- He said the bureau should acknowledge when agents are working on major cases like the Hunter Biden probe and make a public pledge to rigorously document that bureau procedures are followed.
- Grassley revealed last week that FBI whistleblowers told lawmakers that FBI officials inaccurately labeled verified evidence in the Hunter Biden case as disinformation, grinding the probe to a halt.
- In May, the criminal trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann laid bare multiple mistakes and subterfuge by FBI officials investigating accusations of links between Russians who interfered in the 2016 election and members of President Trump’s campaign.
- Grassley’s accusation of partisan interference by top FBI officials in the Hunter Biden probe is the latest crisis of credibility for the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, making its job of collaring crooks that much more difficult.
- Last year, prosecutors charged FBI agent Eduardo Valdivia with attempted second-degree murder in a shooting aboard a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority train after a five-month investigation by Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy.
- “I have no faith in Christopher Wray conducting this investigation, but it’s important that the American public understand the FBI had Hunter Biden’s laptop in December 2019.
- An agent testified that a “typo” led other agents to believe that the anti-Trump accusations were based on a referral from the Justice Department, not from a Clinton campaign attorney.
- The Iowa Republican made the accusation in the middle of an embarrassing summer for the storied bureau, which has been struggling to shake off complaints of political bias since the 2016 presidential election.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/1/erosion-public-trust-mounting-fbi-allegations-part/
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