A senior FBI official accused by whistleblowers of sabotaging a Hunter Biden probe has left the bureau, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Timothy Thibault, a former assistant special agent in charge in the FBI\u2019s Washington Field Office, resigned from his post and was seen being escorted out of his building on Friday, the Washington Times<\/em> first reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thibault, who had been with the FBI for more than two decades, had been on leave for a month and it remains unclear if he was forced to resign or if he left on his own accord, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thibault was at retirement age and being<\/a> escorted out is standard protocol for those who leave, according to CBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thibault\u2019s exit from the bureau happened after he came under fire over multiple whistleblower allegations leveled against him this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The allegations came through Sen. Chuck Grassley\u2019s (R-IA) and Rep. Jim Jordan\u2019s (R-OH) offices. Grassley and Jordan are the top Republicans on the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In July, Grassley sent<\/a> a letter to both the FBI and the Justice Department demanding documentation related to the FBI\u2019s handling of information about Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden\u2019s embattled son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter implicated Thibault, noting that \u201cverified and verifiable derogatory information on Hunter Biden was falsely labeled as disinformation\u201d within the FBI and that, in one instance, \u201can avenue of additional derogatory Hunter Biden reporting was ordered closed\u201d by Thibault specifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thibault and others also \u201csubsequently attempted to improperly mark the matter in FBI systems so that it could not be opened in the future,\u201d whistleblowers claimed, according to Grassley\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grassley initially contacted the FBI and Justice Department about Thibault in May, expressing<\/a> concern about anti-Trump political bias Thibault displayed on his social media while serving \u201cin a highly sensitive role that includes threshold decision-making\u201d about FBI corruption investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordan, who has been fielding numerous FBI whistleblower allegations over the past year, also heard from an insider about Thibault, a revelation first reported<\/a> by Breitbart News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The whistleblower alleged, according to Jordan, that Thibault \u201cpressured agents\u201d to categorize cases as \u201cdomestic violent extremism\u201d in an effort to bolster case numbers, which could feed a narrative perpetuated by the Biden administration that domestic violent extremism is America\u2019s \u201cgreatest threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n