In more unsurprising but still disappointing news about the reprehensible actions of the Deep State, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) refused to properly investigate Hillary Clinton so as to cover up her email scandal and ensure she wasn’t held accountable.
Such is what Sen. Grassley, the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced in a press release in which he revealed that the FBI had, as found and noted by the DOJ’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), refused to fully investigate Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information and use of a private email server when she was Secretary of State.
Beginning, Sen. Grassley’s press release noted that he has been pushing for the OIG report, which he called the “Clinton annex,” since 2018, but has been continuously stymied by the FBI and DOJ, including by former Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019. It was finally released to him when he pressed for it in 2025.
Continuing, the report released by Sen. Grassley goes on to note that, “The DOJ OIG’s Clinton annex shows the FBI obtained thumb drives from a source during the Clinton investigation, but then-FBI Director James Comey, as well as then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok and others, failed to perform additional, targeted searches of the drives, even though they contained information relevant to the inquiry.”
Further, the report notes that the FBI never investigated the thumb drives, seemingly intentionally, and so the classified information that was improperly stored on them wasn’t uncovered or investigated. It said, “The DOJ OIG report illustrates that the FBI failed to thoroughly and completely investigate the Clinton matter as a result, as well as vet the serious national security risks created by Clinton’s careless handling of highly classified information . . . The thumb drives were never reviewed as part of the Clinton investigation, contrary to the recommendation of a draft FBI memorandum. The DOJ OIG report also shows the drives should have been immediately reviewed for foreign intelligence purposes, but were not.”
Describing why the FBI buried not only those thumb drives but communications between Soros Open Society Foundations personnel and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the release from Sen. Grassley provided, “The intelligence reports alleged that the Obama administration took efforts to scuttle the investigation into Clinton and protect her candidacy. The DOJ OIG Clinton annex shows Comey, McCabe and Strzok, among others, did not make serious investigative efforts to determine the veracity, or lack thereof, regarding the intelligence reports.”
Continuing, the report then noted that the FBI exonerated Clinton to protect her candidacy, as it always had intended to, at about the same time that it tried to torpedo the Trump candidacy with a fraudulent investigation. It said, “On July 5, 2016, Comey exonerated Clinton in a public statement regarding the investigation and recommended DOJ take no legal action to hold her accountable. Grassley’s oversight revealed Comey planned to exonerate Clinton even before interviewing her. Weeks later, on July 31, 2016, Comey’s FBI formally opened the bogus Crossfire Hurricane investigation into President Trump’s disproven collusion with Russia. On that day, Strzok texted Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer, saying: ‘And damn this feels momentous. Because this matters. The other one did, too, but that was to ensure we didn’t F something up. This matters because this MATTERS. So super glad to be on this voyage with you.’”
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Commenting on the findings, Sen. Grassley sounded off on the FBI’s total failures and seemingly pro-Clinton corruption. He began, “This document shows an extreme lack of effort and due diligence in the FBI’s investigation of former Secretary Clinton’s email usage and mishandling of highly classified information.”
Continuing, he explained how the FBI treated Clinton and Trump extremely differently, saying, “Under Comey’s leadership, the FBI failed to perform fundamental investigative work and left key pieces of evidence on the cutting room floor. The Comey FBI’s negligent approach and perhaps intentional lack of effort in the Clinton investigation is a stark contrast to its full-throated investigation of the Trump-Russia collusion hoax, which was based on the uncorroborated and now discredited Steele dossier. Comey’s decision-making process smacks of political infection.”
Concluding, he noted that AG Bondi had finally done what Democrats and former AG Bill Barr had refused to, writing, “I warned years ago that the Clinton investigation failed to hit the mark, and I’m grateful the American people can finally see the facts for themselves. After nearly a decade in the shadows, this information is now coming to light thanks to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel’s dedicated efforts to fulfill my congressional request. I appreciate their ongoing commitment to transparency and strongly urge them to continue to fully review this matter, including its national security impact.”
Watch Brett Baier comment on the FBI covering for Clinton here: