Congress must 'leverage' the FBI's budget to force reform after Durham report, Rep. Jim_Jordan says
Rep. Jim Jordan tells 'Hannity' that agency appropriations are 'the only leverage we have' for reform.into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation prove rampant FBI politicization, one top Republican suggested it may be time to leverage the"power of the purse" to force reform.R-Ohio, told Fox News on Monday that the Durham probe's findings are only the latest example of the leftward, pro-establishment bent of the FBI and other key alphabet agencies.
"Think about it," Jordan replied."In 2016, it was the Clinton campaign working with the FBI to go after President Trump and his [campaign.]""In 2020, it was 51 former CIA agents and intel officials working with the Biden campaign to do the same thing. So we've seen it twice now. [For the first] one, it was the FBI. The second one, it was former intel officials – but the same objective to go after President Trump and keep him from being president.
Jordan said the report revealed a trusted source came to the FBI under then-Director Jim Comey and told them it appeared the Hillary Clinton campaign fabricated some of the allegations themselves, but the bureau dismissed the evidence and targeted Trump anyway. "The only way we can hold them accountable is to go at the one thing that everybody cares about: the money. We have to look at the appropriations. That's the only leverage we ultimately have in Congress," he said.Jordan said if Republicans or conservative agency heads were involved in anything like what Durham was probing, those in question would be held to account.
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