FBI emails unmask DOJ’s weaponized scheme to criminalize Trump through fringe J6 choir claims
By willowt // 2025-06-22
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  • DOJ aims to frame Trump over “prisoner choir” ties using partisan article.
  • Crucial evidence revealed by Sen. Chuck Grassley exposes FBI agent Walter Giardina’s role in targeting Trump alliances.
  • Grassley-alleged Chinese interference in 2020 election gained momentum with FBI’s censored intelligence.
  • Whistleblowers claim Giardina openly vowed to “target Trump through any means, even false applications.”
  • Trump’s 2024 victory ends Special Counsel Jack Smith’s failed prosecution campaigns.
On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) unveiled internal FBI emails exposing the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) systematically weaponizing federal law enforcement to pursue politically motivated charges against former President Donald Trump. The probe, spearheaded by Special Counsel Jack Smith, centered on a video of jailed Jan. 6 insurrectionists performing the national anthem—a production Grassley asserts was upheld by self-serving DOJ officials based solely on a biased Forbes news article. The revelation, paired with Grassley’s admission of a U.S.-China election fraud intelligence report, signals a historic reckoning over a “lawfare apparatus” that fueled eight years of partisan investigations into Trump’s allies, eventually collapsing under the weight of ethical failures and political setbacks.

From forum flames to federal charges: DOJ’s “prisoner choir” obsession

The scandal traces to March 2023, when then-Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team fixated on a 90-second video of incarcerated Capitol riot defendants singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The clip spread online after the “J6 prisoner choir” posted a Rumble clip in their DC jail cell, followed by Forbes journalist Robert Smith’s article alleging Trump directly collaborated with critics to promote their anthem recording. Prosecutors JP Cooney and Ahmed Baset—both veterans of prior anti-Trump probes—seized on the story, grooming it into a legal case. Cooney’s email chain, obtained by Grassley’s office, reveals baseless attempts to “nail down Trump’s role” through exploiting an LLC connected to journalist Ed Henry. “I’ll talk to Maria/Erin and Julia about doing some follow-up here to nail down Trump’s role,” Cooney wrote to a list of DOJ staff and FBI agents. The DOJ’s procedural flaws were glaring. No indictment criteria — such as evidence of profit-sharing by Henry or illegal influence over defendants — were verified. Conversely, Grassley’s report highlights Smith’s team skipped logical steps like subpoenas or audits of the LLC, opting instead to lean on social media theorists and partisan blogs to stitch together a “J6 conspiracy theory” narrative.

Walter Giardina: The billion-dollar DOJ hater’s bureau insider

At the center of the scandal is FBI Special Agent Walter “Agent Zero” Giardina, whose legacy reads like a ledger of overreach targeting Trump circles. In Operation Crossfire, Giardina oversaw prosecutors fabricating a Russia collusion case against Trump, later abandoned after no proof emerged. Then, during the 2021 Capitol riot probe, Giardina violated protocol by detaining Trump’s advisor Dr. Peter Navarro mid-airline boarding with leg restraints—a stunt even a presiding judge called “excessive.” The FBI Choir investigation shows Giardina didn’t stop there. He emailed Cooney, “Esther and I are working on this today. [Results] at 2 [pm].” Grassley’s report later detailed Giardina’s access to the famous Steele Dossier—a discredited anti-Trump memo—and his erasure of Mueller laptop records. Whistleblowers claim Giardina openly vowed to “target Trump through any means, even false applications,” according to Grassley’s filing. FBI Director Kash Patel, a vocal critic of DOJ politicization, called Giardina’s conduct “encapsulating the rot in our system under partisan leadership.”

The election tampering smoking gun: Grassley and Patel’s “China-backed ballots” bombshell

Grassley’s investigation didn’t stop at J6’s choir—his June 2025 committee hearing also highlighted FBI Director Patel’s bombshell findings of a 2020 election interference scheme by China. Patel disclosed an intelligence report found suppressed by Biden-era officials. It detailed Chinese production and smuggling of 20,000 fake U.S. driver’s licenses into key states like Michigan and Pennsylvania, allegedly to cast fraudulent mail-in ballots for Biden. Though Customs agents seized the licenses in August 2020, the FBI delayed investigating until after Election Day—a move Patel calls “brazen election lawfare.” Grassley linked this cover-up to the DOJ’s Trump investigations, arguing that “the same career Biden loyalists ignored foreign interference while they fixated on chasing DT’s friends.” Patel’s declassified findings, now shared with Grassley, have invigorated Republican calls for the DOJ Inspector General to audit the еlection fraud file.

When “law enforcement” becomes the lawbreakers

The FBI Choir scandal underscores a pivotal truth: federal power becomes most dangerous when it strays from its charter to service political ends. Grassley’s emails and Patel’s China disclosures establish a pattern where U.S. agencies chose partisan pursuits—whether targeting presidents or ignoring foreign sabotage—over public safety. At the scandal’s peak, Special Counsel Jack Smith dropped his J6/Mar-a-Lago charges after Trump’s landslide 2024 victory, pardoning every riot defendant. Yet, as Grassley vows, “more is coming,” leveraging exclusive access to thousands of FBI/DOJ records stored in secured vaults in Langley. The unfolding story isn’t just about Trump; it’s about whether America can restore trust in an intelligence community once described as “the nation’s shield and sword.” Sources for this article include: YourNews.com NYPost.com PJMedia.com
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