Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan has been one of the Republicans leading the effort against

what the GOP says is the weaponization of the federal government.

He's also found himself in a public back and forth with Alvin Brad, the Manhattan District

Attorney who's brought the first-ever criminal charges against a former U.S. President.

In this episode, we talked with the congressmen about government weaponization, the controversial

case against Trump, the alleged targeting of Elon Musk's Twitter, and the impact of all

this on free speech in the U.S.

I'm daily wire editor-in-chief John Vickley with Georgia Howell.

It's Saturday, April 15th, and this is an extra edition of Morning Wire.

Joining us now is Congressman Jim Jordan, chair of the Select Subcommittee on the weaponization

of the federal government.

Congressman, thank you for joining us.

You've been at the center of so many hot button issues lately, weaponization of the government,

FBI, targeting of conservatives.

What do you see as the most pressing issues facing Americans right now?

Probably the attack on the First Amendment is probably, I think, front and center, but

I guess maybe just the overall context.

I mean, think about in the last four weeks what we've learned, the FTC sends multiple

letters to Twitter, a private company, in those letters they asked Elon Musk and Twitter,

who are the journalists you're talking to, named four journalists personally.

By name, we have two of those journalists come testify in front of our committee about

this First Amendment issue and what they call the censorship industrial complex.

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