{"id":1620915,"date":"2022-08-25T17:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1620915"},"modified":"2022-08-25T17:34:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:34:58","slug":"you-will-not-look-at-that-hunter-biden-laptop-johnson-whistleblowers-reveal-more-fbi-corruption-in-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-will-not-look-at-that-hunter-biden-laptop-johnson-whistleblowers-reveal-more-fbi-corruption-in-2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You Will Not Look At That Hunter Biden Laptop\u2019: Johnson Whistleblowers Reveal More FBI Corruption In 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fyou-will-not-look-at-that-hunter-biden-laptop-johnson-whistleblowers-reveal-more-fbi-corruption-in-2020-2%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=1620915&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>A new whistleblower report from Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson\u2019s office revealed new allegations of FBI misconduct over the Hunter Biden laptop during the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>According to multiple whistleblowers, Johnson wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/services\/files\/7CD44E16-BF0B-495E-8B87-900467F69E50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday, agency officials \u201cintentionally undermined efforts to investigate Hunter Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the FBI obtained the Hunter Biden laptop from the Wilmington, DE computer shop, these whistleblowers stated that local FBI leadership told employees, \u2018you will not look at that Hunter Biden laptop\u2019 and that the FBI is \u2018not going to change the outcome of the election again,&#8217;\u201d Johnson wrote. \u201cFurther, these whistleblowers allege that the FBI did not begin to examine the contents of Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop until after the 2020 presidential election\u2013potentially a year after the FBI obtained the laptop in December 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s report comes one month after another whistleblower report published by Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley\u2019s office made similar allegations against FBI leadership related to their handling of the computer abandoned by the president\u2019s son. Contents from the laptop\u2019s hard drive published by the New York Post weeks before the 2020 election revealed then-candidate Joe Biden lied about never speaking business with his son, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/08\/28\/biden-brother-business-2020-1476815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">or with anyone else,<\/a>\u201d and actually stood to personally profit from foreign adversaries. <\/p>\n<p>Washington Field Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault and Director of Election Crimes Branch Richard Pilger, whistleblowers alleged to Grassley\u2019s office, coordinated to amplify defamatory information against President Donald Trump while giving cover to Hunter Biden, dismissing intelligence about Biden as disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple FBI whistleblowers, including those in senior positions,\u201d Grassley\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/news-releases\/whistleblowers-reports-reveal-double-standard-in-pursuit-of-politically-charged-investigations-by-senior-fbi-doj-officials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a>, \u201care raising the alarm about tampering by senior FBI and Justice Department officials in politically sensitive investigations ranging from election and campaign finance probes across multiple election cycles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s latest whistleblower report comes as the federal law enforcement agency faces heightened scrutiny over its <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/19\/think-the-fbi-deserves-the-benefit-of-the-doubt-this-laundry-list-of-corruption-should-make-you-think-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overt weaponization<\/a> against political dissidents to the incumbent regime. Six years after the launch of Crossfire Hurricane, the deep state surveillance operation to smear Trump as a Russian agent, more than two dozen FBI officials raided the former president\u2019s Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago. Attorney General Merrick Garland claimed at a press conference earlier this month the search was \u201cnarrowly scope[d],\u201d though <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/12\/breaking-fbi-raid-warrant-demanded-seizure-of-literally-any-record-trump-ever-saw-during-4-year-presidential-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">examination<\/a> of the warrant shows authorization to confiscate any and all documents Trump may have come into contact with as president.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-comments mt-30 mt-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-comments-container d-flex flex-column align-items-center py-30\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fdrlst-mark.svg\" class=\"img-fluid mb-20\" alt=\"The Federalist logo eagle mark\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p>Unlock commenting by joining the Federalist Community.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/plans\/pricing\/\" class=\"btn btn-on-white\">Subscribe<\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new whistleblower report from Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson\u2019s office revealed new allegations of FBI misconduct over the Hunter Biden laptop during the 2020 election. 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