FBI Election Interference: Scandal Bigger Than Biden Bribery, Says ‘Highly Credible’ Source.

Margot ClevelandJune 5, 2023

The FBI Scandal: Grassley’s Focus on Government Actors

The confidential human source (CHS) behind the detailed allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden agreed to accept money from a foreign national to affect policy decisions was reportedly “highly credible” and used by the FBI in multiple criminal investigations dating back to the Obama administration. Friday’s exclusive by Fox News provides further insight into Sen. Chuck Grassley’s focus on the FBI — as opposed to the Biden family — as the primary scandal in play.

Sen. Chuck Grassley is not interested in whether or not the accusations against then-Vice President Joe Biden are accurate. Instead, he is focused on whether the FBI is doing its job. The recent revelation that the confidential human source (CHS) behind the allegations against Biden was “highly credible” and had been used by the FBI in multiple criminal investigations dating back to the Obama administration only strengthens Grassley’s focus on the FBI as the primary scandal in play.

Uncovering Government Actors Responsible for Violating the Rule of Law

While the allegations against Biden are significant, more important is uncovering government actors responsible for violating the rule of law. America can survive select injustices, but it cannot withstand a corrupt bureaucracy that obstructs justice and interferes in elections. Grassley’s primary concern is the evidence of continuing political bias at the FBI, prompting him to call for a “change in the culture.”

This evidence of continuing political bias at the FBI is Grassley’s primary concern, prompting him to call for a “change in the culture.”
John Durham’s special counsel report recently lay bare the impropriety of the FBI’s targeting of the Trump campaign based on unverified gossip from an unvetted source.
Grassley is now highlighting the converse: the FBI’s improper branding of evidence from a “highly credible” CHS as disinformation to protect the Democrat candidate for president.

Grassley’s colleague in the House, James Comer, revealed that the CHS report was dated June 30, 2020, and while the allegations against candidate Biden came from a “highly credible” CHS, the FBI closed them. According to the whistleblower, FBI headquarters closed out the source even though some of the allegations had already been verified and other details could have been verified. This evidence suggests FBI headquarters obstructed justice, and the date of the CHS’s report indicates those responsible for misbranding the intel as disinformation sought to interfere in the 2020 election.

Grassley’s Primary Concern: Change in the Culture

Grassley’s primary concern is the evidence of continuing political bias at the FBI, prompting him to call for a “change in the culture.” However, this change will be a long time coming, given that FBI Director Christopher Wray resisted the subpoena and appears poised to fight Grassley and congressional oversight committees every step of the way.

Margot Cleveland is The Federalist’s senior legal correspondent. She is also a contributor to National Review Online, the Washington Examiner, Aleteia, and Townhall.com, and has been published in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Cleveland is a lawyer and a graduate of the Notre Dame Law School, where she earned the Hoynes Prize—the law school’s highest honor. She later served for nearly 25 years as a permanent law clerk for a federal appellate judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Cleveland is a former full-time university faculty member and now teaches as an adjunct from time to time. As a stay-at-home homeschooling mom of a young son with cystic fibrosis, Cleveland frequently writes on cultural issues related to parenting and special-needs children. Cleveland is on Twitter at @ProfMJCleveland. The views expressed here are those of Cleveland in her private capacity.