Weaponization Panel Republicans Focus on FBI Abuses, Democrats Point to Trump and ‘Conspiracy Theories’

Weaponization Panel Republicans Focus on FBI Abuses, Democrats Point to Trump and ‘Conspiracy Theories’
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) presides over a hearing of the Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 9, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
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A Republican senator testifying on Feb. 9 before a new House panel described in gritty detail how his investigations of influence peddling and business deals of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and brother, James, with controversial foreign entities were repeatedly mislead, subverted and manipulated by Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI officials.

But contrary testimony from a Democratic representative who gained national prominence leading the second impeachment of Donald Trump in 2021 made clear minority members of the panel view allegations of DOJ and FBI abuses as nothing more than cover for efforts to put the former president back in the White House.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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