Jeffrey Epstein is not the only degenerate wheeling and dealing confidence man to leverage the power of recording powerful friends doing low down things. On Monday, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley dropped the stunning news that the Burisma Holdings executive who allegedly lavished $5 million on then-Vice President Joe Biden and another $5 million on his crack addled, bag man, Hunter, also claims to have stashed 17 audio recordings of their various nefarious machinations. According to Grassley, who has read the “1023” FBI informant report in its near entirety, the Ukrainian energy boss confided to the FBI’s inside man that he recorded 15 telephone conversations with Hunter and two with the “Big Guy,” himself, as an “insurance policy” in case, as the senator put it, “he got into a tight spot.”

Drawing on his 43 years in the United States Senate, Grassley notes that “1023” informant files are often turned over for public scrutiny during congressional investigations. “So,” he contends, “asking this 1023 to be turned over to the American people to read is not an unusual thing.”

Distressingly, it appears that Deep State protection for the Biden family hustle is also not an unusual thing. The eight term senator warns, “Two standards of justice in this country will turn our constitutional Republic upside down. Thanks to the political infection within the Biden Justice Department and FBI, we’re well along the road for that to happen.”