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A top FBI agent reportedly resigned from his position last week after being accused of attempting to thwart a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden.

Donald Trump accused Thibault of "hiding and suppressing" negative stories related to Biden's laptop.

No one was able to say it was false. What's going on in DC?" [Mark Zuckerberg](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/mark-zuckerberg), CEO of [Meta](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/meta), was challenged over his company's handling of the controversy during an [appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast](https://www.newsweek.com/zuckerberg-criticizes-twitter-over-hunter-biden-laptop-1737205). [Donald Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump) said the agent had been "hiding and suppressing from the Public and the Media" the "Laptop from Hell," ahead of the 2020 election. [emails between Hunter Biden and a Ukrainian businessman](https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-posts-hunter-biden-stories-raise-questions-about-joe-biden-its-reporting-here-are-9-1539463). [Fox](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/fox) news reports Thibault was not involved in the FBI Mar-a-Lago raid, on August 8, "at any level." [Ron Johnson](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/ron-johnson) wrote to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the [Department of Justice](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/department-justice), alleging [politically motivated "corruption" within the bureau](https://www.newsweek.com/hunter-biden-senators-demand-fbi-provide-answers-regarding-laptop-probe-1737574). [Turning Point USA](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/turning-point-usa), joined the Republican outrage tweeting: "Tim Thibault, the Anti-Trump Activist FBI special agent who opened Trump investigation was reportedly escorted out of Bureau headquarters on Friday. [Merrick Garland](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/merrick-garland) and Wray he accused Thibault of "improper conduct," arguing he tried to shut down the Biden investigation. [FBI](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/fbi) agent accused of political bias over his role in the [Hunter Biden](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/hunter-biden) laptop investigation, retired from his job on Friday. [Chuck Grassley](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/chuck-grassley), singled out Thibault for criticism. [Fox News](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/fox-news).

Republicans on Tuesday responded to reports that a top-level FBI agent, Timothy Thibault, had resigned from the bureau last ...

Along with Thibault, Pilger was allegedly “deeply involved in the decisions to open and pursue this investigation” against Trump’s campaign, the senator said. Citing whistleblower claims, Grassley also alleged that there’s evidence Thibault had partisan bias when handling investigations into the Trump campaign and Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden. Thibault was one of 13 assistant special agents in charge at the Washington, D.C., field office. He was walked out of the building on Friday, which is the standard procedure, the reports said. Neither agency issued a public statement about the matter. Grassley accused him of “opening an investigation into Trump based on liberal news articles” and “shutting down investigative activity into Hunter Biden that was based on verified information.” The senator previously referenced those allegations against Thibault in letters to the FBI director, citing bureau whistleblower complaints against Thibault and other top leaders.

Timothy Thibault resigned from the FBI last week after facing scrutiny over allegations he shielded Hunter from probes into his laptop and business ...

“It does not take four years to put together a dinky “I take this matter very seriously,” Hunter said in December 2020, one month after his father won the election. [gun case](https://radaronline.com/p/hunter-biden-tape-leaked-gun-38-caliber-escort/) or many of the cases deemed ‘tax cases.” [“critical stage”](https://radaronline.com/p/hunter-biden-charged-federal-investigation-president-biden-critical-stage/) in late July, although a former DOJ official suggested the First Son will likely accept [“a generous guilty plea”](https://radaronline.com/p/hunter-biden-land-generous-plea-deal-tax-gun-charges-doj-official/) in an effort to end the federal investigation into the more serious finance allegations against him. [FBI agent](https://radaronline.com/t/fbi/) accused of shielding [Hunter Biden](https://radaronline.com/t/hunter-biden/) from the federal investigation into his laptop and business dealings has been let go from the agency, Radar can confirm. of Justice whistleblowers](https://radaronline.com/p/whistleblower-fbi-scheme-bury-hunter-biden-evidence-read-letter/) approached him about an alleged scheme within the FBI to bury negative information about Hunter.

Rank-and-file FBI agents say they cannot see how FBI Director Christopher A. Wray stays in his position after the Washington Times' exclusive report about a ...

Republican lawmakers have previously called for the resignation of Mr. The increased scrutiny of the FBI includes accusations that bureau officials routinely violate federal whistleblower protections for employees. Mr. At the time, Mr. Wray was evasive about Mr. Wray, whom Mr. FBI whistleblowers talking to Congress about corruption and retaliation say in disclosures that Mr. [FBI](/topics/federal-bureau-of-investigation/) agent who represents whistleblowers at the bureau, said agents tell him that Mr. Wray about Mr. Allegations of misconduct are taken seriously and referred to the Inspection Division or appropriate investigative body. Wray](/topics/christopher-a-wray/) stays in [his](/topics/christopher-a-wray/) position after The Washington Times’ exclusive report about a senior bureau official [stepping down ](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/29/top-agent-exits-fbi-amid-charge-political-bias-und/)under scrutiny for suspected political bias affecting investigations. All Wray does is go in and say we need more training and we’re doing stuff about it, or we will not tolerate it,” Mr.

