Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-grassley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Grassley</a> (R-IA) announced an investigation this week into reports that unaccompanied illegal immigrant children found at the southern border were being placed by HHS with people in the United States linked to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ms-13-gang" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MS-13</a>.
Grassely <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-scrutinizes-hhss-improper-care-of-unaccompanied-migrant-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that he was “conducting a sweeping review” of how HHS and its contractors find homes in the United States for illegal immigrant children who are found at the border without a parent or guardian. The Iowa Republican said he had sent letters to nine contractors to determine more about their vetting and placement process.
“My office has been informed through legally-protected whistleblower disclosures, including contractor records, showing children were sponsored without proper vetting or care, and at addresses that may be part of possible child-smuggling or trafficking rings,” Grassley <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_to_deloitte_consulting_llc_-_orr_contractors_and_grantees.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in the letters.  
“Shockingly, children were even placed by HHS and one of its contractors after they were notified of likely MS-13 gang affiliation in the household, and records related to this placement appear to have been deleted, a possible attempt to cover up actions taken by the contractor and HHS,” he added. 
The contractors who Grassley reached out to were Deloitte Consulting LLP, Center for Family Services, General Information Dynamics Technology, Alba Care Services, Holy Family Institute, Global Refuge, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Morrison Child and Family Services, and Sunny Glen Children’s Home. 
Grassley told the providers to provide him with specifics on how sponsors for the children are verified, records on where and how the children were transported, and how the organization tracked outcomes.
The letters also referenced “an apparent obstructive instruction” from HHS when it sent a letter on February 28 telling providers to direct questions about their work to the government agency. 
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“I personally brought up HHS’ obstructive conduct directly with HHS Secretary Becerra on March 14 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing,” Grassley said. “At the hearing, Secretary Becerra affirmed that contractors have the right to respond to this congressional inquiry. Furthermore, Congress has the constitutional authority, and the duty to conduct robust oversight on government agencies and contractors who receive taxpayer money for their work.”
An inspector general <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-07-21-00250.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> released in February found that many children were released to sponsors who had not had their fingerprints checked or been run through state child abuse registries. The report also said that over a third of the time, HHS and its contractors did not ensure documents provided by the sponsor could even be read. 
Illegal immigration has remained high under President Joe Biden with record highs of unaccompanied children being found at the border.

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A pair of Senate Republicans want Department of Justice (DOJ) leaders to explain what they said appears to be a &#8220;significant factual omission&#8221; in special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s report on President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;</a>s handling of classified documents, according to <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_johnson_to_doj_fbi_special_counsel_-_hur_report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a letter unveiled</a> on Monday.
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Hur seeking details about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nine-boxes-of-docs-taken-from-biden-attorneys-office-in-boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nine boxes of materials</a> that were allegedly retrieved from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston</a> office of a personal attorney to Biden that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) previously said the FBI had reviewed nearly one year ago.
[W]e publicly revealed last year that NARA had retrieved nine boxes of Biden records from the Boston office of Patrick Moore, one of Biden’s personal counsels,” the senators said. &#8220;Oddly, Special Counsel Hur’s report did not mention NARA’s retrieval of the nine boxes from Mr. Moore’s office … [I]t is unclear if Special Counsel Hur had any awareness of or reviewed the information contained in these nine boxes.&#8221;
The letter was dated Friday, one day after the release of Hur&#8217;s report that criticized Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents while out of office. Although Hur did not recommend charges, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the 388-page report</a> said Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-biden-has-significantly-limited-memory-didnt-remember-when-he-was-vp-or-when-son-died" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exhibited memory problems</a> that likely would preclude a jury from convicting the president.
Hur&#8217;s report briefly mentioned how Moore&#8217;s office became a &#8220;repository&#8221; for &#8220;Biden&#8217;s political materials, such as awards and of speeches,&#8221; but, as the senators noted, does not appear to address the nine boxes in question.
Grassley and Johnson have been in contact with NARA, which <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-03-07_nara_to_grassley_johnson_biden_records.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notified</a> them in March of last year that its staff had fetched the nine boxes from the Boston office at the request of the Justice Department in November of 2022 as part of the investigation into Biden&#8217;s handling of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-1100-pages-of-biden-docs-found-at-think-tank" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classified documents</a>.
NARA also divulged the FBI <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_johnson_to_doj_fbi_special_counsel_-_hur_report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reviewed</a> the contents of the boxes as of March 2023 and <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/nara_to_johnson_grassley_-_biden_records1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in September that NARA officials had not examined the materials but &#8220;will conduct an appropriate review&#8221; for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-investigators-seek-boston-connection-in-biden-pseudonym-mystery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought-after records</a> that contained any pseudonyms or personal email addresses used for official government business.
“DOJ, FBI, and the Special Counsel’s office owe Congress and the American people a complete explanation regarding this apparent omission in Special Counsel Hur’s report, a detailed description of the contents of the nine boxes, and what was done with them,&#8221; Grassley and Johnson wrote.
The senators posed a number of questions seeking information about the materials and they requested a response by February 23. The Daily Wire reached out to the DOJ and FBI seeking comment. In response, an FBI spokesperson said the bureau had no comment and referred The Daily Wire to the special counsel.

