Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is building on his reputation as a tenacious legislator who aggressively chases information and holds government officials to task.

Spearheaded by Jordan, the committee is looking into FBI actions that Republicans contend are misdeeds and improper conduct aimed at derailing Donald Trump’s campaigns for president.  

To that end, the committee is investigating the FBI raid last summer of the former president’s estate Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in which the feds seized sensitive materials that Trump had stored there from his time in the White House. 

Jordan sent his letter as the Justice Department’s special counsel Jack Smith nears completing his investigations into the documents at Mar-a-Lago, and Trump and his involvement in the Capitol protests and disruption of Jan. 6, 2021.  

Trump’s attorneys met with Justice Department officials on June 5.