Chuck Grassley Urges Trump Admin. to Declassify FBI Investigation into Afghan Evacuees

Concerns Over Afghan Evacuee Vetting

• ⚠️ Sen. Chuck Grassley has raised alarms since 2021 about the Biden administration's failure to properly vet Afghan refugees.
• 📌 The previous administration allegedly dismissed oversight requests and hid known vulnerabilities in vetting processes like Operation Allies Welcome and Operation Allies Refuge.
• 🔍 Both the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General and the Department of Justice Inspector General have substantiated these vetting failures.

New Information and Potential Threats

• 📊 Recently, Grassley was informed of new information indicating that as of August 2022, 1.6% of over 100,000 Afghan refugees had links to terrorism or other derogatory information.
• 🎯 This equates to over 600 individuals who potentially posed a threat to the U.S. homeland, with all of them located within the United States at that time.
• ❓ It remains unclear how many of these individuals may still be in the U.S., as some may have left or been deported.

Calls for Investigation and Transparency

• 🚨 Grassley strongly urges current FBI and intelligence community leadership to aggressively investigate these evacuees and conclude ongoing matters.
• 🗣️ He is also calling on the Trump administration to declassify its findings from the FBI investigation into these evacuees.
• 🤝 Grassley emphasizes that the public has a right to be fully aware of the vetting failures, as transparency brings accountability and is crucial for public safety.