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In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, the GOP lawmakers said the move “raises serious concerns about political bias.”
“The Obama-Biden Justice Department weaponized the NSD and our intelligence community to target the Trump campaign. Ms. Hennessey played a large role in promoting and legitimizing these attacks,” the letter states.
“Your decision to hire Ms. Hennessey to a senior position within the NSD suggests that rather than execute the law impartially and without fear or favor, you intend to continue the Obama-Biden Administration’s politicization and weaponization of our national security laws,” the letter says.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the committee’s ranking Republican, wrote the letter, which was signed by GOP Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona and Mike Johnson of Louisiana.
“In several recent Justice Department investigations involving national security matters, Ms. Hennessey has been an outspoken and partisan critic of Republicans,” he wrote in a letter also signed by Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Mike Johnson
“Your decision to hire Ms. Hennessey to a senior position within the [national security division] suggests that rather than execute the law impartially and without fear or favor, you intend to continue the Obama-Biden Administration’s politicization and weaponization of our national security laws.”
The Hill has reached out to the DOJ for comment.
Jordan was one of Trump’s key allies during the Mueller investigation and a staunch defender of the former president during both of his impeachments.