Thread by @JsnFostr

Some key context missing from this WaPo article by @PostRoz, @DevlinBarrett, @CarolLeonnig, @jdawsey1 & @hsu_spencer.

THREAD: 1. On May 31, @ChuckGrassley wrote to @FBI about WFO Assistant SAC Timothy Thibault's political bias.

https://twitter.com/PostRoz/status/1552067513776803841

2. Shades of Peter Strzok.

Here are some examples and background, as described in the letter.

See highlights where Thibault even attacks @RepLizCheney ("Your dad was a disgrace"):

https://twitter.com/JsnFostr/status/1531707058931781633?s=20&t=FIcajf42n4iXZXWjBaWkfw

3. Then, on Monday, Grassley revealed that several #whistlelowers had come forward to detail how systemic political bias infects the @FBI and @TheJusticeDept through gatekeepers like Thibault and others who decide what gets investigated and what doesn't.

4. Gone unnoticed thus far is that the #whistleblowers reported Thibault and another official were "deeply involved" in initiating the "false-electors scheme" probe that @washingtonpost reported in the article linked above.

5. The #whistleblowers also reported a long history of "double standards" by Thibault and others in election-related cases, suggesting @TheJusticeDept and @FBI "have failed to prevent political bias from infecting the process and procedure to open and pursue investigations."

6. So insiders are now raising "fundamental questions" about DOJ's "impartiality" to Senate oversight authorities.

Yet @washingtonpost left its readers in the dark on the WB's claims about Thibault's role in this politically charged probe.

We all know what happens in darkness.

7. Sen. Grassley revealed that FBI Director Wray assured him that Thibault had since been removed from any "decision-making role." (around 4min mark)

More shades of Strzok. Remove the one who lets the bias show, but full steam ahead on the probe.

foxnews.com/media/fbi-down…

8. Coverage of these #whistleblower claims has focused on the Hunter Biden aspect.

But, the investigations that biased officials can slow or stop are just one side of the coin.

The ones they can gin up are the other.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1552324811153707018?s=20&t=EKRQ2wi1oUf8hjmnrDm4ew