Following FBI Director Christopher Wray’s testimony last week, Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) of the House Judiciary Committee have revealed their next move.
In a post on Twitter, Johnson stated, “[Jim Jordan] & I will send Chris Wray a letter this week to give him a chance to correct the contradictions in his testimony to Congress. Either he was being untruthful or he is unaware of the egregious & unconstitutional activities of his agency. Either scenario is alarming.”
Speaking with Trey Gowdy on Fox News, Rep. Johnson explained, “two things: Chairman Jim Jordan and I are preparing a letter that we will issue probably Monday or Tuesday to ask the director to correct his testimony. We are going to point out the contradictions in what he said under oath and we will start with that. Secondly…you’re right, the appropriations process is a very important part of this. We have to get their attention.”
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“They want a $4 billion new headquarters for the FBI, I have been on the record many times saying I don’t believe that they deserve that if they cannot uphold the most fundamental constitutional rights of the people that they are supposed to be protecting and serving. We have to get their attention, we can’t impeach every agency head in the Biden administration,” Johnson continued, adding “a lot of them probably deserve it [impeachment] but we have to start with the power that we have and… in the House, the power of purse is a big one.”
Another member of the House Judiciary Committee acknowledged the decline in the rule of law within the United States and expressed concern about federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, potentially abusing the process.
Congressman Russell Fry (R-SC) took to Twitter, writing, “We are a nation of laws. We are not some Orwellian dystopia where these things are appropriate or allowed, but we’ve allowed this to happen. Yesterday’s hearing unpacked how Congress can reform FISA and stop this abusive federal overreach.
Originally, the reason behind implementing the FISA process was to safeguard against domestic agencies abusing their authority to probe foreign intelligence. However, the FBI has extensively abused this system by conducting “thousands of improper searches on American citizens.”
