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Leroy N. Soetoro
Oct 27, 2023, 7:02:58 PM10/27/23
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is seeking information from the Department of
Justice and FBI about whether they properly vetted what he says were
dozens of confidential human sources who allegedly provided federal
investigators with criminal information about the Biden family.
The Iowa Republican asked the DOJ and FBI in a letter published Wednesday
to provide him with a wide range of records about how they vetted the
alleged information from the sources.
Citing anonymous whistleblower disclosures, Grassley said he had been made
aware that the agencies had at one point maintained more than 40 sources
who had criminal information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter
and brother James.
"An essential question that must be answered is this: did the FBI
investigate the information or shut it down? Indeed, if those sources were
improperly shut down, it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for the FBI,"
Grassley wrote.
The Republican senator's requests come as House Republicans pursue an
impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden over allegations he abused his
authority when he was vice president to personally profit off of his
family's many foreign business dealings. Part of the GOP's inquiry
involves examining how the DOJ has handled its own parallel investigation
into Hunter Biden after whistleblowers alleged that the investigation had
been "slow-walked" by government officials to protect the Bidens.
Grassley, a longtime advocate for whistleblowers, has for years also been
vetting allegations about the DOJ's investigation into Hunter Biden and
demanding responses from the department about them.
The Iowa lawmaker, who currently serves as the Senate Budget Committee
ranking member and as a Judiciary Committee member, accused the department
of stonewalling him on the issue since 2019.
The DOJ, at least this year, has appeared to prioritize extensive
requests, such as this latest one from Grassley, from those helming
congressional committees. The DOJ bolstered its legislative staff this
year, for example, to meet investigative requests from House Republicans,
who enjoy majority authorities such as subpoena power and have been
sending a barrage of Biden-related demands to the department all year.
Grassley's letter on Thursday came after he released in July the most
damning accusation against Joe and Hunter Biden yet in the form of an FD-
1023, an investigative form the FBI uses to record information it gets
from confidential human sources.
The form alleged that Joe and Hunter Biden accepted $5 million each in
bribes so that Joe Biden, who was at the time vice president, would use
his authority to protect a Ukrainian energy company from scrutiny while
his son held a lucrative board position with the company.
Grassley said in Thursday's letter that certain FBI personnel allegedly
attempted "to sweep [the form] under the rug" in part by falsely
attributing it to foreign disinformation.
"It should be emphasized that the basis for trying to shut down the Biden
family 1023 has been described to my office as highly suspect and is
contradicted by other documents my office has been told exist within the
Foreign Influence Task Force, FBI Seattle Field Office, FBI Baltimore
Field Office, and FBI HQ holdings," Grassley wrote.
He noted that the information on the FD-1023 had come from a "long-
standing, high-paid" FBI source "who's been used in other investigative
matters" and whose travel schedule corroborated travel mentioned on the
form.
The FBI confirmed it had received Grassley's letter but said it had no
other comment. The DOJ declined to comment.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
criminal-information-biden-family
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is seeking information from the Department of
Justice and FBI about whether they properly vetted what he says were
dozens of confidential human sources who allegedly provided federal
investigators with criminal information about the Biden family.
The Iowa Republican asked the DOJ and FBI in a letter published Wednesday
to provide him with a wide range of records about how they vetted the
alleged information from the sources.
Citing anonymous whistleblower disclosures, Grassley said he had been made
aware that the agencies had at one point maintained more than 40 sources
who had criminal information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter
and brother James.
"An essential question that must be answered is this: did the FBI
investigate the information or shut it down? Indeed, if those sources were
improperly shut down, it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for the FBI,"
Grassley wrote.
The Republican senator's requests come as House Republicans pursue an
impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden over allegations he abused his
authority when he was vice president to personally profit off of his
family's many foreign business dealings. Part of the GOP's inquiry
involves examining how the DOJ has handled its own parallel investigation
into Hunter Biden after whistleblowers alleged that the investigation had
been "slow-walked" by government officials to protect the Bidens.
Grassley, a longtime advocate for whistleblowers, has for years also been
vetting allegations about the DOJ's investigation into Hunter Biden and
demanding responses from the department about them.
The Iowa lawmaker, who currently serves as the Senate Budget Committee
ranking member and as a Judiciary Committee member, accused the department
of stonewalling him on the issue since 2019.
The DOJ, at least this year, has appeared to prioritize extensive
requests, such as this latest one from Grassley, from those helming
congressional committees. The DOJ bolstered its legislative staff this
year, for example, to meet investigative requests from House Republicans,
who enjoy majority authorities such as subpoena power and have been
sending a barrage of Biden-related demands to the department all year.
Grassley's letter on Thursday came after he released in July the most
damning accusation against Joe and Hunter Biden yet in the form of an FD-
1023, an investigative form the FBI uses to record information it gets
from confidential human sources.
The form alleged that Joe and Hunter Biden accepted $5 million each in
bribes so that Joe Biden, who was at the time vice president, would use
his authority to protect a Ukrainian energy company from scrutiny while
his son held a lucrative board position with the company.
Grassley said in Thursday's letter that certain FBI personnel allegedly
attempted "to sweep [the form] under the rug" in part by falsely
attributing it to foreign disinformation.
"It should be emphasized that the basis for trying to shut down the Biden
family 1023 has been described to my office as highly suspect and is
contradicted by other documents my office has been told exist within the
Foreign Influence Task Force, FBI Seattle Field Office, FBI Baltimore
Field Office, and FBI HQ holdings," Grassley wrote.
He noted that the information on the FD-1023 had come from a "long-
standing, high-paid" FBI source "who's been used in other investigative
matters" and whose travel schedule corroborated travel mentioned on the
form.
The FBI confirmed it had received Grassley's letter but said it had no
other comment. The DOJ declined to comment.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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