WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., are among 23 Senators who today called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to commit to protecting agency whistleblowers who disclosed the existence of FBI records alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national.
The demand was made to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray in a letter led by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
“Whistleblowers have and continue to play a vital role in exposing government misconduct at all levels. Without whistleblowers, Congress would have never known the existence of the unclassified FD-1023 form involving an alleged multi-million dollar bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and a foreign national,” the lawmakers wrote.
“Accordingly, we demand that you commit that no taxpayer funds will be used by DOJ or FBI to expose the identity of or retaliate against any whistleblowers,” the lawmakers continued.
Federal law prohibits agencies from retaliating against employees for whistleblowing. The Senators are seeking express commitments from Garland and Wray to following this law.
Grassley led an effort earlier this month to prevent retaliation against IRS whistleblowers who called attention to irregularities in the Hunter Biden investigation.
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