FBI Director Wray Calls Report of Bureau’s Alleged Mishandling of Hunter Biden Probe ‘Deeply Troubling’

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget for the FBI at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 25, 2022. Bonnie Cash/Pool via Getty Images

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Aug. 4, FBI Director Christopher Wray said he found “deeply troubling” a whistleblowers’ report alleging a concerted effort within the agency to discredit accurate information about Hunter Biden during the bureau’s investigation in 2020.

The report claiming widespread efforts within the FBI to downplay or mishandle information about the son of President Joe Biden was made public by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a letter (pdf) he sent to Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland on July 25.