Speaker Kevin McCarthy has stated that he will file a contempt suit against FBI Director Chris Wray if he does not turn over a potentially damning document implicating President Joe Biden.
Tuesday marks the deadline for the FBI to turn over an internal document that Republicans say shows President Joe Biden was involved in a $5 million “criminal” scheme involving a foreigner.
The internal unclassified FD-1023 form apparently spells out an “arrangement” for an exchange of money for policy decisions, Republicans said, issuing a subpoena last month.
“If he misses the deadline today, I’m willing to file a contempt against him,” McCarthy told Fox & Friends.
“We have jurisdiction over the FBI, which seems to act as if we don’t. I personally called Director Wray and told him to send that document. Today is the deadline,” he added.
Tuesday marks the deadline for the FBI to turn over an internal document that Republicans say shows President Joe Biden was involved in a $5 million “criminal” scheme involving a foreigner
I have a message for FBI Director Christopher Wray: If he misses today’s deadline to turn over subpoenaed documents to Congress, I am prepared to file a contempt suit against him. pic.twitter.com/D3hyW3VIpX
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) May 30, 2023
“We have a right to look at it — Republicans and Democrats alike [House Oversight] committee – and if he breaks the law, we will file a contempt suit against Christopher Wray and the FBI. They are not above the law,” McCarthy added.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, will also have a phone call with Wray on Wednesday, a spokesperson confirmed to DailyMail.com, but lawmakers have indicated it will it is unlikely that the top boss of the agency will hand over the document.
Last week, Comer Wray informed that he was also narrowing the scope of the subpoena for the document by specifying two additional terms that could be referenced in the record: “June 30, 2020” and “five million.”
Comer officials, who are leading the investigation into “influence trading” by the first family, met with bureau officials a week ago who refused to hand over the file.
The meeting came a day later McCarthy said he spoke with with Wray on the phone and believed the Republicans would “get this document” after their conversation.
The FBI’s mission is to protect the American people. Releasing confidential source information could jeopardize investigations and endanger lives,” the FBI told DailyMail.com last week in a statement about whether it will hand over the FD-1023 form.
“The FBI remains committed to cooperating with Congressional oversight requests on these and other issues, as we have always done.”
A spokesperson for the Democrats committee told DailyMail.com last week that Comer is basing claims on a “baseless tip” and accused the chairman of using “political theater” to support former President Donald Trump’s primary polls.
The White House also pushed back, calling the Republican-led investigation “baseless” and “politically motivated.”
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.
FBI Director Chris Wray has until May 30 to deliver the document to Republicans in Congress
“The information provided by a whistleblower raises concerns that then-Vice President Biden may have engaged in a bribery scheme involving a foreigner,” Comer said.
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 emailed senior IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and several other officials last Thursday claiming he had been ousted for raising concerns that the Justice Department acted “improperly” 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 for six hours Friday before the GOP-led Ways and Means Committee, answering all questions from both Republicans and Democrats, DailyMail.com learned.