Sen. Grassley Accuses FBI of “Obstructive Conduct” on Biden Ukraine Bribe

Sen. Grassley Accuses FBI of “Obstructive Conduct” in Senate Floor Speech on Biden Ukraine Bribe FD-1O23 FormShow more

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) gave a Senate floor speech Tuesday afternoon calling out the DOJ and FBI about their handling of the FBI FD-1023 Form from July 2020 he recently made public that contains explosive allegations of bribery against then Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter involving the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma.

Sen. Grassley accused the FBI of “obstructive conduct” by redacting information in the version of the FD-1023 shown to Congressmen regarding the alleged phone call recordings of Joe Biden, text messages and financial records about the bribery scheme.

Sen. Grassley also spoke about news reports that the FBI and DOJ dragged their heels investigating the allegations even though parts of the information in the FD-1023 had been confirmed. Grassley noted that in a recent phone call with him and Rep. James Comer (R-KY), FBI Director Christopher Wray said the FD-1023 was credible and was part of an ongoing investigation. (The IRS investigators in the Hunter Biden case recently testified they did not know about the FD-1023 until it was made public this summer–after they had been pulled off the case.)

Sen. Grassley asked, “Did the Justice Department and the FBI follow normal investigative process and procedure to run the information down or did they sweep this information under the rug?”