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Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are targeting a former CNN legal analyst and vocal critic of the Trump administration who has joined the Biden team at the national security summit.
Susan Hennessey, a former National Security Agency lawyer, joined the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division last month after stints at the Brookings Institution and Lawfare. Republicans are now asking the DOJ to provide information on his hiring.
GOP lawmakers focus on comments she has made over the past four years, where she has often criticized former President TrumpDonald Trump and Former House Republican for challenging DeWine for the Ohio gubernatorial nomination GOP Senators Press Justice Department to Compare Protest Arrests to Capitol Riot Overnight Defense: Austin Leads Classified Initiatives to Counter China | Biden emphasizes alliances in speech to troops | Lockdown lifted at Texas base after reporting shooting MORE and then Attorney General William BarrBill BarrHouse Judiciary releases McGahn testimony on Trump Garland defends Justice Department backing Trump-era rulings Trump claims Lafayette Square exemption by eliminating the treatment of the investigation by former special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Senate Democrats Mueller urge Garland not to challenge court order to release obstruction note of Trump.
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In several recent Justice Department inquiries into 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-Arizona) and Mike Johnson James (Mike) Michael Johnson Republicans target role of Trump critic in DOJ GOP votes to eliminate Cheney from leadership Conference MP Cheney GOP complained about Stefanik ‘crowning’: MORE report (R-La .).
Your decision to hire Ms. Hennessey in a management position within the [national security division] suggests that rather than enforcing the law impartially and without fear or favor, you intend to continue the politicization and militarization of our national security laws by the Obama-Biden administrations.
The Hill has contacted the DOJ for comment.
Jordan was one of Trump’s main allies during the Mueller inquiry and a staunch supporter of the former president during his two impeachments.
The letter asks the DOJ to further explain Hennessey’s role within the National Security Division and to confirm that she was hired as a political appointee from Annex C.
He also focuses on a Fox News article noting fluctuations in the total number of tweets from Hennesseys.
The Hennesseys account currently displays 242 tweets, while Internet Wayback Machine records show it had over 39,000 tweets as of November 2020.
From the timing and volume of the reductions, we can only conclude that Ms Hennessey has taken such drastic steps to erase her past controversial statements on national security issues and hide her political biases, the author wrote, asking whether the Justice Department or a component of the Biden-Harris Administration requested, directed or suggested that Ms. Hennessey delete her tweets.
This isn’t the first time Republicans have turned to past tweets to attack a Biden administration hiring. GOP combed through Neera Tanden’s Twitter account Neera TandenBiden, the drama-free White House leader Manchin, is unwilling to back Democrats who pass infrastructure on their own Republicans target Trump’s critical role in the DOJ MORE President BidenJoe Biden White House announces major boost to global vaccine supply US in talks to purchase Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to send overseas: Report Pentagon is considering Authorize airstrikes in Afghanistan if the country falls into crisis: report MOREs’ candidate for Bureau of Management and Budget, digging up old tweets criticizing Republicans such as Senator Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Senators Edward CruzGOP urges Justice Department to compare protest arrests to Capitol Riot The Hill’s Morning Report – Brought to you by Facebook – Biden hijacks infrast fructures ahead of June vote Texas governor signs bills to improve power grid after fatal winter storm PLUS (Texas).
Tanden eventually withdrew her appointment and is now a senior advisor in the White House.
Harper Neidig contributed.
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