By now, you're likely very familiar with Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio. He chairs the House Judiciary Committee and its absurdly named subcommittee on the "Weaponization of the Federal Government."
Earlier this week, Jordan took it upon himself to send a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is currently investigating Donald Trump's alleged role in a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. The letter, co-signed by two other Republican committee chairmen, demands Bragg provide documents and other communications from the investigation. It was pretty clearly written out of a desire to deliver on Trump's unhinged rants.
For his part, Bragg isn't biting. His office fired back in a letter of its own, calling the request an "unlawful incursion."
But this isn't the first time Jordan has talked a big game. Recently he promised "dozens and dozens" of supposed whistleblowers who could expose deep corruption and bias in the Justice Department. So far, he has only produced three — and none were actual whistleblowers.
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