Jordan Demands Testimony From Prosecutors Who Went After Trump

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is calling prosecutors who oversaw the criminal investigation into Donald Trump to testify before his committee — the latest chapter in congressional Republicans’ campaign to target government officials who investigated the president.

Jordan asked Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday for her department’s cooperation in the testimony of Justice Department staffer Thomas Windom and former staffer J.P. Cooney, both of whom worked with former special counsel Jack Smith on the criminal investigations into Trump in between his terms in the White House.

Trump has repeatedly indicated he intends to seek retribution against his critics, particularly those in federal law enforcement, and House Republicans like Jordan have suggested they will leverage their power to investigate his perceived enemies.

“Their testimony is vital to our investigation into how the Biden-Harris Administration weaponized the Justice Department for political purposes and misused federal law-enforcement resources,” Jordan said in his letter to Bondi. “We share your commitment to restoring accountability and transparency to the Department and we respectfully request the Department’s cooperation with this matter.”

A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed that it had received the letter but declined to comment any further.

Jordan is also asking special counsel David Weiss, who helmed the cases against former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, to testify a second time before his committee. Weiss, who oversaw the criminal tax and gun-related charges against the younger Biden, previously sat for an interview before Congress in Nov. 2023. But the Judiciary chair argued that Weiss’ final report, publicly released by former attorney general Merrick Garland, failed to address outstanding questions.

The elder Biden also issued a sweeping pardon for his son in his final days in office, rendering Weiss’ case moot. But Jordan has maintained his interest in the case.

“Rather than working collaboratively with us, the Biden-Harris DOJ dictated unilateral and severe scope limitations on our fact-finding and directed Department witnesses appearing before the Committee to not answer questions on the vast majority of topics,” Jordan alleged. “Fulfilling our oversight is critical to ensuring that the Committee can appropriately consider legislative reforms to improve the rule of law and address potential conflicts of interest such as those present in the prosecution of Hunter Biden.”

Jordan is also asking for testimony from Mack Jenkins, a former Justice Department employee in California. Jenkins led the prosecution of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, the Nebraska Republican who was convicted by a California jury of lying to the FBI before the decision was overturned and the case was transferred to Washington. After Trump assumed office, the Justice Department dropped the case. Jordan accused the Biden administration of “partisan retaliation” in pursuing the charges.

The committee chair wants to hear from other DOJ officials, too. They include a New York prosecutor who Jordan alleges appeared to retaliate against a witness in House GOP’s impeachment inquiry into then-President Joe Biden; a prosecutor from Texas involved in the case against a doctor who allegedly leaked medical information related to gender transition procedures; and prosecutors from Pennsylvania pursuing charges against a man accused of pushing an abortion clinic escort.

In a statement, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, blasted Jordan for continuing to probe the last administration, with so much going on now under Trump’s watch.

"This pathetic time-machine investigation is legislative oversight malpractice of the first order, and the whole country will be rolling its eyes at this waste of time and resources on GOP summer re-runs,” Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, said.

Kyle Cheney contributed to this report.