Top Republicans are reminding FBI Director Chris Wray that he must comply with a subpoena for a document allegedly linking Joe Biden to a “criminal scheme” to gain access to “money for access,” otherwise “consequences.”
“The FBI’s delay in producing a single, unclassified document is unacceptable,” James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told Wray in a letter Friday night, nine days after the deadline passed.
“The credibility of the FBI is at stake, and their continued failure to cooperate will have long-lasting consequences,” added Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
The FBI missed the deadline at noon on Wednesday, May 10 to provide the document, angering Republicans.
The Republican allegations mark a major update in the Republican ‘influence peddling’ investigation into the Biden family and Hunter Biden’s overseas business deals
Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa and Comer recently revealed that a whistleblower made astonishing claims about the document, which they say outlined the plan involving Biden, when he was vice president, and an unnamed foreigner.
The internal FD-1023 form apparently spells out an “arrangement” for an exchange of money for policy decisions, Republicans said.
The Republicans issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding that the document be handed over with a May 10 deadline — which was not forthcoming.
Grassley said that while the FBI has not provided the document, they have offered a “matching process” that indicates the “document is genuine.”
He said last week’s response letter to top Republicans only raises additional questions, including “whether the FBI has an open investigation based on these allegations.”
The House Oversight Committee released a new memo on Wednesday specifically outlining the Biden family’s ties to Romanian “influence peddling” and a web of LLCs created while Biden was vice president
Lawmakers say it remains unclear what, if any, steps have been taken to investigate the matter, which is concerning given the “significant public interest” in the FBI’s response.
The FBI confirmed to DailyMail.com that it issued a response to Republicans last week, but disputed Grassley’s claim that it proves the existence of the specific document alleged by the whistleblower.
“An FD-1023 form is used by FBI agents to record unverified reporting by a confidential human source. Documenting the information does not validate it, establish its credibility, or weigh it against other information verified by the FBI,” a spokesman said.
Disclosure of unverified or potentially incomplete information could harm investigations, jeopardize prosecutions or legal proceedings, dishonestly violate privacy or reputation, create a false impression with the public, or potentially identify individuals who provide information to law enforcement, thereby their physical safety is at risk.
“Information from confidential human sources and members of the public is critical to the work of the FBI, and we are also committed to protecting the confidentiality of anyone who comes forward.”
The subpoena for the document marked a major update in the Republican investigation into “influence peddling” in the Biden family and came just hours after a report said prosecutors were on the verge of deciding whether to criminally charge Hunter Biden in his tax. – and weapons investigations.
Iam Sams, White House spokesman for oversight and investigation, called the GOP subpoena for the document “baseless” and “politically motivated.”
“For five years now, Republicans in Congress have been lobbying against baseless politically motivated attacks [President Biden] without providing evidence for their claims. Or evidence of decisions influenced by something other than US interests,” he claimed.
Sams added that Biden was “unprecedented” with his level of transparency, releasing a total of 25 years’ worth of tax returns to the US public
The House Oversight Committee has accused 10 members of the Biden family — including Hunter and Hallie — of being involved in ‘shady’ business deals that took advantage of the family name
“The information provided by a whistleblower raises concerns that then-Vice President Biden was allegedly involved in a bribery scheme with a foreigner,” Comer said Wednesday.
The House Oversight Committee has accused 10 members of the Biden family — including Hunter and Hallie — of being involved in “shady” business deals that took advantage of the family name.
Earlier on Wednesday, the committee released a new memo specifically outlining the Biden family’s ties to Romanian “influence peddling” and a web of LLCs while Biden was vice president.
It also accuses President Biden of a “lack of transparency” regarding his family’s receipt of money from China, which he said is “untrue.”
It details the family’s attempts to hide, hide and confuse sources of money — including more Chinese money, according to a commission aide.
The White House refuses to correct the president’s statement. The president is now using the federal government to intervene for his family and his own role in these plans,” Comer said at a news conference announcing the memo Wednesday.