Senator Chuck Grassley has reignited scrutiny over the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One by releasing an FBI Washington Field Office electronic communication from January 2016. The document details a preliminary investigation opened into the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, alongside Grassley’s April 27 letter demanding records from Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel.
The released material reveals the FBI investigated whether foreign entities influenced matters pending before the State Department through the Clinton Foundation. Allegations included speaking fees, donations, and activities tied to Uranium One, Polo Resources, Colombian timber interests, Haiti, Boeing, and other foundations linked to state department operations. Grassley’s document specifies that Hillary Clinton allegedly failed to disclose foreign donations connected to Ian Telfer—a figure tied to Uranium One—while the FBI sought clarification on whether U.S. intelligence agencies were informed of criminal investigations involving Rosatom-linked entities during the 2010 Uranium One transaction review.
Grassley’s letter states that the FBI conducted interviews in late 2017 and early 2018 but left unresolved investigative work for years. The senator is now demanding suspicious-activity reports, FBI interview records, intelligence summaries, and transcripts regarding the Uranium One investigation and alleged pay-to-play schemes involving multiple countries or business interests. Crucially, Grassley asserts that current Trump-era DOJ and FBI leadership must account for what occurred in this file—specifically whether past bureaucratic decisions obstructed or delayed the inquiry.
This release follows Grassley’s earlier December document showing internal FBI resistance to Clinton Foundation investigations, including restrictions on subpoenas and bank-account information near the 2016 election. The new materials confirm longstanding concerns that FBI leadership under former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe obstructed investigative activity. Grassley has set a May 11, 2026 deadline for responses from DOJ and FBI officials, urging transparency about who authorized or withheld actions in the Clinton Foundation file.