Jordan Sends Subpoena To Bank of America Over Sharing of Jan. 6 Info

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has despatched a subpoena to the Bank of America as his panel continues its investigation into how monetary establishments handled buyer info in relation to the riot on the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Jordan despatched a letter to financial institution CEO Brian Moynihan wherein he said that the establishment had didn’t voluntarily present his committee with requested paperwork concerning questions on what info was shared with the FBI following the riot.

“On 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’ 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,” the letter stated, according to the Washington Examiner.

Jordan stated he was involved about info the financial institution offered to the FBI “voluntarily and without any legal process,” including if the financial institution had “lawful authority” to take action, then Congress must “consider reforms that adequately protect Americans’ information.”

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“Indeed, 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’ information,” the letter stated. (*6*)

It added: “For 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’s ‘filing’ that it emailed to the FBI.”

The Examiner famous additional:

The investigation into Bank of America by the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, of which Jordan can be chairman, was opened in May, with the panel initially giving the financial institution a June 8 deadline to supply the requested paperwork. The inquiry is one of a number of investigations associated to the federal government’s dealing with of the Capitol riot by House Republicans.

In late September, in the meantime, Jordan despatched a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray that seems to include a confirmationthat the bureau did certainly make the most of confidential human sources (CHS) to infiltrate crowds forward of the riot.

In addition, the letter appears to indicate that the FBI was utilizing CHSs that had been being managed by discipline workplaces outdoors of Washington, D.C., and that the bureau might not have been capable of adequately monitor them or their actions, Just the News reported.

Just the News added:

Jordan renewed his request for paperwork to Wray following Tuesday testimony from former Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Washington Field Office (WFO) Steven D’Antuono, who stated that the bureau knew that some of its CHSs could be current for the occasions of Jan. 6 upfront.

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“During this interview, D’Antuono 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’Antuono, the FBI was aware in advance of January 6 that some CHSs would be in attendance that day,” the letter to Wray stated.

“D’Antuono explained that due to the large number of CHSs present at the Capitol, the WFO asked FBI Headquarters ‘to do a poll or put out something to people saying w[ere] any CHSs involved’ so the FBI could try to ascertain how many CHSs had been in attendance,” Jordan wrote.