Further, on April 29, 2025, I sent a letter to you highlighting the political weaponization by the FBI
against Peter Navarro.3 In that letter I made public FBI emails regarding the investigation and later prosecution
of Navarro. These communications provide a behind-the-scenes snapshot of some of the actions taken by the
FBI’s Washington Field Office (WFO) to investigate Navarro for contempt of Congress and obstruction. The
emails show that Special Agent (SA) Walter Giardina played a significant role in the investigation and ultimate
prosecution of Navarro.4 My office has also been informed that SA Giardina was involved in Arctic Frost,
Crossfire Hurricane, Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation, which he received an award for the latter, as well
as the Dan Scavino, Roger Stone, and Hillary Clinton cases.
In this letter, I’m also raising legally protected whistleblower allegations regarding SA Giardina’s
misconduct while on the taxpayers’ dime that ought to be investigated to determine their truth and veracity. If
the allegations are true, he and everyone else involved, must be held accountable. With respect to allegations of
misconduct against SA Giardina, based on legally protected whistleblower disclosures to my office, he was
allegedly involved in the following:
SA Giardina was an initial recipient of the Steele Dossier and falsely said that the dossier was
corroborated as true.
• SA Giardina stated openly his animosity toward President Trump and made known his personal
motivation to investigate Trump.
• SA Giardina electronically wiped the laptop he was assigned while working for Special Counsel
Mueller outside of established protocol for record preservation raising the possibility that he destroyed
government records. The destruction of the laptop was reported to the DOJ Office of Inspector
General (OIG).
• SA Giardina instructed agents to use false Emolument Clause predication on President Trump to “dig
around.”
• SA Giardina was a case agent assigned to the Crimson River case, later changed to Red Maasari. This
case was leaked, by whom it is not known, to the Washington Post in August 2024 roughly 90 days
before the presidential election in an attempt to falsely discredit President Trump.5
The allegations against SA Giardina regarding his potential mishandling and destruction of federal
records is consistent with a Justice Department Freedom of Information Act release suggesting that multiple
members of Special Counsel Mueller’s team may have destroyed federal records.6 Thus, it appears that not
only did Special Counsel Mueller’s team park federal records in “Prohibited Access” status making them
unreviewable, his team also destroyed federal records.
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_to_doj_fbi_-_prohibited_access_walter_giardina.pdf