by John Solomon at Just the News
Recent revelations from FBI whistleblowers raise the strong prospect that the bureau engaged in a “targeted effort to intentionally undermine” the Senate’s pre-election probe into Hunter Biden’s business deals, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) declares in a stinging letter to the nation’s top law enforcement and intelligence officials.
“Unfortunately, the FBI can no longer be trusted to investigate Hunter Biden with integrity and the equal application of law,” Johnson said in a letter sent late Tuesday to FBI Director Chris Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines.
Johnson’s missive came a day after his colleague, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, divulged that multiple FBI whistleblowers have come forward to allege political manipulation and other wrongdoing inside the FBI, including falsely portraying negative information about Hunter Biden as disinformation back in 2020 when in fact it was true.
“The FBI being weaponized against two sitting chairmen of U.S. Senate committees with constitutional oversight responsibilities would be one of the greatest episodes of Executive Branch corruption in American history,” the Wisconsin Republican wrote.
The former chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee has long raised concerns about a 2020 briefing that the bureau gave lawmakers that he says was misconstrued and falsely reported in public as suggesting allegations against Hunter Biden were part of a foreign disinformation operation. Top officials have declined to answer questions from Johnson and Grassley about the disputed briefing.
“For nearly two years I have sought to get information from the FBI…
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