A federal magistrate judge dismissed charges against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about the bureau's Hunter Biden investigations.(source: Nov 2: Judge dismisses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Biden laptop probe) Judge Zia Faruqui found no probable cause and said the investigation was rushed and called it weaponization of the Justice Department.(source: Nov 2: Judge dismisses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Biden laptop probe) The case had been brought by criminal complaint rather than a federal grand jury.(source: Nov 2: Judge dismisses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Biden laptop probe)
Summary of our earlier coverage: every sentence links to the stories it comes from, numbered as in the timeline below.
Two former FBI officials who worked on the bureau's Foreign Influence Task Force were taken into custody Friday on charges of lying to Congress about their involvement in investigations into Hunter Biden.
A federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to support charges that two former FBI officials lied to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigation.
| Side | 1Ex-FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden probe | 2Judge dismisses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Biden laptop probe |
|---|---|---|
| Conspiracy left | No coverage | No coverage |
| Far left | Notes charges arrive days before midtermsRaw Story | No coverage |
| Left | No coverage | Notes judge found no probable cause against agentsNBC News (Politics) |
| Right | Says officials covered up Hunter Biden laptopNew York Post (Politics) | Calls the case weaponization of the Justice DepartmentNew York Post (Politics) |
| Far right | Hails arrests of ex-FBI officialsThe Gateway Pundit | Calls the dismissal a weaponization rulingTheBlaze |
| Conspiracy right | Calls Floris a shadow government officialZeroHedge | Calls the case political weaponizationZeroHedge |
| Readers | Readers: no picks yet | Readers: no picks yet |
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