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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH Politics SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Friday, February 23, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Biden Impeachment Case * The Latest * Ex-Informant Accused of Lying * Who Is Alexander Smirnov? * Undercutting the G.O.P.’s Case * Fact-Check of G.O.P. Claims Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT IGNORING WARNINGS, G.O.P. TRUMPETED NOW-DISCREDITED ALLEGATION AGAINST BIDEN Republicans in Congress built their impeachment case against President Biden around a bribery accusation that the F.B.I. had warned them was uncorroborated. * Share full article * * * 259 * Read in app Senator Charles E. Grassley’s quest to make public an allegation of bribery against President Biden became a fixation, and eventually the basis for House Republicans’ impeachment drive.Credit...Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times By Luke Broadwater and Glenn Thrush Reporting from Washington Feb. 23, 2024Updated 7:03 p.m. ET In May 2023, Senator Charles E. Grassley, a chief antagonist of President Biden, strode to the Senate floor with some shocking news: He had learned, he said, of a document in the F.B.I.’s possession that could reveal “a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden.” Mr. Grassley, an Iowa Republican, suggested to any Americans listening that there was a single document that could confirm the most sensational corruption allegations against Mr. Biden — and that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was engaging in a coverup. “Did they sweep it under the rug to protect the candidate Biden?” he asked conspiratorially. Over the next few months, Mr. Grassley’s quest to make public the allegation — laid out in an obscure document known as an F.B.I. Form 1023 — became a fixation, and a foundation of the growing Republican push to impeach Mr. Biden as payback for Democrats’ treatment of former President Donald J. Trump. At the center of it all was the unsubstantiated accusation that Mr. Biden had taken a $5 million bribe from the executive of a Ukrainian energy company, Burisma. Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT But what neither Mr. Grassley nor any of the other Republicans who amplified the claims said in their breathless statements was that F.B.I. officials had warned them repeatedly to be cautious about the accusation, because it was uncorroborated and its credibility unknown. All that the form proved, federal law enforcement officials explained, was that a confidential source had said something, and they had written it down. And now federal prosecutors say the claim was made up. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Luke Broadwater covers Congress with a focus on congressional investigations. More about Luke Broadwater Glenn Thrush covers the Department of Justice. He joined The Times in 2017 after working for Politico, Newsday, Bloomberg News, The New York Daily News, The Birmingham Post-Herald and City Limits. More about Glenn Thrush A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 24, 2024, Section A, Page 15 of the New York edition with the headline: G.O.P. Ignored Warnings About Discredited Claim. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe Read 259 Comments * Share full article * * * 259 * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT COMMENTS 259 Ignoring Warnings, G.O.P. Trumpeted Now-Discredited Allegation Against BidenSkip to Comments Share your thoughts. The Times needs your voice. We welcome your on-topic commentary, criticism and expertise. Comments are moderated for civility. SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options