# FBI files reveal agent push to investigate Musk

> Newly released documents show FBI agents sought to investigate Elon Musk and repeatedly tried to join the Trump Russia probe.
- Title: FBI files reveal agent push to investigate Musk · Fox News
- Summary: Newly released documents show FBI agents sought to investigate Elon Musk and repeatedly tried to join the Trump Russia probe. Senate Republicans are using…
- Keywords: fbi, elon musk, donald trump, chuck grassley, senate judiciary committee, crossfire hurricane, russia investigation, political bias allegations, walter giardina, kevin gounaud, timothy thibault, news
- Source: Fox News — https://foxnews.com/politics/worse-than-watergate-new-fbi-files-detail-agent-push-join-trump-probe-investigate-elon-musk
- Author: Elaine Mallon
- Published: 2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: fbi, elon musk, donald trump, chuck grassley, senate judiciary committee, crossfire hurricane, russia investigation, political bias allegations, walter giardina, kevin gounaud, timothy thibault, news
## FBI agent sought Musk investigation
An FBI agent named Kevin Gounaud pushed for a criminal case against Elon Musk in February 2025 over his use of X to ask government employees what they accomplished at work.
## Gounaud compared Musk to Clinton
Gounaud claimed Musk's use of the social media platform for government purposes was similar to Hillary Clinton's private email server, since Musk profits from X through advertising.

> His use of twitter in this and other instances is conceptually similar to Hillary Clinton's misuse of a private email server for government business.
## Agent repeatedly sought Trump probe role
FBI agent Walter Giardina emailed at least seven times over four weeks starting in January 2017 asking to be assigned to Crossfire Hurricane, the bureau's Russia investigation into Trump's campaign.
## Giardina was fired for weaponization
Giardina was fired by FBI Director Kash Patel in August 2025 over accusations of political weaponization. He had corresponded with agent Timothy Thibault about the Trump investigation.
## Thibault violated Hatch Act, got warning
Timothy Thibault reshared a post calling Trump psychologically broken. The Office of Special Counsel found he violated the Hatch Act in January 2024 but only issued a warning letter.
## Grassley calls it worse than Watergate
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley released the documents and said the FBI's actions were worse than Watergate, describing them as evil operations by the Deep State against Trump.

> The previous Democrat administrations under Obama and Biden conducted secret, insidious and downright evil operations that almost took down our government.
## Mueller investigation found no conspiracy
Crossfire Hurricane was the FBI's 2016 counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump's campaign coordinated with Russia. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not establish a criminal conspiracy.
## Key takeaway

Senate Republicans are using newly released FBI documents to argue the bureau engaged in political bias against Trump and his associates.