US EditionGrassley Says FBI Lacked Evidence to Target GOP over Jan.6 Reconnaissance-Tour Claims
Senate Republicans say internal records show investigators kept the case active for nearly a year despite early doubts and no supporting evidence.
- The FBI opened the Rampart Twelve investigation in January 2021 into Republican Congress members over unsubstantiated claims of leading reconnaissance tours before the January 6 Capitol riot.
- Internal DOJ text messages from early 2021 reveal prosecutors called the allegations embarrassing and completely incredible, showing doubts about the credibility of the claims.
- The investigation continued for nearly a year without credible evidence and was closed in January 2022 by order of FBI Headquarters.
- Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley criticized the probe as politically motivated and targeting Republicans without evidence under the Biden administration.
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Grassley says FBI lacked evidence to target GOP over Jan.6 reconnaissance-tour claims
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley released new records Tuesday revealing weaknesses in a Biden-era FBI investigation of Republican lawmakers suspected of leading reconnaissance tours ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Docs Show Biden FBI Pursued GOP Members ‘With No Evidence of Wrongdoing.’
New documents show the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the former Biden government pursued investigations into Republican lawmakers based on allegations prosecutors dismissed internally as “embarrassing” and lacking credibility.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has revealed documents showing that the FBI investigated Republican lawmakers following allegations made by former Democrat lawmaker Mik…
Biden FBI investigated GOP lawmakers who gave constituent tours before Jan. 6
Whistleblower records released Tuesday by Senate Republicans show the FBI opened an investigation into GOP lawmakers over innocuous constituent tours of the U.S. Capitol that happened on and before Jan. 6, 2021, despite early doubts about the strength of allegations that the tours were somehow connected to the riot. The preliminary investigation known as “Rampart Twelve” was formally opened on Jan. 22, 2021, less than two days after then-Preside…
EXCLUSIVE: Biden FBI Probed GOP Members After Prosecutors Privately Called Allegation 'Completely Incredible'
Biden's FBI pressed forward with an investigation into Republican members of Congress after top prosecutors privately agreed central allegations lacked credibility.
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