Speaker Johnson Unveils ‘Three-Pronged Approach’ To Reign In Biden DOJ

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) discussed on Tuesday his plans for a “three-pronged approach” to reign in the partisan Biden Department of Justice.

While speaking at a press conference, Johnson told reporters that House Republicans plan to use legislation, congressional oversight, and the appropriations process against the DOJ after former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony charges in a Manhattan case plagued by political bias.

“All those things will be happening vigorously, because we have to do that, because the stakes are too high and because people are losing faith in our institutions,” Johnson said. “And that, at the end of the day, is something that should concern every single one of us. And I think it does.”

In the days following the verdict, Republican lawmakers and legal groups have called for an investigation into Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hiring of Matthew Colangelo, a former Biden DOJ employee. In the early days of the Biden Administration, Colangelo served as the Acting Associate Attorney General, the third most senior position in the department.

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He then left the DOJ for a low-level prosecutor job with Bragg’s office and was immediately assigned to the Trump investigation.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is already working on Johnson’s “three-pronged-approach” concerning Colangelo’s hiring. Jordan is demanding the testimony of Bragg and Colangelo before the committee and is prepared to use subpoena power if necessary.

During Tuesday’s press conference, Johnson framed the Trump prosecution as a coordinated effort between the Biden DOJ and Bragg’s office to interfere in the 2024 election.

“They see this happening, and they’re so desperate to stop them that they are willing to use the judicial system to do so,” Johnson said, pointing to polls that show Trump ahead in key swing states. “It is a new low. And it’s a dangerous one.”

“They’re eroding the people’s faith in our system of justice itself. As [House Republican Leader Steve Scalise] said, people have to believe that justice is blind. You have to believe that there is equal justice under the law in order to maintain a constitutional republic,” he continued. “This goes to the very core of who we are. the foundation of who we are as a nation, and that’s why it’s bigger than just President Trump. It’s bigger than just these cases. It’s about our system itself. And because of that there is a backlash.”

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