Congress is determined to do something about the weaponization of the federal government if they have to defund the FBI and DOJ to do it. They probably won’t need to get that drastic but for now, they’re planning to pull the budgets of a few politically biased investigations.
Defund the madness
Jim Jordan and his conservative colleagues in the house are out to defund a few federal investigations. On July 11, he suggested the House use their “power of the purse” to “halt Justice Department investigations into elected officials, political candidates and their family members until new policies are implemented at the department.”
Merrick Garland still acts like he’s the one really running this country and conservatives insist that someone needs to wipe that smirk off Christopher Wray’s face with a stretch of prison time, if not a stretch of his neck. All nice and legal, of course.
That’s just one of the demands which the Ohio lawmaker made as he explained his defund the Deep State idea. Jordan envisions a way the appropriations process can “constrain out-of-control federal agencies,” the New York Post reports, “such as the DOJ, FBI and Department of Homeland Security.”
Jim Jordan reveals possible GOP plan to DEFUND FBI and move it out of DC hours after FBI Director Wray SQUIRMS under oath during Congressional testimony pic.twitter.com/AO6lhRpM18
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 13, 2023
He outlined the process in “an 11-page letter sent to House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger.” By utilizing the power of the purse, Jordan writes, “Congress can ensure that the federal agencies are working for the people of this country — not weaponized against them.”
In a section of “suggested priorities” for the next round of appropriations bills, Jordan wants to defund at least some of the weaponization affecting election integrity.
“None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to conduct a politically sensitive investigation.” Not until “the Department of Justice establishes a policy requiring non-partisan career staff to oversee such investigations.”
Move FBI HQ
Chris Wray can forget about moving the FBI headquarters into a nice new building in Maryland. Jordan plans to defund that move. He asked for “eliminating taxpayer funding for any new FBI headquarters and instead demands that options for relocating the bureau outside of Washington, DC, be explored.” The chairman of the Judiciary Committee suggests moving them to Alabama.
“The centralization of FBI operations in the National Capitol Region has led to duplication of activity best left to the respective field offices, contributed to reduced autonomy in local field offices, and allowed improper political influence to taint law enforcement investigations and activity.”
He’s also paving the way for giving Garland and Wray the ax. Jordan requested that Ms. Granger “prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to pay the salaries of FBI or DOJ officials who are found to have retaliated against whistleblowers.”
#NEWS: @Jim_Jordan opens inquiry into FBI targeting of House Intelligence committee staffers during Russia probe. pic.twitter.com/3QPGVy9k4w
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) July 13, 2023
Along with Garland and Wray, Jordan plans to defund all the traitorous rats who think they can make the rules as they go along. Anyone who helped fund the Biden administration’s “radical immigration policies” or financially support the Global Engagement Center and other governmental and non-governmental entities “engaged in speech suppression” are to be penciled right out of the budget.
Jordan also plans to defund a number of other problem agencies in similar fashion. For instance, “halting funding to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that would implement regulations related to pistol braces or so-called ‘ghost guns.‘”
He’s all for “stopping taxpayer money from being appropriated to administer hormone therapy medication or any other sort of gender-affirming care for migrants in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” These proposals, he adds, “are just a beginning.“
