Jim Jordan Demands DOJ Forfeit Docs On The FBI’s Trump Raid – The Federalist

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday demanding documentation related to the FBIs raid of former President Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago estate last year.

The raid which took place on Aug. 8, 2022 was reportedly aimed at retrieving any document Trump ever saw, read, or created for the entirety of his four years as commander-in-chief. Due to the unprecedented nature of the Biden DOJ conducting a raid on a former president and a potential 2024 rival, House Judiciary Republicans sent letters to Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and then-White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain demanding records pertaining to the execution of a search warrant and the decision to seek a search warrant for Trumps estate. The affidavit released by the FBI later that month justifying the agencys warrant application to raid Trumps Florida residence was nearly all redacted.

In November, the DOJ appointedU.S. Attorney Jack Smith as a special counsel to investigate whether Trump violated federal laws related to the handling of presidential records.

The Judiciary Committee previously requested information and documents related to the FBIs raid on President Trumps residence and its subsequent investigation, Jordans letter to Garland reads. Because you have not provided this information, and in light of your appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel, we write to request an unredacted copy of the memorandum outlining the scope of Mr. Smiths probes regarding President Trump and any supporting documentation related to his appointment as special counsel.

In addition to the unredacted memo outlining the scope of Special Counsel Smiths investigations, Jordan is also seeking any other document describing, listing, or delineating the authority and jurisdiction of the special counsel. Garlands deadline for forfeiting such records to the House Judiciary Committee is June 20, according to the letter.

Jordans Tuesday letter to the DOJ is his second within the past week requesting additional information related to the FBIs Mar-a-Lago raid. On Thursday, Jordan sent a separate memo to Garland expressing concerns about the FBIs track record of bias and reckless disregard for truth, with the House Judiciary chair specifically referencing the report released by U.S. Attorney John Durham. Released last month, the bombshell report found the FBI possessed no real evidence that then-candidate Trump colluded with Russian government officials when it launched its investigation into the Trump campaign leading up to the 2016 election.

Meanwhile, House Republicans recently announced plans to hold contempt hearings for Wray later this week for allegedly violating a congressional subpoenaover an unclassified document that purportedly implicates President Joe Biden in a $5 million bribery scheme with a foreign national from Bidens time in the Obama administration.

Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood

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