Jim Jordan on Wednesday demanded the FBI declassify information related to an alleged 2020 attempt by the Intelligence Community to obstruct Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson’s early probe into Hunter Biden.
The request follows a letter earlier this month from Chairman Jordan, who runs the House Judiciary Committee, to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines where he asked which agency within the intelligence community nominated the information that was ultimately used in a defensive briefing to Grassley and Johnson.
The senators say the media leak about that briefing hindered their investigation into Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings by raising the impression they were peddling Russian disinformation.
In response, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence disclosed the agency where the information originated to the committee, but has so far refused to classify it.
Now, Jordan wants that information declassified to better understand how the intelligence community may have hindered the senators’ legitimate congressional investigation into the politically sensitive subject. […]
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