Taking up the ball from Donald Trump against the Bureau who never trusted hi, has arrested hundreds of those who heeded his call, and came to protest, and overran the nation’s capital on Jan. 6, 2021 and showed up to search his home and take back files he keep from the Govt….
This time things center on a domestic surviance program…
While both FBI and Justice Department leadership typically make a personal pitch to Congress for an extension of the program known as Section 702, the deepening chasm between House Republicans and top law enforcement officials has complicated that dynamic.
In short, the House GOP doesn’t trust the bureau. That’s in part because of the bad blood caused by the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s home last year and its Russia investigation, as well as bipartisan suspicions over how the bureau uses the surveillance program. And it means the FBI’s typical entreaty — that keeping its powers intact is essential to national security — won’t carry much weight this time around…
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Congress’ tensions with the FBI are multi-faceted, encompassing both Section 702 and the broader surveillance law it’s housed under, known as FISA. That’s in addition to the political tensions that have further frayed the relationship between some House Republicans and law enforcement agencies like the FBI and DOJ….
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House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenaed a top human resources official at the FBI late Monday, compelling testimony from Jennifer Leigh Moore hours after she appeared for a voluntary interview with the panel.
“Today, Chairman Jordan issued a subpoena to Jennifer Leigh Moore, Executive Assistant Director of Human Resources at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, after she refused to answer questions during her transcribed interview about the FBI’s retaliation against brave whistleblowers who have come forward to raise concerns about abuses they have seen at the bureau,” Russell Dye, a spokesman for Jordan, said in a statement…