Earlier this week former Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr demanding that the Department of Justice unseal all documents recently given to Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s legal team as a result of an independent review of the case by the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein had resisted Congressional oversight of the investigation and told Grassley that the Senate Judiciary Committee should just be satisfied with the guilty plea entered by Flynn and leave the case alone, as Bonchie covered.

Now we know that at least one smoking gun document exists proving that the FBI’s goal was to frame Flynn so he could be fired or convicted. Grassley’s calls for transparency grew louder, as they should.

New DOJ docs seem 2back Lt Gen Flynns claim that FBI/DOJ/Mueller team railroaded 30yr veteran in Russia probe For yrs, Ive asked for DOJs Flynn records Their response: "nothing 2see here"

Obviously not true! Time to put all cards on the table Transparency brings accountability

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) April 30, 2020

Thursday morning, Grassley pointed out a stamp on the bottom of the FBI agent’s handwritten note released Wednesday – a Bates stamp indicating that the document was part of the Special Counsel’s Office file.

New DOJ/Flynn docs are stamped w SCO as in Special Counsels Office

Did Mueller have these docs? Why did his team sit on them? What else is Mueller team that cost taxpayers $30+ million hiding? The ppl deserve answers 2restore faith in federal law enforcement agencies

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) April 30, 2020

See, there it is – bottom, right-hand side.

Grassley pointed out that many of his colleagues are rightly calling for the prosecution of people who violated Flynn’s constitutional rights, but maintains that it’s more important for the whole country to know HOW Flynn’s rights were violated “so this FBI abuse won’t be repeated again on someone else,” and called upon AG Barr to intervene and free Flynn.

Many of my colleagues r rightfully calling for prosecution of ppl who violated Flynn's constitutional rights MORE IMPORTANTLY the whole country needs to know how his rights were violated TRUTH getting out is most important so this FBI abuse wont be repeated again on someone else

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) April 30, 2020

AttGen Barr: it’s so obvious the unconstitutional punishment that GenFlynn has had for four long years u need to intervene and #FREE FLYNN

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) April 30, 2020

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the current Senate Judiciary Committee chair, is just as incensed as Grassley is, according to his media appearances and social media feed. A Senate Judiciary Committee investigation needs to be opened immediately, coronavirus shutdown be damned. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Watch Grassley’s appearance on Fox Business Wednesday night, where he said Flynn had been railroaded.