Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, has subpoenaed Bank of America as part of his group\u2019s ongoing investigation into the handling of customer data related to the January 6, 2021, riot at the United States Capitol.<\/p>\n
In a letter addressed to Brian Moynihan, the chief executive officer of the bank, Jordan complained that the company had refused to voluntarily provide the documents his committee had asked for, which concerned inquiries into the information that had been shared with the FBI after the riot.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn May 25, 2023, we requested your voluntary cooperation with our oversight efforts to determine the extent to which financial institutions, such as Bank of America Corporation (BoA), worked with the FBI to collect Americans\u2019 data. In response, the Committee has received 223 pages of documents responsive to our original requests. However, to date, BoA has refused to provide the Committee and Select Subcommittee with the filing it turned over to the FBI,\u201d the letter said, according to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n
Jordan said he was concerned about information the bank provided to the FBI \u201cvoluntarily and without any legal process,\u201d adding if the bank had \u201clawful authority\u201d to do so, then Congress ought to \u201cconsider reforms that adequately protect Americans\u2019 information.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIndeed, if such a lawful authority exists, as BoA asserts, for BoA to freely share private financial information without any legal process or specific nexus to criminality, Congress has a responsibility to consider reforms that adequately protect Americans\u2019 information,\u201d the letter said. \u201cIt should not be the case that federal law enforcement has carte blanche access to Americans\u2019 financial information by deeming a transaction or class of transactions as \u2018suspicious\u2019 or otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n
It added: \u201cFor that reason, to inform such legislation, it is critical that the Committee understand the full extent of the information-sharing between BoA and the FBI, including review of BoA\u2019s \u2018filing\u2019 that it emailed to the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n
The investigation into Bank of America by the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, of which Jordan is also chairman, was opened in May, with the panel originally giving the bank a June 8 deadline to provide the requested documents. The inquiry is one of several investigations related to the government\u2019s handling of the Capitol riot by House Republicans.<\/p>\n
In late September, meanwhile, Jordan sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray that appears to contain confirmation that the bureau did indeed utilize confidential human sources (CHS) to infiltrate crowds ahead of the riot.<\/p>\n
In addition, the letter seems to imply that the FBI was using CHSs that were being controlled by field offices outside of Washington, D.C. and that the bureau may not have been able to adequately track them or their activities, Just the News reported.<\/p>\n
Just the News added:<\/p>\n
Jordan renewed his request for documents to Wray following Tuesday testimony from former Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Washington Field Office (WFO) Steven D\u2019Antuono, who said that the bureau knew that some of its CHSs would be present for the events of Jan. 6 in advance.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring this interview, D\u2019Antuono testified that the WFO learned after the events of January 6 that there had been confidential sources from other field offices in attendance, as well as informants who participated on their own accord. According to D\u2019Antuono, the FBI was aware in advance of January 6 that some CHSs would be in attendance that day,\u201d the letter to Wray said.<\/p>\n
\u201cD\u2019Antuono explained that due to the large number of CHSs present at the Capitol, the WFO asked FBI Headquarters \u2018to do a poll or put out something to people saying w[ere] any CHSs involved\u2019 so the FBI could try to ascertain how many CHSs had been in attendance,\u201d Jordan wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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