House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan on Sunday defended the Justice Department and rejected claims that the recent indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James amount to political retribution on behalf of President Donald Trump.
“This is our Justice Department under the leadership of the attorney general applying the facts to the law, like you are supposed to,” the Ohio Republican insisted in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It is not the weaponization of government like we saw under Biden, like we saw under Merrick Garland, like we saw with Chris Wray.”
He further argued that prosecutors are acting independently and appropriately, despite Trump’s public comments calling for specific individuals to be charged.
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