Crossfire Hurricane emails show FBI sought to probe Elon Musk over DOGE

Key Points:

• Newly released Senate Judiciary Committee documents reveal an FBI agent repeatedly sought to join the bureau's Russia investigation into President Trump, while another pushed for a criminal probe into Elon Musk over a tweet asking federal employees to report daily accomplishments.
• The documents, spanning 2017 to 2025, were released by Senator Chuck Grassley, who claims they demonstrate political bias within the FBI and suggest a "Deep State" effort against Trump, comparing past Democratic administrations' actions to being worse than Watergate.
• FBI agent Kevin Gounaud attempted to open a criminal case against Musk for using Twitter to communicate with government employees, likening it to Hillary Clinton's private email controversy; another agent, Walter Giardina, persistently sought assignment to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
• Timothy Thibault, another former FBI agent involved, was found to have violated the Hatch Act by resharing a politically charged tweet about Trump, receiving only a warning letter before retiring; these actions contradict official claims that FBI agents cannot choose their cases.
• Grassley criticized the FBI's internal conduct and the broader Justice Department operations, asserting these efforts to target Trump and Republicans were more egregious than the accusations against Trump himself.