Jordan threatens FBI’s Wray with contempt of Congress
by Miranda Nazzaro - 07/17/23 9:13 PM ETHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) threatened Monday to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for what he claims is the agency’s “wholly inadequate” compliance with two subpoenas issued earlier this year.
“We write to notify you that if the FBI does not improve its compliance substantially, the Committee will take action — such as the initiation of content of Congress proceedings – to obtain compliance with these subpoenas,” Jordan said in a letter to Wray, giving the FBI a deadline of July 25 at 12 p.m. to hand over the documents before the committee will “take action.”
The chairman claimed this comes after “several accommodations, months of persistent outreach by the Committee, and attempts to negotiate and work with the FBI in good faith.”
In February, Wray, along with Attorney General Merrick Garland and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, were issued subpoenas following a memo from Garland that noted a “disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff.”
Jordan has previously claimed the memo raises concerns over First Amendment rights. In Monday’s letter, he described the subpoena as connected to “the FBI’s targeting of concerned parents who speak out at school board meetings.”
Jordan said the FBI failed to “sufficiently comply on a voluntary basis,” stating the FBI turned in only four redacted pages of school board-related documents by the March 1 deadline. The committee agreed to accept documents on a rolling basis as an accommodation to the FBI, according to Jordan.
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