Worse than Watergate New FBI files detail agents push to join Trump probe, investigate Elon Musk
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released a batch of unclassified emails between FBI agents stemming from Operation Crossfire Hurricane, a Justice Department investigation launched during the Obama administration into whether then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign was colluding with Russia during the 2016 election.Grassley argued that the email exchanges, which included former FBI Special Agent Kevin Gounaud seeking to open an investigation into Elon Musk over the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), revealed that the "Deep State" was at work to undermine Trump."The previous Democrat administrations under Obama and Biden conducted secret, insidious and downright evil operations that almost took down our government," Grassley said during an Oversight hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel."That's arguably worse than Watergate."DAN BONGINO REVEALS HE FOUND 'MOTHER LODE' OF SECRET RUSSIAGATE FILES INSIDE FBI BURN BAGSSenator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, Sept.
16, 2025.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Over the past decade, the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the direction of Grassley, has released several rounds of documents from a few FBI operations such as Operation Arctic Frost and Round River, alleging that the Justice Department was being weaponized against Trump and Republicans."The overall sustained efforts by the Deep State in the dark corners of the bureaucracy is worse than anything Trump has been accused of.
At least he’s upfront and open so people can judge," Grassley said.At the center of the Senate Judiciary Committee's most recent document release are three former FBI agents: Gounaud, Walter Giardina, who was fired by Patel in August over accusations of political weaponization, and Timothy Thibault.Gounaud, who left the bureau in February, according to his LinkedIn, sent an email in February 2025 seeking to begi...