Iowa, on Wednesday described several FBI internal emails that appeared to discuss the early stages of the bureau's investigation into President Donald Trump and his use of fake electors to overturn the 2020 election.
"Mr. Patel has precisely the qualifications we need at this time when the FBI is not being respected by our public," Grassley said in his opening statements.
EXCLUSIVE: A previously identified anti-Trump FBI agent allegedly broke protocol and played a critical role in opening and advancing the bureau’s original investigation related to the 2020 election, tying President Trump to the probe without sufficient predication.
The investigation into Trump was formally opened by the FBI on April 13, 2022, and was known inside the agency as "Arctic Frost."
Chuck Grassley is old school — and that’s not just because he’s 91 years old. The Iowa Republican is the longest-serving current member of the U.S. Senate, and as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
President Donald Trump fired more than a dozen government watchdogs late Friday in a move that appears to have violated federal law requiring him to notify Congress.
The sweeping action removes oversight of his new administration. Some members of Congress are suggesting it violated federal oversight laws.
The core of President Donald Trump’s agenda runs through Chuck Grassley, who has been in the chamber longer than his vice president has been alive. Trump must count on the 91-year-old Senate ...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, has been in the Senate longer than most Americans have been alive. Now he holds an important key to Donald Trump's second-term agenda.
In a statement, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said that the freeze would have devastating implications for the “most vulnerable people in our country,” and described the Trump administration’s forceful disregard of Congress’s powers as a “dangerous move towards authoritarianism.”
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next director of the FBI, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday.