- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is again threatening to cut the FBI’s funding – this time after whistleblower testimony last week about whistleblowers testified about the retaliation they allegedly faced for questioning the agency.
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“In the end, money always gets people’s attention,” Jordan said Sunday on the Fox Business Channel. “So what we’re going to have to do is say, ‘Hey, FBI, you can’t use federal tax dollars, you can’t use the American tax dollars for this kind of activity.’ We got to limit how they spend the money.”
- The appropriations process is underway, and Jordan said he is working on how Congress can “limit money” from being used inappropriately. The Ohio Republican has vowed before – as recently as last month – to cut agency funding.
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His comment Sunday also follow Special Counsel John Durham concluded in his final report issued last week that the FBI did not have verified intelligence or evidence when it opened a probe into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
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Jordan Again Vows To Cut Justice Funding, After Whistleblower Testimony, Durham Report
Republican Representative from Ohio Jim Jordan questions Special Advisor for Europe and Russia in the office of US Vice President Mike Pence, Jennifer Williams and Director for European Affairs of the National Security Council, US Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence public hearing on the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on November 19, 2019. - President Donald Trump faces more potentially damning testimony in the Ukraine scandal as a critical week of public impeachment hearings opens Tuesday in the House of Representatives. (Photo by SHAWN THEW / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SHAWN THEW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
