>> Bill: FIVE MINUTES BEFORE
THE HOUR.
MY NEXT GUEST IS PUSHING TO
INVESTIGATE THE F.B.I. IN
RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS THE
AGENCY WORKED TO DISCREDIT
DAMAGING INFORMATION ON HUNTER
BIDEN.
SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY,
REPUBLICAN OUT OF IOWA, RANKING
MEMBER OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
A LOT GOES BACK TO OCTOBER OF
2020 I DO BELIEVE.
PART OF YOUR LETTER YOU WROTE
THE FOLLOWING.
THE ALLEGATIONS PROVIDED TO MY
OFFICE APPEAR TO INDICATE THAT
THERE WAS A SCHEME IN PLACE
AMONG CERTAIN F.B.I. OFFICIALS
TO UNDERMINE DEROGATORY
INFORMATION CONNECTED TO HUNTER
BIDEN BY FALSELY SUGGESTING IT
WAS DISINFORMATION.
LET’S GO BACK AND PUT THIS
TOGETHER.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE FIX WAS IN
EARLY AT THE F.B.I.?
>> I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE
PEOPLE IN THE F.B.I. WHO HAD
PARTISAN VIEWS THAT SHOULD
NEVER BE INVOLVED IN ANY
INVESTIGATION, THAT OKAYED A GO
AHEAD OF AN INVESTIGATION OF
TRUMP BASED UPON FUZZY
NEWSPAPER REPORTING.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO HAVE EVIDENCE FROM WHISTLEBLOWERS
EVIDENCE FROM WHISTLEBLOWERS
THAT THAT SAME PERSON, HIS NAME
WAS T-BOLL.
HE SAID CANCEL CERTAIN
INFORMATION WE HAD OR
INFORMATION THAT CAME TO START
AN INVESTIGATION THAT WAS BASED
ON INFORMATION THAT WAS PRETTY
SOUND FOR INVESTIGATING HUNTER
BIDEN, BUT THEY WANTED TO
CHARACTERIZE IT AS
DISINFORMATION AND THEY SHUT
THAT INVESTIGATION DOWN.
THIS IS HURTING THE CREDIBILITY
OF THE F.B.I.
PEOPLE OUGHT TO HAVE ULTIMATE
CONFIDENCE IN THE F.B.I.
>> Bill: I AGREE WITH YOU ON
THAT LAST POINT.
WE NEED THAT AND WELL, IT IS
DUBIOUS AT THE MOMENT IF YOU GO
BACK OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.
TELL US WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE
HAS BEEN.
YOU HAVE SAID THAT
WHISTLEBLOWERS HAVE COME TO YOU
AND TOLD YOU WHAT ABOUT HOW
THIS WAS DISCREDITED, SIR?
>> WELL, THEY KNOW ABOUT --
FIRST OF ALL, THIS GUY BY THE
NAME OF TG GO.
HE WAS THE ONE MAKING THESE
DECISIONS TO SHUT DOWN OR OPEN
AND INVESTIGATION AND I BROUGHT
THAT INFORMATION TO DIRECTOR
WRAY, LET’S PUT IT THIS WAY I
PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE AND
THAT GUY WAS MOVED OUT OF THAT
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
I ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
WRAY THAT THERE WAS MORE OF
THIS TO COME AND SO I’M LOOKING
FOR CONCRETE STEPS THAT THE
F.B.I. DIRECTOR IS GOING TO
TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF
THIS STUFF THAT’S GOING ON
WITHIN THE F.B.I. THAT MAY HAVE
POLITICAL INFLUENCE OR
INFORMATION THAT WE’RE GETTING
FROM THE WHISTLEBLOWERS AND WE
ARE GIVING THIS INFORMATION TO
THE F.B.I., I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
CONCRETE STEPS HE IS GOING TO
TAKE TO SHUT DOWN THIS PARTISAN
--
>> Bill: YOU DON’T HAVE THE
SATISFACTORY ANSWERS YET.
ONE MORE QUESTION ON THIS.
T-BOT WAS AN ASSISTANT SPECIAL
AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE F.B.I.
IS HE THE ONE WHO LABELED THIS
RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION?
>> YES.
I DON’T KNOW WHETHER HE LISTED
IT AS DISINFORMATION BUT IT WAS
THE REASON FOR SHUTTING IT DOWN.
>> Bill: SENATOR, ON ANOTHER
TOPIC, THE "WASHINGTON POST" IS
REPORTING THIS AND THE A.G.
GARLAND WAS ASKED ABOUT IT
DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH NBC
YESTERDAY.
DO YOU THINK THE FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD FACE
CRIMINAL CHARGES?
>> WELL, I’M GOING TO LEAVE
THAT UP TO THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE OUGHT TO
WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE REPORT
FROM THE JANUARY 6 COMMISSION
BEFORE ANY OF US MAKE ANY
DECISION LIKE YOU ARE ASKING ME
ABOUT.
>> Bill: APPARENTLY THERE IS A
GRAND JURY THAT MIGHT BE
LOOKING AT THIS POSSIBILITY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE CHARGES
WOULD COME UNDER IF THEY WERE
PURSUED?
>> NO, I DO NOT KNOW AND OF
COURSE EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON
IN A GRAND JURY IS SECRET SO I
SHOULDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT, ANYWAY.
>> Bill: I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
LET ME TRY TO PUSH YOU ONE MORE
TIME ON THIS.
DID YOU WATCH THE JANUARY 6th
HEARINGS, SENATOR?
>> I WATCHED SNIPPETS OF IT BUT
FROM 9:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL
9:00 AT NIGHT I GOT A FULL
SCHEDULE SO I DON’T JUST SIT
AROUND AND WATCH TELEVISION.
I HAD MY STAFF LOOK AT IT VERY
CAREFULLY AND I GET DAILY
REPORTS AND THERE MAY BE SOME
NEW THINGS TO LEARN, BUT THERE
WOULD BE MORE DETAIL THAN BIG
PICTURE STUFF.
>> Bill: DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING
NEW?
>> I THINK I LEARNED SOME
THINGS THAT WENT ON, WELL, THE
PEOPLE WERE UNDER OATH SO I
HAVE TO ASSUME THEY WERE
TELLING THE TRUTH BUT THERE IS
A LITTLE MORE DETAIL TO WHAT
WENT ON BETWEEN 1:00 AND 4:00
IN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT I
DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT.
>> Bill: SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR
THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME TODAY AND WE’LL FOLLOW UP
ON BOTH STORIES.
GOOD LUCK GETTING ALL 99