Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Sunday defended Attorney General William Barr’s decision to investigate the origin of the FBI Russia probe, saying "unauthorized surveillance and political surveillance" should "scare" Americans.
In an interview on ABC News’ “This Week,” the co-founder of the hard-right Freedom Caucus said Barr "is going to get to the bottom of this thing."
“[Barr] said there was a failure of leadership at the upper echelon of the FBI. That was definitely true,” Jordan said.
“Then he said three other things that everyone should pay attention… there's a basis for his concern about the spying that took place. Maybe most important, he used two terms that should scare all your viewers, unauthorized surveillance and political surveillance. The evidence seems to suggest it happened.”
Jordan also hit former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the election for taking too long and costing too much — and that former FBI James Comey came to the same conclusion earlier and quicker.
Fired as FBI chief May 9, 2017, Comey oversaw the first 10 months of the FBI's collusion investigation.
“He said after 10 months of the FBI looking into this they had no evidence of any coordination or collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to impact the 2016 election. How long did it take Bob Mueller?“ Jordan asked.
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