Rep. Jim Jordan tried to revive his failed government hearing weaponization with three alleged FBI whistleblowers paid by Trump associates.
Jordan was asked before the hearing about his false whistleblowers paid by Trump associates:
REPORTER: Today’s hearing is about how the FBI has become politicized, but do you think it’s appropriate for some of these whistleblowers to be paid by one of Trump’s former advisers?
JIM JORDAN: They have a family! How should they feed their family? pic.twitter.com/L8lAx4z3qO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 18, 2023
Jordan replied, “They have a family. How are they supposed to feed their family!!” Jordan went on to say that he has four children.
Rep. Jordan never spoke of his whistleblowers being on Trump’s payroll.
Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) pointed out at the hearing that the witnesses were not whistleblowers, but federal government employees with labor grievances:
Connolly: “You have complaints about work. That does not make you whistleblowers… a list of complaints does not constitute whistleblower status.” pic.twitter.com/x3L2388SdZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 18, 2023
House Judiciary Committee Democrats released a report in March that found the whistleblowers were bogus and paid by Trump associates.
The Democrats wrote:
These interviews also reveal the active involvement and orchestration of disturbing outside influences on the witnesses and, possibly, the Republican members of the Select Subcommittee.
A network of organizations led by former Trump administration officials, such as Kash Patel and Russell Vought, appear to have identified these witnesses, provided them with financial compensation and found them employment after they left the FBI. These same individuals lobbied for the creation of the Select Subcommittee in the first place. They have a story to tell, and they seem to be using House Republicans to tell it.
These are false witnesses, supported by Trump’s associates, who are not fooling anyone. Jim Jordan has tried through numerous botched hearings to spread his deep state conspiracy theories to help Donald Trump.
It doesn’t work, Jordan and the House Republicans can’t find credible evidence of wrongdoing or a massive conspiracy. Jordan’s hearings and commission are nonsense and noise that Republicans hope they can bring into the mainstream political conversation to muddy the waters ahead of the 2024 election.
Jim Jordan failed. With the 2024 presidential campaign quickly gaining momentum, his weaponization of government research looks like a money-wasting debacle.
