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EXCLUSIVE: Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson are raising new questions about a 2020 FBI briefing in which the agency said the senators’ investigation into Hunter Biden was advancing Russian disinformation at a time the FBI was looking into some of the same allegations.
“The more we learn about what the FBI was up to in the summer of 2020, the more questions we have about what was done with information related to the Hunter Biden investigation,” Grassley, R-Iowa, told Fox News Digital this week. He called the briefing “totally unnecessary” and said it was a “clear effort to discredit our oversight.”
“Was there a broader effort by federal law enforcement to improperly silence or sideline anything critical of the Biden family in the run-up to the 2020 election?” Grassley asked. “The timeline that is emerging does not paint a picture of an apolitical FBI, and the bureau has a duty to explain itself, which it has so far failed to do.”
The two senators opened an investigation into Hunter Biden’s finances, specifically his role on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings. At the time of the FBI briefing, the senators were finalizing their report that would be released in September 2020.
FLASHBACK: GRASSLEY, JOHNSON DEMAND FBI INTERVIEW, SAY PREVIOUS MEETING ON HUNTER PROBE PUSHED FALSE RUSSIAN DISINFO TALE
Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson are demanding information from the FBI about its claim their Hunter Bide probe advanced Russian disinformation. (AP/Getty Images)
On Aug. 6, 2020, the FBI provided a briefing to Grassley and Johnson “on behalf of the FBI and intelligence community,” a briefing the senators have repeatedly said was given “because of pressure” from Democrats “to falsely attack” their investigation.
The two senators say that, in August 2020, FBI officials initiated a scheme to downplay derogatory information on Hunter Biden for the purpose of shutting down investigative activity relating to his potential criminal exposure by…
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