House GOP’s ‘weaponization’ committee announces first hearing
Sarah Westwood
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A subcommittee tasked with investigating the “weaponization” of the federal government announced its first hearing, to take place on Thursday, since Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) agreed to its creation.
Led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who also chairs the House Judiciary Committee, the panel is set to examine sweeping allegations of bias at the Justice Department, the intelligence community, and other departments of the federal government that conservatives accuse of working to silence Republicans.
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The committee did not immediately announce the focus of the hearing nor any witnesses that may attend.
Alleged bias in the government has become a hot topic among House Republicans in the wake of President Joe Biden’s classified documents scandal. GOP lawmakers argue the Justice Department moved far more aggressively to probe former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents than it did to look into a similar situation involving Biden.
McCarthy consented to the creation of the committee after conservatives withheld their support for his speaker bid until they received a series of concessions.
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Conservatives envisioned the panel as a “Church-style” committee with a far-reaching mission to root out partisanship in the federal government.
The broader House Judiciary Committee has focused heavily on the classified document situation as well, digging specifically into questions about why the Justice Department did not take the same investigative steps in the Biden inquiry as in the one probing Trump.