To the editor:
Last Tuesday I released a committee report of my investigation about the Obama-Biden administration’s obstruction of FBI law enforcement efforts against Iran.
My report was based in large part on whistleblower disclosures and FBI records.
The FBI records show that the Obama-Biden administration blocked arrests of indicted Iranian terrorists in 2015 and 2016.
Now I know to my constituents and my fellow senators, that’s history, but it’s history that we don’t want to repeat.
The records show that interference was done against our own people to score political points for what ended up being the failed Iran Nuclear Deal.
Specifically, then-Secretary of State John Kerry actually stopped the FBI from doing its job and the purpose of their appearance to appease Iran.
One FBI agent emailed, “We’re all beside ourselves on asking the field to stand down on a layup arrest, however, as it stands right now, we all have to sit back and wait until all the U.S. and Iran negotiations resolve themselves.”
The Obama-Biden administration made our country less safe. We don’t want history to repeat itself.
So, as you might expect, none of this changed until President Trump took office in his first term.
Records show international banks stopped financing projects in Iran because of the incoming Trump presidency.
Whistleblower disclosures show the Trump administration brought criminals to justice when the Obama-Biden administration did not.
So now we’re in a new Trump administration. I encourage President Trump and FBI Director Patel to take heed of the positive impact in the first Trump term, and let FBI line agents do their jobs without political rot getting in the way.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley
Washington, D.C.
The Biden administration didn’t bring criminals to justice.
That’s for sure, Chuck.
“The Obama-Biden administration made our country less safe.”
You’ve always told us that we’re the greatest country in the world. That we have the strongest, best equipped military in history. But you tell us here that Iran is a threat to us? Iran?
You wouldn’t be parroting talking points you don’t really understand, prepared for you by scheming real estate agents, would you, Chuck?