From the Daily Beast their article shows
just how awful Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) truly is and just how far of out of touch
he is.
The headline:
“Jim Jordan Freaks Out When
Democrat Confronts Him With House Rules”
Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) repeatedly denied Democrats’ requests to receive the testimony of one of the GOP’s self-described “whistleblowers” during Thursday’s House hearing on the “weaponization” of the FBI, prompting Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) to confront him with the actual rules.
Needless to say, Jordan was less than pleased with that, too.
During this latest hearing pushing the GOP narrative that
the FBI is weaponized against conservatives, Jordan told Democrats that “you’re
not getting the testimony” (of FBI staff operations specialist Marcus
Allen), claiming the minority party isn’t entitled to all evidence
collected from whistleblowers.
Ranking Member Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) exclaimed:
“These are not whistleblowers. The law has not determined they are
whistleblowers. His attorney is just asserting that.”
Later in the hearing, after initially being shut down by
Jordan, Goldman requested a point of order.
He noted that the required
transcripts to be made available to all members of committees, asking: “Where
is the whistleblower exception to the rules?”
At that point an animated
Jordan said: “That is the prerogative of the committee to decide. We have
the whistleblower testimony. The whistleblower does not wish it to be made
available to the Democrats at this time!”
Goldman quickly shot
back: “The whistleblower doesn’t make committee rules.”
Jordan then attempted to move on to another committee member, eventually arguing with
Goldman a bit more.
FYI: This isn’t the first time that Goldman and Jordan have sparred
during the subcommittee’s “weaponization” hearings.
Back in February, Goldman questioned Jordan’s claims
that he had dozens of whistleblowers lined up while pointing
out that the democrats had not been provided with any statements from any of
these individuals.
Democrats, meanwhile, have questioned the credibility of
Marcus Allen as a whistleblower, noting that his FBI security clearance was
revoked after he expressed support for the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
Besides peddling the January
6 conspiracies, the other “so-called whistleblowers” at that May 11 hearing have also been paid thousands of dollars by Kash Patel, a
former Trump administration official to claim that they are whistleblowers.
My 2 Cents: So, buying whistleblowers, um?
That sounds just like a slick clever Trump scheme – propped up by Rep. Jim Jordan, and possibly unlawful.
Later Jordan screeched about the DEMS wanting to hold him to account and ensure that only legal and bona
fide whistleblowers appear to testify.
Which in this case appears
to be a slick Trump-Jordan GOP-run ruse.
Thank goodness for the
likes of Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) is on the job and holding members like Jordan,
et al feet to the legal fire.
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