Des Moines Sun

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, recently appeared on "Just the News, No Noise" with John Solomon and Amanda Head. During the interview, Grassley discussed his public release of a Department of Justice Office of Inspector General report. The report highlights the Federal Bureau of Investigation's alleged negligence in its investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server.

Grassley praised the Trump administration for its cooperation with his oversight efforts. "First of all, I think I need to compliment the Trump administration, because I sought information under both Republican and Democrat presidents over decades on a lot of my oversight work. And I'm getting more cooperation from the Trump administration [than I’ve] ever got before," he stated.

The senator criticized the FBI for failing to thoroughly investigate Clinton's email practices. "We’re talking about [former] Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, [who was] also at the same time candidate for president of the United States, and a person that ought to know better than to keep emails and official correspondence on a server that's not protected in their own home... [W]hat [I’m] making public...is this fact that the FBI knew about it. They got some thumb drives that dealt with all these issues, [and] they didn't even bother to go through [them]," Grassley explained.

He continued by asserting that there was a cover-up within the FBI and DOJ regarding key evidence related to Clinton's mishandling of classified information. According to Grassley, "These findings prove that the Clinton investigation wasn't thorough and complete... And I've been requesting this report to be declassified for years, and finally now after seven years we got it declassified so the American people can have all the facts at their disposal."

Grassley also addressed efforts against President Trump: “Whether it's Jack Smith what he was doing to put [President Trump] in prison or what prosecutor in New York was doing to break him financially or what was done through Russia hoax and what we call Crossfire Hurricane – all those things lumped together are all conspiracies to get Trump either in jail or out office or keep him from being re-elected."

In conclusion, Grassley expressed relief at Trump's return to office: "[T]he bottom line is that we ought be thankful President Trump is back in office so truth can come out light. And we ought just thank God that's situation but if these people had their way he wouldn't even serve those first four years.”