Biden whistleblowers ‘fear for their lives’: Republicans say

House Republicans say the FBI is violating a subpoena to turn over an alleged “bribery” Biden document because the original informant’s life could be in danger if they are “exposed” – despite the names being redacted.

According to a “highly credible” whistleblower, an internal FD-1023 memo prepared in 2020 based on information from a highly paid FBI informant apparently describes a $5 million “arrangement” for an exchange of money for policy decisions between the then Vice President Joe Biden and a foreigner.

House Oversight Committee leaders were given permission by the FBI on Monday to review the redacted FD-1023 form in a secure facility at the U.S. Capitol. But it didn’t satisfy Republicans, who continue to despise Congressional charges against FBI Director Chris Wray for failing to turn over the document in its entirety.

After a committee meeting Monday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to DailyMail.com that the Biden whistleblower in the alleged bribery scheme now fears “that someone could kill them if someone finds out who they are” because he exposed potentially damaging information about Joe Biden when he was vice president.

As a result, Greene said the whistleblower now “fears for their own lives because of our government.”

She also told DailyMail.com that the foreign nation involved in the $5 million money exchange was Ukraine, and it happened seven years ago.

Greene said it is “purely political” for the FBI not to hand over the document to their lawmakers – which omitted the names of the informant and whistleblower to protect their identities.

“And their excuse, which we feel is completely false, is that the FBI claims it’s to protect their informants, even though the names have been redacted,” Greene told DailyMail.com.

Greene added that the FBI could take steps to protect the informant’s life if they want to “do the right thing.”

She directly accused Wray of protecting Biden by not handing over the document, showing how “deeply political” the Justice Department is.

The Georgia congressman added that it is necessary to move forward with contempt charges against Wray because the information in the document is “so damaging and so dangerous to our national security” that Americans need the facts.

“The unclassified document should be in our hands now.”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna also said Monday that the FBI fears the informant will be “killed” if their identities are revealed.

“Just left the meeting for House Oversight. The FBI fears that their informant will be killed if they are exposed, based on the information he has put forth about the Biden family,” she said in a tweet.

The Republicans issued a subpoena for the FD-1023 form last month, and FBI Director Chris Wray was given a hard May 30 deadline to turn over the unclassified document, which he failed to meet.

After reviewing the document Monday, Comer told reporters that the allegations in the form “suggest a pattern of bribery” consistent with findings the commission has made public.

It’s been called “money laundering,” he said, saying it fits the pattern of more than $1 million in Romanian payments to the Biden family revealed last month.

In early May, Republicans released a report addressing more than $10 million that Biden family members had received from foreign actors, including previously undisclosed $1 million in Romania-linked payments, and a “web” of 20 companies that had been created while President Joe Biden was Vice President. and boosting anti-corruption efforts abroad.

He also said the FBI file was “undisputed” and is currently being used in an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Delaware Justice Department into Hunter Biden’s finances.

The “confidential human source” is a “trusted, highly credible informant” who has been used by the FBI for more than 10 years and paid more than six figures, Comer continued.

The chairman added that the contempt proceedings will begin next Thursday.

“At the briefing, the FBI again refused to turn over the unclassified file to the House Oversight Committee, and we will now begin contempt of Congress hearings on Thursday.”

“The FBI has consistently demonstrated its commitment to fulfilling the committee’s request, including by presenting the document in a reading room at the Capitol,” the FBI said in a statement to DailyMail.com on Monday.

“This common sense protection is often used in response to congressional requests and in legal proceedings to protect important concerns, such as the physical safety of resources and the integrity of investigations. The escalation to a contemptuous mood under these circumstances is unwarranted.”

Last week, Comer and Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, spoke to Wray by phone and the FBI director offered to help them and Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., to have the documents reviewed at FBI headquarters in an effort to avert the contempt threat.

Comer also informed Wray that he was also narrowing the scope of the subpoena for the document by citing two additional terms that could be referenced in the record: “June 30, 2020” and “five million.”

Raskin denounced the Republicans’ handling of the document in a group of reporters after Monday’s briefing, calling it “secondhand hearsay.”

He said former U.S. Attorney Scott Brady for the Western District of Pennsylvania and then-Attorney General Bill Barr found no reason to escalate the investigation of all “allegations involving Ukraine” based on the FD-1023 form. .

“It just baffles me that my colleagues would want to litigate this in public let alone despise the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for complying with the request when there was an entire process going on and bringing that process to a close came. its natural end as I understand it,” Raskin said.

He would not directly confirm that the foreign national named in the memo sought by Republicans is from Ukraine.

Raskin agreed with his Republican colleagues that the whistleblower is considered “credible.”

The White House also pushed back, calling the Republican-led investigation “baseless” and “politically motivated.”

Last week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy supported Comer’s contemptuous threat — saying he was “willing” to move forward with the charges.

“We have jurisdiction over the FBI, which seems to act as if we don’t,” McCarthy said.

The FBI’s latest backstop also comes after a second whistleblower from the IRS came forward, claiming he was sidelined by the Hunter Biden investigation when he spoke about the president’s son receiving preferential treatment.

The agent, who has not been identified, says he was recently fired without explanation after working on the Hunter Biden investigation since 2018, according to documents sent to congressional leaders by DailyMail.com.

This is the second whistleblower to report on the matter in recent days.

According to documents, he informed Congress last week about the backlash he was experiencing for acting as a whistleblower and alleged unfair retaliation.

He sent an email to senior IRS commissioner Daniel Werfel and several other officials in recent weeks claiming he was ousted because he was concerned that the Justice Department was acting “inappropriately” in its handling of the investigation into the son of the president.

His complaint comes days after the Justice Department removed the entire team investigating Hunter Biden’s tax returns, according to attorneys representing a first-time oversight whistleblower: Gary Shapley.

Shapley testified before the GOP-led Ways and Means Committee for six hours, answering all questions from both Republicans and Democrats, DailyMail.com learned.