The Federal Bureau of Investigation‘s (FBI) Washington Field Office is dismantling its public corruption squad that helped Jack Smith lead two federal investigations into President Donald Trump after the 2020 election, according to NBC News. The unit, known as CR-15, played a part in the FBI’s investigation that helped initiate the Smith probe into Trump, which upset many GOP senators. In April, Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Ron Johnson wrote a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel criticizing the unit. Grassley later said in a statement: “My oversight has shown time and again how the FBI’s CR-15 unit was weaponized to execute one-sided political attacks, particularly against President Trump and his allies.” He added that it was “good news” it got shut down after he “exposed the unit for its misconduct.” The FBI special agents from the unit will be reassigned, and an FBI official said that public corruption cases would still be investigated. The move comes days after the Justice Department drastically gutted its Public Integrity Section, which oversaw public officials’ corruption cases. Stacy Young, the executive director and founder of Justice Connection, a network of DOJ alumni protecting DOJ employees, noted that “this is yet another sign that it’s open season for political corruption.”
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