'Completely untethered from the evidence': Jerry Nadler tears apart Jim Jordan’s crusade against the FBI
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Wednesday accused the FBI of being "weaponized" against conservative Americans -- but Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) was quick to shoot down Jordan's narrative.
In particular, Nadler accused Jordan of attacking the FBI to run interference for former President Donald Trump, who was indicted last month for illegally retaining top-secret government documents and refusing to give them back even when served with a subpoena for them.
"Today, House Republicans will attack the FBI for having had the audacity to treat Donald Trump like any other citizen," Nadler said. "The FBI dared to hold Trump accountable, so Republicans must discredit the FBI at all costs. You will hear claims today that the FBI's decision to investigate Donald Trump was somehow unfair. You will hear Republicans attack the indictment of former President Trump on 37 counts related to his gross mishandling of national security information, including information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries, United States nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies of military attack, and plans to possible retaliation in response to foreign attack."
Nadler also mocked as absurd the idea that an FBI led by Trump appointee Christopher Wray was a leftist cabal dedicated to bringing down Republicans on bogus charges.
"You will hear the case that this was a political investigation from the start, orchestrated by a liberal-loving FBI, that would ensure Trump would be wrongfully vilified at every turn," Nadler said. "These claims, of course, are completely untethered from evidence. Even if you believe, as Chairman Jordan claims, that President Trump has committed no crime, surely we can agree that it is dangerous, and profoundly irresponsible, to have taken these documents from the White House and left them unsecured in Mar-a-Lago."Watch the video below or at this link.
