Grassley Discloses FBI Push To Criminally Investigate Musk Over DOGE Email
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley published the record February 5, showing an agent sought charges over Musk's productivity email to federal workers.
- Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley made the disclosure February 5, 2026, in his floor statement, 'Grassley Defends Whistleblowers from Left-Leaning Media Smears.'
- "The most recent being the email about an FBI agent wanting to criminally investigate Elon Musk."
- Grassley said the government had no idea what records it possessed until he released them.
Why it matters: An FBI agent treating a workplace email as a crime shows how state power turns on ordinary people.
Senate Judiciary Committee (Chairman Grassley), "Grassley Defends Whistleblowers from Left-Leaning Media Smears" ↗ · Sep 15, 20269/15/26