House Republicans Launch Probe Into Washington AG’s Investigation of Conservative Activist

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) talks to reporters as he heads from his office in the Rayburn House Office Building to the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 18, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

House Republicans have sent a letter to the Washington attorney general demanding information on an investigation into Leonard Leo and certain nonprofit groups with which he is affiliated.

The Oct. 30 letter—sent by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer (R-Ky.), to Attorney General of Washington Brian Schwalb—cited what they claimed was a “politically motivated” investigation into Mr. Leo, a conservative legal activist and longtime vice president of the Federalist Society.