FBI Nixed Hunter Biden Probe Pre-2020 Election Using Playbook of Dem Lawmakers, Sen. Grassley Alleges

News Analysis In the heat of the 2020 presidential race, a group of Democratic lawmakers raised the allegation that foreign actors were spreading disinformation in order to sway Congress and the election. The FBI ran with that allegation and used it to shut down a legitimate investigation of alleged crimes committed by Hunter Biden, son of then-candidate Joe Biden, according to a letter recently sent by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to the heads of the Justice Department and the FBI. Grassley relies on information provided by multiple “highly credible” FBI whistleblowers, the July 25 letter said (pdf). “The allegations provided to my office appear to indicate that there was a scheme in place among certain FBI officials to undermine derogatory information connected to Hunter Biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation,” it says, noting that “the volume and consistency of these allegations substantiate their credibility.”…

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