Today we've learned that a top FBI agent has resigned after it was revealed that he actively shielded Hunter Biden, the controversial son of President Joe ...

the agent, this is Assistant Special Agent – this is the assistant in charge of the Washington D.C. You’ve got to look at all of this folks and realize this is the same FBI that had an agent, Peter Strzok, sending biased text messages to Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer. ACLJ Senior Advisor for National Security and Foreign Policy Ric Grenell, who served as Acting Director of National Intelligence, called out FBI Director Wray for his disingenuous surprise at this revelation about Thibault. Then he’s part of the team with one other agent that opens up the 202 investigations of former President Trump and some of his associates, and this is the agent that’s involved in all of that. [we’ve told you](https://aclj.org/government-corruption/whistleblower-exposes-fbi) there are multiple FBI whistleblowers coming out of the woodwork to call out DOJ corruption inside the FBI, and Senators like Chuck Grassley are beginning to demand answers, this high ranking 25-year agent decides it’s time for him to step down. And this man was put in charge of investigating Joe Biden’s son?

Lawyers for an FBI agent, who retired last week amid allegations he ran interference into the Hunter Biden laptop probe, deny their client was politically ...

"He is confident that all of his decisions were consistent with the FBI’s highest standards for ethics and integrity." [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) Morrison said Thibault turned in his security badge and walked out of the FBI field office with two long-time special agent friends.

A top FBI official who came under fire from Republicans over whistleblower complaints, including claims about the investigation into Hunter Biden, ...

Jim Jordan (R-OH), the ranking member of the panel, [confirmed to ](https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/27/whistleblower-same-fbi-boss-who-shut-down-hunter-biden-dirt-pressured-agents-juice-domestic-violence-extremism-stats/) [Breitbart](https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/27/whistleblower-same-fbi-boss-who-shut-down-hunter-biden-dirt-pressured-agents-juice-domestic-violence-extremism-stats/) that Thibault was a subject of that complaint and that the effort was meant to pad domestic terrorism statistics. A report from CNN in July on the latest deliberations said the federal investigation had reached a " [critical juncture](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/20/politics/hunter-biden-investigation-critical-juncture/index.html)." [weighing charges](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/federal-investigation-hunter-biden-critical-point) against Biden, who is President Joe Biden's son, for alleged tax violations and for making a false statement in connection to the purchase of a firearm at a time when he should have been blocked from obtaining such a weapon because of a drug addiction. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/) [demanded in May](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/fbi-official-violated-hatch-act-anti-trump-posts) that the leaders of the DOJ and the FBI investigate whether the official violated DOJ guidelines through partisan posts on social media. Grassley showed that Thibault directly posted on his LinkedIn another Washington Post piece in September 2020 titled “Why the Michael Flynn case still matters.” Grassley also said he had found the FBI official's Twitter account and pointed out that Thibault retweeted an anti-Trump Lincoln Project tweet that said, “Donald Trump is a psychologically broken, embittered, and deeply unhappy man.” The article by the Atlantic, which the Lincoln Project was sharing, was itself titled “Donald Trump is a Broken Man.” This type of bias in high-profile investigations casts a shadow over all of the bureau’s work that he was involved in, which ranged from opening an investigation into Trump based on liberal news articles to shutting down investigative activity into Hunter Biden that was based on verified information,” Grassley said in a statement obtained by the Washington Examiner. [Timothy Thibault](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/grassley-raises-alarm-over-partisan-social-media-posts-linked-to-fbi-official), the FBI assistant special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office, "was not fired, not forced to retire, and not asked to retire," lawyers representing him from Morrison & Foerster LLP said in a [statement shared on Twitter](https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1564770303686971392) by CBS News's Catherine Herridge. Thibault’s blatant partisanship undermined the work and reputation of the FBI. [social media posts, including those criticizing Trump and then-Attorney General William Barr](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/fbi-official-violated-hatch-act-anti-trump-posts) in 2020. Thibault had “liked” a LinkedIn post of a Washington Post opinion piece in February 2020 titled “The Justice Department confirms things are even worse than we feared," according to the senator. Thibault turned in his security badge and walked with two long-time special agent friends through the field office to finish processing his paperwork.

Thibault has been embroiled in criticism from Republicans since earlier this summer when Senator Chuck Grassley accused him of political partisanship.

Thibault’s legal team also said he did not seek to close the investigation into Biden and was “not involved in any decisions related to any laptop that may be at issue in that investigation.” (The FBI [reportedly](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/) took possession of a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden in 2019.) “He is confident that all of his decisions were consistent with the FBI’s highest standards for ethics and integrity.” “What you’re describing is not representative of the FBI that I see up close every day in this country,” Wray continued. In 2020, Hunter Biden issued a statement that strongly denied any wrongdoing in his tax affairs and said he was confident a review would show he handled the matters “legally and appropriately.” On August 4, Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, asked Wray if he was aware of numerous social media posts that Thibault allegedly made that criticized the Trump Administration. In a May 31 letter, Grassley also alleged that Thibault had likely violated “federal law, regulations, and Department guidelines.” The statement added Thibault is cooperating and “expects to be fully exonerated.” In comment to TIME, Grassley said that “Mr. “Political bias should have no place at the FBI. and northern Virginia. Timothy Thibault was an Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, which covers Washington, D.C. In a statement provided to TIME, Thibault’s legal counsel Morrison & Foerster LLP said that he “did not supervise the investigation of Hunter Biden,” said Thibault was “not involved in any decisions related to any laptop that may be at issue in that investigation,” and said Thibault “did not seek to close the investigation.” The statement denies Thibault displayed any political partisanship in his work.

A GOP senator had flagged social media posts by Timothy Thibault and alleged the agent had thwarted the investigation of Hunter Biden. Link copied.