Tag: weaponization of government

Bipartisan Lawmakers Express Outrage Over FBI Misuse of Surveillance Tool to Spy on Americans

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on May 19 expressed alarm after an unsealed court order revealed the FBI misused a controversial surveillance tool to collect intelligence on U.S. citizens, including individuals suspected of involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach and George Floyd protests. The details of the inappropriately collected information were outlined by…


Reps. Jim Jordan, Mike Turner Threaten to Subpoena CIA in Hunter Biden Laptop Investigation

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) are threatening to subpoena the CIA to force it to address claims of its involvement in an intelligence community letter to discredit reports on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Last week, the two Republican-controlled House committees published a report alleging the CIA’s…


Heritage Oversight Project Files 7 FOIA Lawsuits Against DOJ, FBI for ‘Selectively Enforcing Law’

Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI officials failed to respond as required by law to seven Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, so the conservative think tank is taking the government to court. “Biden’s DOJ and FBI made clear they are perfectly willing to selectively enforce the law….


Heritage Oversight Project Files 7 FOIA Lawsuits Against DOJ, FBI on ‘Selectively Enforcing Law’

Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI officials failed to respond as required by law to seven Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, so the conservative think tank is taking the government to court. “Biden’s DOJ and FBI made clear they are perfectly willing to selectively enforce the law….


State AGs Seek Answers From FBI, DOJ Over Targeting of Traditionalist Catholics

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and 19 other Republican state attorneys general expressed “outrage and alarm” Friday following the Feb. 8 leak of an internal FBI memo that characterized Catholics as “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” Seeking answers, Miyares pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland for information on how the…


The War on Doctors and Patients

Commentary Whenever I republish my newspaper op-eds on my Substack, I tend to introduce them with some comments on “how I really feel,” instead of the more staid language and arguments used in those pieces. In this one, I essentially argued that the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government should be ground zero…


Jury Acquits Pro-Life Activist Whose Home Was Raided by FBI

Pro-life activist Mark Houck was found not guilty by a federal court in Philadelphia on Jan. 30 on charges that arose from an October 2021 altercation outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. Houck was accused of twice violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended…


Here Are the GOP Lawmakers to Serve on COVID-19 Pandemic, Weaponization of Government Panels

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) released a list of Republican lawmakers who will serve on two select subcommittees to investigate the coronavirus pandemic, and the weaponization of the federal government. McCarthy on Tuesday announced two lists of the GOP lawmakers’ names. “The government has a responsibility to serve the American people, not go after them. Unfortunately, throughout Democrats’…


Republican Lineup Announced for Panels on Pandemic, Weaponization of Government

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) released a list of Republican lawmakers who will serve on two select subcommittees to investigate the coronavirus pandemic, and the weaponization of the federal government. McCarthy on Tuesday announced two lists of the GOP lawmakers’ names. “The government has a responsibility to serve the American people, not go after them. Unfortunately, throughout Democrats’…


Kash’s Corner: Biden’s Classified Documents Must Be Added to Investigation List of New Committee on Weaponization of Federal Government

In this episode of Kash’s Corner, we discuss revelations that Joe Biden mishandled classified documents during his tenure as Vice President and that this has been known since before the midterm elections. Kash Patel reflects on the disparity in the media’s treatment of this event versus the FBI’s raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago. We also…