Chuck Grassley: “really the only person I care who hears this is Senator Glenn. But if everybody else wants to listen and see how what I…”

“really the only person I care who hears this is Senator Glenn. But if everybody else wants to listen and see how what I said these last few days is accurate, I am going to go into those points. But, as I said, Senator Glenn went to the agency and got their side of the story. There is nothing wrong with that, as long as they get the truth. But as most of us know, relying on an agency for the truth can be a big mistake, and I say that at the very least. After all, we are not having hearings on Waco and Ruby Ridge and Whitewater because Federal agencies and officials always tell the truth. Now, in regard to the incident I related on Monday, about Mr. Higman of Akron, IA--that is in northwest Iowa, not Ohio--Akron, IA, northwest Iowa. Mr. Higman's was the gravel company that some of you may have heard me use as an example. Senator Glenn stated that a Federal magistrate and a U.S. attorney approved the search warrant. That is all very true. But, as I said in my remarks on Monday, the Federal agencies, including even the magistrate and U.S. attorney, were relying on a phony informant who, by the way, was a disgruntled employee. And, by the way, Mr. Higman was acquitted. As I said, he, in the process, has lost $200,000 in either legal fees or lost business. There were supposed to be firearms and machine guns on the property. What did they find? They found a loaded .22 used for rats and varmints, not a shotgun as was alleged by my friend from Ohio.”