Rep. Jim Jordon (R-OH) dropped a massive bombshell from Capitol Hill on Monday when he told Fox News during an interview that “14 FBI agents” have come forward as whistleblowers, telling Jordon that “this is bologna what’s going on” and that it “has to stop”.
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Jordon, a judiciary committee ranking member, who was visibly frustrated over the unprecedented FBI Mar-A-Lago raid slammed the politicization of the DOJ.
“The template never changes with these guys, the left creates a lie, big media, mainstream press reports the lie, big tech amplifies the lie, and then when we try to tell the truth they call us names and try to cancel us, and tell the world that we’re the ones not being square with them.”
Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump asked a judge Monday not to unseal a key document related to the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, saying it contains “highly sensitive information” that could compromise the national security probe.
The government’s request came three days after the federal judge made public the search warrant and other materials that outlined some key details of the raid on the former president’s Palm Beach, Florida, resort home.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said last week that he personally approved the warrant and that he supported its disclosure in light of the “substantial public interest in this matter.”
But the Department of Justice on Monday pushed back on calls to release the affidavit supporting the search warrant, saying it “presents a very different set of considerations.”
“There remain compelling reasons, including to protect the integrity of an ongoing law enforcement investigation that implicates national security, that supports keeping the affidavit sealed,” the federal prosecutors wrote in a filing in U.S. District Court in Florida.
The affidavit contains “critically important and detailed investigative facts,” they argued in the filing, which was signed by Jay Bratt, head of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section of the DOJ’s National Security Division.
Those facts include “highly sensitive information about witnesses, including witnesses interviewed by the government; specific investigative techniques; and information required by law to be kept under seal” in accordance with the federal rules, the prosecutors wrote.
“If disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a roadmap to the government’s ongoing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course, in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps,” the filing said.
“In addition, information about witnesses is particularly sensitive given the high-profile nature of this matter and the risk that the revelation of witness identities would impact their willingness to cooperate with the investigation,” the prosecutors wrote.
