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Latest comment: 6 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Very concerned that negative material about this subject is in our BLP sourced only to the self-published press releases of a politician.
Surely we can’t use SPS for attacks on a third party, or hostile material from a primary source that has no RS confirming it is due? BobFromBrockley (talk) 03:18, 5 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
The allegations are covered by tier-1 reliable sources — CBS News, CNN, NBC News, TIME, and Newsweek all reported on them. The Grassley sources provide specifics (exact social media posts, dates) that the news coverage references but doesn't always quote in full.
Congressional committee correspondence isn't "self-published" under WP:SPS, which refers to blogs and personal websites.
Senate Judiciary Committee releases are official government records.
More importantly, the article is balanced per WP:BLP: it includes attorney denials, FBI Director Wray's testimony that the Hunter Biden investigation was run out of Baltimore (not WFO), NBC's reporting that an ASAC wouldn't have authority over such an investigation, and the attorneys' statement that Thibault wasn't fired. His bipartisan investigation record (Jefferson, Jackson Jr.) is also noted.
I will review carefully, but it looks to me like your edits since I posted this have addressed my concerns. In particular, replacing primary with secondary sources means we can now be confident what we are saying is indeed due.
What you are calling congressional correspondence is the statements of politicians which they have themselves published on their congressional webpages, came to a self published news item on a political party website or a politicians press release. The correct process policy frame is
