Grassley wants DOJ to release document on Biden’s criminal scheme.

Republican Senator Demands Transparency from FBI

Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, is demanding transparency from the FBI, an agency that has shown no interest in being transparent. On Thursday, Grassley took to the Senate floor to demand FBI compliance with a congressional subpoena that compels the agency to provide documents related to a criminal scheme involving the president and a foreign national.

Grassley’s Call for Oversight

Grassley, who joined House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer in issuing the subpoena on Wednesday, wrote, “We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current President of the United States. What we don’t know is what, if anything, the FBI has done to verify these claims or investigate further. The FBI’s recent history of botching politically charged investigations demands close congressional oversight.”

In his Thursday floor speech, Grassley spoke about his tenure conducting constitutional oversight of federal law enforcement agencies. “Those disclosures have a very common theme: the Justice Department and FBI have allowed political infection to take root within each agency’s decision-making process. Such an infection is an existential threat to any government agency.”

Whistleblower Allegations

The latest whistleblower cited in Republican lawmakers’ demands to the FBI on Wednesday alleges President Biden engaged in bribery while serving in the Obama administration. “The allegations my office has received are very precise, very direct, and very consistent. Accordingly, they’re highly credible,” Grassley said Thursday. “Not once – let me emphasize that again – not once has the Justice Department or FBI substantively disputed the whistleblower allegations that I’ve made public.”

“If the Justice Department and FBI have any hope of redeeming their once-trusted position with the American people, Attorney General Garland and Director Wray must answer. Their credibility is on the line,” Grassley added.

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