “reflects a notable departure from how it has approached previous issues, including the possibility of foreign election interference plots aimed at the Clinton campaign.” Notably, agency officials did not pass information to investigators investigating the Trump campaign that indicated the alleged Trump-Russia collusion stemmed from Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
“We have learned a lot from crossfire hurricane HQ didn’t work investigation, it should be A field office. my concern is the Justice Department was not Follow these principles. nothing, that’s what it is nothing scares me the most changed. Mr. Durham, let me ask you one last question. 60% of Americans now believe there is a double court standard D.Department. Do you know why they believe that? Because there is That has to change,” Jordan added.
The FBI announced in May that it had taken “dozens of corrective actions” in response to the report.
