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The House Judiciary Committee has ramped up its efforts to obtain information from the Justice Department (DOJ) on how it approached concerned parents at school board meetings by issuing a subpoena Friday to Attorney General Merrick Garland for numerous documents and communications on the matter.
The subpoena, reviewed by Breitbart News, commands Garland to provide to the committee numerous items that committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has repeatedly requested from the department since the school boards issue first surfaced more than a year ago.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan officially subpoenaed the Department of Education on Friday, the Daily Caller has learned exclusively.
According to the subpoena, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is “commanded” to produce documents before the Judiciary Committee on March 1, 2023, at 9:00 am ET. The subpoena comes as Jordan sent four letters to various officials Friday, calling for information and interviews the committee has been requesting, in a final warning shot before he sent the subpoena their way.
Washington — The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee is seeking information from the FBI about Charles McGonigal, the former top counterintelligence official in the bureau's New York field office who was charged last week with violating U.S. sanctions on Russia and other related offenses.
The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives began a series of examining the Biden administration's handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing featured emotional testimony about border security and the fentanyl crisis, while railing against the policies of President Joe Biden and the leadership of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The Judiciary Committee kicked off the new Congress on an extremely combative note with Chairman Jim Jordan opening with accusing the Biden administration of 'intentionally' causing the southern border crisis.
Democratic Ranking Member Jerry Nadler followed-up with his own opening remarks calling Republicans' focus on the southern border 'racist' and a 'distraction'.
House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent four letters to various officials Friday, calling for information and interviews the committee has been requesting, in a final warning shot before he sends subpoenas their way.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked former FBI official Timothy Thibault on Friday to “immediately cooperate” with the House Judiciary Committee by appearing “promptly” for a transcribed interview as part of the committee’s investigation into allegations of misconduct against Thibault, Breitbart News has learned.
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday announced that the committee will hold a hearing on "the Biden border crisis," marking what will be the first hearing of the ongoing migrant crisis since the Republicans took over the House majority this month.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the committee, announced the hearing to take place on Feb. 1 as "The Biden Border Crisis: Part I."
"Ready to get to work," Jordan tweeted.
Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) resent a slate of investigative requests Tuesday to seven Biden administration officials following pushback from the White House that Jordan’s prior requests had been premature.
Jordan directed the requests, first obtained by Breitbart News, to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, White House chief of staff Ron Klain, and others.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) offered a glimpse Sunday into how the GOP-controlled House may ratchet up investigations into FBI whistleblower allegations of politicization within the agency.