Ohio Representative Jim Jordan is facing backlash after a report found that three witnesses who testified before his "weaponization" committee have ties to former President Donald Trump and numerous conspiracy theories.
Jordan chairs the Republican-led Judiciary Committee's select subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government that aims to investigate claims of partisan attacks on the part of the FBI and Department of Justice.
As part of this investigation, Jordan claimed to have spoked with "dozens and dozens of whistleblowers" about the "political nature at the Justice Department."
A new report written by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee outlines the testimony of three of Jordan's key "whistleblowers" who had private interviews with committee staff.
The report, written by ranking members Jerrold Nadler of New York and Stacey Plaskett, the delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, claims that the three individuals are not whistleblowers but instead put forward "a wide range of conspiracy theories" and "did not present actual evidence of any wrongdoing" at the FBI or DOJ.
The Democrats also claim that the witnesses and some Republican members of the subcommittee were influenced by "active engagement" from former Trump administration officials.
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