The House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government concluded its nearly two-year investigation into federal agencies, uncovering evidence of censorship, retaliation against FBI whistleblowers, and the politicization of the nation’s top law enforcement and intelligence agencies, proving President-elect Donald Trump was right to accuse the Biden administration of politicizing key agencies.
On Friday, the subcommittee, operating under Chairman Jim Jordan’s Judiciary Committee, released its 17,000-page final report detailing these and other findings. The investigation revealed what the subcommittee described as a “two-tiered system of government—one that offers favorable treatment to the politically favored class while subjecting the rest of American citizens to intimidation and unfairness.” Key revelations from the probe include federal government efforts to censor social media content directly and through proxies, the use of law enforcement resources to target ordinary Americans, and attempts by Democrat-aligned prosecutors to weaponize the law against political opponents, particularly President-elect Donald Trump, Just the News reported.
The report hails the work of the subcommittee bringing “abuses by the federal government into the light for the American people” but notes that the work is not over to remedy these abuses. “The Weaponization Committee conducted rigorous oversight of the Biden-Harris administrations weaponized government and uncovered numerous examples of federal government abuses,” the panel’s chairman, Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“Through our oversight, we protected the First Amendment by investigating the censorship-industrial-complex, heard from numerous brave whistleblowers, stopped the targeting of Americans by the IRS and Department of Justice, and created serious legislative and policy changes that will benefit all Americans,” he added.
The subcommittee also revealed evidence that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had politicized cases, targeted law-abiding Americans, violated protocol, and retaliated against whistleblowers. Several whistleblowers from within the bureau testified before the subcommittee, raising concerns that investigators were politicizing cases involving January 6 defendants and improperly targeting other groups, including pro-life advocates and traditional Catholics, the outlets reported.
At least three whistleblowers—Marcus Allen, Garrett O’Boyle, and George Hill—publicly alleged that they faced retaliation after raising concerns internally, and later with Congress, about the FBI’s handling of January 6 suspects, its investigation of pro-life Americans following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and other related issues.
One of the most significant findings of the Weaponization Committee’s broad investigation was uncovering a comprehensive effort by the Biden administration to “coerce” major technology companies—including Meta (Facebook), Alphabet (Google), and Amazon—to censor various online content. The political pressure on social media platforms began in the final days of the 2020 presidential campaign, resulting in the suppression of at least one major story about alleged corruption detailed on Hunter Biden’s laptop. This censorship may have directly influenced then-candidate Joe Biden’s campaign, the report said.
The subcommittee also investigated the federal and state prosecutions of Donald Trump, examining them for potential political bias and violations of his rights. In a July report, the committee alleged that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump violated his constitutional and legal rights. The findings were detailed in a report released Tuesday by the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee and its Weaponization Subcommittee. Trump was formally charged by Bragg in April 2023 and was found guilty by a jury in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
“The testimony that the Committee and Select Subcommittee have received makes clear that President Trump’s trial was riddled with constitutional defects – defects that should prompt the New York appellate courts to reverse the verdict. The trial violated basic principles of due process,” the committees conclude in the report.
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