Grassley, Johnson probe FBI and DOJ on possible media leaks related to Trump investigations
The letter centered on reports of an FBI investigation, which was ultimately closed due to a lack of evidence, into possible business dealings between Trump and Egypt, and questioned whether an investigation into the Biden family's alleged foreign business dealings was treated with the same scrutiny.
Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley and Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson on Monday sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, demanding answers about alleged leaks to members of the media related to an investigation into former President Donald Trump.
The letter centered on reports of an FBI investigation, which was ultimately closed due to a lack of evidence, into possible business dealings between Trump and Egypt, and questioned whether an investigation into the Biden family's alleged foreign business dealings was treated with the same scrutiny. The investigation was first reported by the Washington Post last month.
"Did the Justice Department and FBI obtain bank records relating to the Biden family just as they did for the Trump family? If not, why not?" the senators asked in the letter. "Since the creation of the FD-1023 in June 2020, did the Justice Department and FBI make every effort to obtain the text messages, bank records, and audio tapes referenced in it or determine they don’t exist? If not, why not? If so, when did you make those efforts?"
"Either these records exist, or they don’t, and the Justice Department and FBI have an obligation to put this matter to rest and provide assurances to the American people that political bias hasn’t infected Special Counsel David Weiss’s operations," they added.
The senators also accused the departments of "stiff-arming" Congress while leaking potentially classified information to members of the press, which he alleged was election interference.
"More than that, it also appears the Biden-Harris Justice Department and FBI intentionally leaked this information, to include potentially classified information, to the media roughly 90 days before the 2024 presidential election," they wrote. "This ongoing election interference by your agencies is another reason why the American people continue to lose faith in the agencies you’re responsible for leading."
The letter requested a response by Sept. 30.
Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
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