Washington, DC — Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s seen political bias in the US justice system over the past eight years, but Grassley is rejecting proposals from fellow Republicans who’ve called for shutting down the FBI.
GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy this week said as President he’d fire two-thirds of FBI employees and shift the rest to other federal agencies, like the US Marshals Service and the Drug Enforcement Agency. Last year, Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus began calling for defunding the FBI. Earlier this year, former President Trump said it was time to bring the justice department to its senses and he called on Congress to withhold funding from the agency, which includes the FBI.
Grassley HAS clashed with the FBI over documents related to an investigation into Hunter Biden and Grassley accuses the agency of a consistent disregard for congressional oversight.
And Grassley suggests the House impeachment inquiry into President Biden will show why FBI reform is necessary.
Grassley made his comments during taping of the “Iowa Press” program that airs tonight on Iowa PBS. President Biden has called attacks on the FBI sickening and Biden’s chief staff has said defunding the FBI is a reckless idea.
