{"id":2431183,"date":"2025-05-05T19:56:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-demand-communications-between-biden-white-house-and-doj-over-trump-indictments-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T19:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:57:18","slug":"gop-senators-demand-communications-between-biden-white-house-and-doj-over-trump-indictments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-demand-communications-between-biden-white-house-and-doj-over-trump-indictments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP senators demand communications between Biden White House and DOJ over Trump indictments &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fgop-senators-demand-communications-between-biden-white-house-and-doj-over-trump-indictments-washington-examiner%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=2431183&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>In a recent letter to the National Archives, Republican Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson are demanding records related to communications between the Biden governance, the FBI, and the Department of Justice concerning their criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump. The senators argue that these investigations are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weaponization-of-government-panel-says-ftc-orchestrated-aggressive-campaign-to-harass-twitter\/\" title=\"Weaponization of Government Panel Says FTC Orchestrated \u2018Aggressive Campaign to Harass Twitter\u2019\">politically motivated attempts<\/a> to hinder Trump&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign. They claim to have uncovered emails and documents indicating that anti-Trump officials within the FBI collaborated closely with DOJ prosecutors, alleging that the Biden White house was involved in these efforts prior to Trump being officially designated as a subject of the investigation. The senators have requested unredacted records from key Biden administration officials and set a deadline for the National Archives to fulfill their request by May 14. trump has previously criticized the investigations as part of a broader &#8220;lawfare&#8221; campaign designed to impede his reelection efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">GOP senators demand communications between Biden White House and DOJ over Trump indictments<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2112447\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican<\/a> senators on Monday asked the National Archives to turn over all records tied to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden administration<\/a>&lsquo;s criminal investigations into President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, arguing the investigations were politically motivated efforts to derail the president&rsquo;s 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/grassley_johnson_to_nara_nara_oig__-_arctic_frost_and_trump_classified_documents.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">letter<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">National Archives and Records Administration<\/a>, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) requested all communications among former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s White House, the FBI, and the Department of Justice related to the two major Trump investigations leading up to the last presidential election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3401320\/democratic-states-hhs-lawsuit-trump-administration\/\">Democratic states sue Trump administration over HHS cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3400188\/luigi-mangione-state-murder-charges-evidence-suppressed\/\">Luigi Mangione requests state murder charges be dropped, evidence suppressed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3400137\/federal-judge-trump-order-targeting-perkins-coie-unconstitutional\/\">Federal judge rules Trump order targeting Perkins Coie is unconstitutional<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Since FBI Director Kash Patel&rsquo;s confirmation hearing in late January, the senators have released several emails and documents gained through &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >legally protected whistleblower disclosures relating<\/a> to the genesis of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-is-willing-to-go-to-jail-if-that-is-what-it-takes\/\" title=\"...: I&#039;m ready to go to jail, if necessary.\">election interference case brought<\/a> against President Trump by then-Special Counsel Jack Smith,&rdquo; according to the letter to sent to NARA lawyers dated April 30.<\/p>\n<p>The senators claim the documents show a politically driven effort that began with a group of anti-Trump FBI officials who worked closely with DOJ prosecutors on the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/news-releases\/grassley-johnson-release-additional-arctic-frost-records-detailing-sweeping-anti-trump-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arctic Frost<\/a> investigation, which eventually evolved into Smith&rsquo;s elector case against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley and Johnson pointed to recent emails they released on April 7 that allegedly reveal the Biden White House&rsquo;s early involvement, including the White House allegedly helping to facilitate FBI access to Trump&rsquo;s and former Vice President Mike Pence&rsquo;s phones before Trump was even named a subject of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-failed-to-disclose-gifts-raising-questions-about-foreign-influence\/\" title=\"... failed to disclose gifts, raising questions about foreign influence\">seeking additional records<\/a> from your offices on this matter pursuant to our ongoing investigation,&rdquo; the senators wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Their letter also expands the inquiry to the Biden administration&rsquo;s role in the classified documents criminal investigation, arguing that many of the same DOJ and FBI personnel were involved in both cases.<\/p>\n<p>The senators demanded the Archives provide unredacted records from top Biden White House staff, including former chiefs of staff Ron Klain and Jeff Zients, former White House Counsel Dana Remus, and former senior DOJ and FBI leaders, including former Attorney General Merrick Garland, former FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Smith.<\/p>\n<p>They set a May 14 deadline for NARA to deliver the requested materials. Secretary of State Marco Rubio  is presently the acting archivist, in addition to his role as Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lack-of-leadership-is-the-greatest-threat-to-the-nation-gen-keith-kellogg\/\" title=\"\u2018Lack of Leadership\u2019 Is the Greatest Threat to the Nation: Gen. Keith Kellogg\">acting national security adviser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-special-section\/3374209\/trump-big-law-fight-has-defenders-legal-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"WHY TRUMP'S FIGHT WITH BIG LAW HAS SOME DEFENDERS IN THE LEGAL WORLD\">WHY TRUMP&rsquo;S FIGHT WITH BIG LAW HAS SOME DEFENDERS IN THE LEGAL WORLD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>contacted the National Archives in response to the senators&rsquo; inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long railed against the investigations as part of a sweeping &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lawfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lawfare<\/a>&rdquo; campaign &mdash; a term he uses to describe what he claims is the Democratic Party&rsquo;s misuse of the legal system to block his reelection effort. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2112447\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2112447\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP senators seek Biden-DOJ communications on Trump indictments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2431184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25030560119065.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,7076,6203,54668,32127],"class_list":["post-2431183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-doj","tag-gop","tag-trump-indictments","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25030560119065.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431187,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431183\/revisions\/2431187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2431184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}