FBI reverses course and turns over document on alleged Biden bribery scheme to Congress

The agency agreed to have the Oversight committee analyze the form hours before the House of Representatives formally charged its director with contempt.

El director del FBI, Cristopher Wray. — (Cordon Press)

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Israel Duro

8 de junio, 2023

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With everything ready for the House of Representatives to formally hold the FBI director, Christopher Wray, in contempt of court, the office backtracked and announced that it will allow the Oversight Committee to examine the document that allegedly implicates Joe Biden in a bribery scheme during his time as Vice President. In this new climate of cooperation, the Bureau will provide two additional documents referenced in FD-1023 exclusively for review by Committee Chairman James Comer and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin.

"An important step in holding the FBI accountable"

Comer announced the agreement in a press release. The committee chairman stressed that the FBI's refusal "for weeks" to cooperate with the lower chamber's investigation has caused citizens to lose "trust in the FBI’s ability to enforce the law impartially and demand answers, transparency, and accountability." Something that the Republican legislator hopes to find in the analysis of the required documents.

After weeks of refusing to even admit the FD-1023 record exists, the FBI has caved and is now allowing all members of the Oversight and Accountability Committee to review this unclassified record that memorializes a confidential human source’s conversations with a foreign national who claimed to have bribed then-Vice President Joe Biden. Americans have lost trust in the FBI’s ability to enforce the law impartially and demand answers, transparency, and accountability. Allowing all Oversight Committee members to review this record is an important step toward conducting oversight of the FBI and holding it accountable to the American people.

Investigation into alleged Biden scheme remains open

Comer insisted on the importance of the form because "the allegations contained within this record are not closed as the White House and Democrats would have the American people believe."

Let’s be clear: the allegations contained within this record are not closed as the White House and Democrats would have the American people believe. Former Attorney General Barr confirmed this information was sent to the U.S. Attorney in Delaware for further investigation and the FBI has confirmed it is being used in an ongoing investigation. We also know the confidential human source who provided this information is highly credible and trusted, has worked with the FBI for over a decade, and has been paid six figures.

The Republican representative highlighted the confluence between the committee's investigations and "the allegations contained within this record track of the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes. The Oversight Committee will continue to follow the facts and ensure accountability for the American people."