{"id":1597508,"date":"2022-08-09T17:33:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T21:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597508"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T21:34:10","slug":"fbi-director-wray-calls-report-of-bureaus-alleged-mishandling-of-hunter-biden-probe-deeply-troubling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-wray-calls-report-of-bureaus-alleged-mishandling-of-hunter-biden-probe-deeply-troubling\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Director Wray Calls Report of Bureau\u2019s Alleged Mishandling of Hunter Biden Probe \u2018Deeply Troubling\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-director-wray-calls-report-of-bureaus-alleged-mishandling-of-hunter-biden-probe-deeply-troubling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597508&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Aug. 4, FBI Director Christopher Wray said he found \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fbi-wrongly-labeled-derogatory-information-on-hunter-biden-as-disinformation-whistleblowers_4622264.html\">whistleblowers\u2019 report<\/a> alleging a concerted effort within the agency to discredit accurate information about Hunter Biden during the bureau\u2019s investigation in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The report claiming widespread efforts within the FBI to downplay or mishandle information about the son of President Joe Biden was made public by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a letter (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/grassley_to_justice_deptfbipoliticalbiasfollowup.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) he sent to Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland on July 25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe allegations provided to my office appear to indicate that there was a scheme in place among certain FBI officials to undermine derogatory information connected to Hunter Biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation,\u201d the letter says, noting that \u201cthe volume and consistency of these allegations substantiate their credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Based on the timeline set forth in the letter, \u201cthe FBI developed information in 2020 about Hunter Biden\u2019s criminal financial and related activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grassley pointed to Washington Field Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault, accusing him of potentially violating federal laws and rules established by the FBI.\u00a0 To wit, Grassley alleged there is evidence that Thibault had partisan bias when handling investigations into the Trump campaign and Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p> Dodging the Question <\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, when asked by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to confirm the authenticity of the allegations, Wray dodged the question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be very careful not to interfere with ongoing personnel matters,\u201d Wray said, but admitted that the disclosures were \u201cdeeply troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also according to whistleblowers, the FBI came into possession of information about Hunter Biden\u2019s \u201ccriminal financial and related activity\u201d in 2020, which prompted FBI supervisory intelligence analyst Brian Auten to open an assessment in August 2020.<\/p>\n<p>An FBI headquarters team subsequently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Aug. 4, FBI Director Christopher Wray said he found \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d a whistleblowers\u2019 report alleging a concerted effort within the agency to discredit accurate information about Hunter Biden during the bureau\u2019s investigation in 2020. 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