Crossfire Hurricane emails show FBI sought to probe Elon Musk over DOGE

An FBI agent repeatedly sought to join the bureau's Russia investigation involving President Donald Trump, while another pushed for a criminal investigation of Elon Musk over an email asking federal employees what they accomplished at work, according to documents newly released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. The records span internal FBI communications from 2017 and 2025, covering both the bureau's Russia investigation and a proposal to investigate Musk. Grassley said the exchanges reflected political bias within the bureau and showed the "Deep State" working against Trump. The documents were released as part of a broader batch involving Crossfire Hurricane and other FBI matters. "The previous Democrat administrations under Obama and Biden conducted secret, insidious and downright evil operations that almost took down our government," Grassley said during an Oversight hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel. "That's arguably worse than Watergate."