{"id":1679139,"date":"2022-10-08T06:39:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T10:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679139"},"modified":"2022-10-08T06:41:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T10:41:03","slug":"sen-grassley-fbi-whistleblower-investigation-centers-on-mystery-hunter-biden-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-grassley-fbi-whistleblower-investigation-centers-on-mystery-hunter-biden-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Grassley: FBI Whistleblower Investigation Centers on Mystery Hunter Biden Evidence"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsen-grassley-fbi-whistleblower-investigation-centers-on-mystery-hunter-biden-evidence%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=1679139&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--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\">FBI<\/a> whistleblower investigation led by <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-grassley\">Sen. Chuck Grassley<\/a> (R-IA) involving former bureau agent Timothy Thibault centers on secretive evidence about <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\">Hunter Biden<\/a> that has not yet been made public, the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> has learned. <\/p>\n<p>Thibault, the former FBI assistant special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office who left the bureau in late August, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/grassley-wray-deeply-rooted-political-infection-fbi\">shut down a line of inquiry<\/a> into <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\">now-President Joe Biden&#8217;s son<\/a> in October 2020 despite some of the details being known to be true at the time, according to whistleblower allegations provided to Grassley. The senator says the Justice Department and FBI investigation into Hunter <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/hunter-biden-prosecutor-may-lack-key-information-gop-senator-warns\">may now be hobbled because of it<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Although Grassley\u2019s office wouldn&#8217;t be drawn on what this specific whistleblower evidence is, the senator\u2019s office told the <i>Washington Examiner <\/i>the disclosures were not directly connected with Hunter Biden\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/hunter-biden-russian-escorts-joe-payments\">infamous laptop hard drive<\/a>, nor with the September 2020 report Grassley released with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Hunter&#8217;s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/grassley-johnson-controversial-2020-hunter-biden-fbi-briefing\">overseas business dealings<\/a>, nor with <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/tony-bobulinski-says-his-claims-about-the-biden-family-are-not-russian-disinformation\">former Hunter business associate Tony Bobulinski<\/a>, who has recently reemerged in the media spotlight. <\/p>\n<p>The comments from Grassley&#8217;s office came the same day it was leaked to multiple outlets that <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/fbi-agents-believe-enough-evidence-charge-hunter-biden\">the FBI believes it has collected enough evidence<\/a> to charge Hunter with crimes related to tax fraud and lying about his drug use when purchasing a firearm. The decision on whether to charge the president\u2019s son <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/hunter-biden-investigation-president-joe-special-counsel-gop\">rests with Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/fbi-official-clamped-down-hunter-biden-testify-republicans\">THIBAULT CALLED TO TESTIFY BY CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Grassley revealed in July that whistleblowers told him Thibault had \u201cordered closed\u201d an \u201cavenue of additional derogatory Hunter Biden reporting\u201d in October 2020, even though \u201call of the reporting was either verified or verifiable via criminal search warrants.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Thibault&#8217;s role in the FBI has come back into the spotlight thanks to an <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mBLRrhPrMOQ\">interview<\/a> Bobulinski gave to Tucker Carlson on Fox News this week. Bobulinski told Carlson he believes Thibault <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/fbi-official-accused-of-shutting-down-hunter-biden-probe-was-running-point-on-key-witness\/\">ran interference<\/a> in his own dealings with the bureau, saying that the agent promised to follow up with his lawyers after his October 2020 meetings with the FBI but that Thibault and the bureau never did. <\/p>\n<p>The FBI declined on Friday to comment to the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> on Bobulinski\u2019s allegations. <\/p>\n<p>The <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/hunter-biden-business-partner-says-big-guy-email-about-china-deal-is-genuine-and-refers-to-joe-biden\">previously<\/a> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/plausible-deniability-tony-bobulinski-says-joe-biden-knew-about-hunter-bidens-china-deal-pursuits\">reported on<\/a> the trove of Hunter Biden-linked messages and business documents from Bobulinski, which he said he handed over to the bureau ahead of the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>Thibault released a statement in August through his lawyers, who said he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/fbi-agent-hunter-biden-whistleblower-resigned\">\u201cwas not fired, not forced to retire, and not asked to retire.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have also been allegations that Mr. Thibault took certain actions in investigations for partisan political reasons,\u201d Thibault\u2019s attorneys said. \u201cMr. Thibault welcomes any investigation of these false allegations, regardless of his retirement. He firmly believes that any investigation will conclude his supervision, leadership, and decision-making were not impacted by political bias or partisanship of any kind.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Thibault\u2019s lawyer added: \u201cMr. Thibault did not supervise the investigation of Hunter Biden. &#8230; In particular, Mr. Thibault was not involved in any decisions related to any laptop that may be at issue in that investigation, and he did not seek to close the investigation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Grassley said last month that Thibault\u2019s statement didn\u2019t address \u201cthe shutting down of investigative activity and avenues of information relating to Hunter Biden\u201d nor \u201chis actions to try and improperly mark investigative closings so that they couldn\u2019t be opened in the future.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Thibault also may have run afoul of the Hatch Act related to his 2020 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/fbi-official-violated-hatch-act-anti-trump-posts\">social media posts criticizing then-President Donald Trump and then-Attorney General Bill Barr<\/a>, according to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz in August. Thibault\u2019s lawyers said he was cooperating with that investigation. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/fbi-analyst-disciplinary-review-fisa-hunter-biden-assessment\">FBI supervisory intelligence analyst Brian Auten<\/a> also &#8220;opened an assessment, which was used by an FBI headquarters team to improperly discredit negative Hunter Biden information as disinformation and caused investigative activity to cease,&#8221; according to whistleblower allegations made public by Grassley. <\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray said he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/wray-fbi-whistleblower-claims-hunter-biden-inquiry-deeply-troubling\">found these whistleblower allegations &#8220;deeply troubling\u201d<\/a> when asked about them in early August.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI whistleblower investigation led by Sen. 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