Senators Seek to Interview FBI Officials Following Recent Whistleblower Claims

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) want two top FBI officials to appear for an interview to explain details about the agency’s alleged interference in the investigation of a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, and his foreign business dealings.

The senators sent a letter to Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Bradley Benavides and Washington Field Office Intelligence Analyst in Charge Nikki Floris, demanding that both appear for a transcribed interview next month.

“On August 6, 2020, as we were finishing our September 23, 2020, report on Hunter Biden’s financial connections to foreign governments and questionable foreign nationals, you provided a briefing to us on behalf of the FBI and Intelligence Community,” the GOP senators, who have been investigating the younger Biden’s overseas dealings for years, wrote in their letter (pdf), which was dated Aug. 25. The Epoch Times obtained a copy of the letter.

But the pair said that the late 2020 briefing was actually “unnecessary and was only done because of pressure from our Democratic colleagues, including Democratic leadership, to falsely attack our Biden investigation as advancing Russian disinformation.

“The FBI succumbed to the Democratic pressure and provided the infamous August 6, 2020, briefing,” they wrote. “We made clear to you at the briefing that it was not relevant to the substance of our work.

“In response, you stated that the FBI is not attempting to ‘quash, curtail, or interfere’ in the investigation in any way.”

At the time, Grassley and Johnson were investigating the younger Biden’s role while on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings—which was the subject of a Ukrainian government investigation for years—as well as his financial transactions. He joined Burisma in April 2014 and was reportedly consulting with them about fighting corruption charges in Ukraine.

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