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U.S. Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charles-grassley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Grassley</a> (R-IA) has been released from the hospital and is expected to return to work in the near future, according to a statement he made on Thursday.
&#8220;Thx for ur well wishes &amp; prayers Happy to be home I look fwd to getting back to work,&#8221; Grassley wrote on X.
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Grassley was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-grassley-90-hospitalized-with-infection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hospitalized</a> earlier this week due to an infection, according to his office.
“Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is receiving antibiotic infusions at an area hospital to treat an infection,” his office said on Tuesday. “He is in good spirits and will return to work as soon as possible following doctors’ orders.”
Grassley, 90, was elected to the Senate in 1980 and has been re-elected seven times, including most recently in 2022.
Following the passing last year of then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who was just a couple of months older than Grassley, he is now the oldest member of the U.S. Senate.
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After Grassley, the oldest members of the Senate are Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), 82; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 81; Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), 80; Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), 80; Sen. Angus King (I-ME), 79; Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), 79; Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), 77; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), 77; Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), 76; Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), 76; Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), 76; Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), 76; Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), 76; and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), 76.

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U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was hospitalized this week and is receiving treatment for an infection, according to his office.
“Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is receiving antibiotic infusions at an area hospital to treat an infection,” his office said. “He is in good spirits and will return to work as soon as possible following doctors’ orders.”
Grassley, 90, was elected to the Senate in 1980 and has been re-elected seven times including most recently in 2022.
Following the passing last year of then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who was just a couple of months older than Grassley, he is now the oldest member of the U.S. Senate followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), 82; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 81; Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), 80; Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), 80; Sen. Angus King (I-ME), 79; Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), 79; Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), 77; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), 77; Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), 76; Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), 76; Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), 76; Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), 76; Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), 76; and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), 76.

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House Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) announced on Tuesday that he subpoenaed Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merrick Garland</a> for information on alleged efforts to surveil members of Congress and congressional staff — including during the Russiagate controversy that rocked former President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign and administration.
In a <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-12-19-jdj-to-doj-re-subpoena.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover letter</a> to Garland, which noted potential legislative reforms could follow, Jordan said his panel &#8220;must resort to compulsory process&#8221; because of the &#8220;inadequate response to date&#8221; by the Department of Justice (DOJ) following his <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/chairman-jordan-launches-inquiry-dojs-attempts-spy-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">request</a> for details about the apparent use of subpoenas to obtain private communications of Legislative Branch employees.
The DOJ previously informed the committee that the legal process it used related to an investigation into the &#8220;unauthorized disclosure of classified information in a national media publication,&#8221; the letter said. Jordan cited <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/20/james-wolfe-sentencing-senate-intelligence-committee-leaking-1071960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news reporting</a> that indicated the inquiry pertained to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) surveillance of one-time Trump campaign associate Carter Page, reliant on an effort to get FISA warrants that the DOJ inspector general <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-inspector-general-finds-17-significant-errors-or-omissions-in-carter-page-fisa-applications" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heavily criticized</a> and the DOJ itself later conceded had relied on <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-dept-concedes-it-had-insufficient-cause-to-continue-monitoring-former-trump-campaign-adviser-in-russia-probe/2020/01/23/2ac20f6a-3e15-11ea-b90d-5652806c3b3a_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;insufficient predication&#8221;</a> to last as long as it did.
Government watchdog group Empower Oversight <a href="https://empoweroversig.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-24-TL-to-DOJ-re-GJ-subpoenas-Senate-Staffers-Final-w-Exh-A.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> in October that its founder, Jason Foster, had been notified the DOJ subpoenaed Google for his personal communication records in 2017 when Foster served as chief investigative counsel to then-Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA). At the time the subpoena was issued, Grassley and his team were looking into the DOJ&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-sec-boss-confronted-over-steele-dossier-payment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling</a> of British ex-spy Christopher Steele&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-offered-to-pay-steele-1m-for-anti-trump-evidence-paid-possible-russian-spy-despite-knowing-his-info-was-bad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now-discredited</a> anti-Trump dossier, which was used by the FBI to obtain authority to wiretap Page <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/top-british-spy-report-strong-possibility-that-anti-trump-dossier-was-completely-fabricated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">during the investigation</a> into the Trump campaign&#8217;s alleged ties to Russia.
Empower Oversight further claimed to have information &#8220;indicating that the other accounts listed in the subpoena belonged to other staffers, both Republicans and Democrats, for U.S. House and Senate committees also engaged in oversight investigations of the Justice Department at the time pursuant to their authorities under the U.S. Constitution.&#8221;
Jordan <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/chairman-jordan-launches-inquiry-dojs-attempts-spy-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on the last day of October that he was launching a probe into alleged attempts to spy on Congress and he sent requests for information to the DOJ and CEOs of various tech and communications companies. In response, according to Jordan&#8217;s cover letter on Tuesday, the DOJ offered a timeline and &#8220;brief description&#8221; of the agency&#8217;s recent <a href="https://www.insidepoliticallaw.com/2023/11/10/newly-issued-doj-guidance-adds-significant-new-requirements-for-criminal-investigations-relating-to-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy changes</a> <a href="https://www.justice.gov/media/1323861/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for investigations</a> involving members of Congress and their staff, as well as &#8220;publicly available&#8221; documents concerning the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-us-senate-employee-sentenced-prison-term-false-statements-charge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indictment and guilty plea</a> of former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer James Wolfe as part of a national security leak investigation.
The Executive Branch appears to have used its &#8220;immense law-enforcement authority to gather and search the private communications of multiple Legislative Branch employees who were conducting Constitutional oversight of the Department’s investigative actions — actions that were later found to be unlawful,&#8221; Jordan wrote.
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&#8220;Because the Department has not complied in full with our requests, we cannot independently determine whether the Department sought to alleviate the heightened separation-of-powers sensitivities involved or whether the Department first sought the information through other means before resorting to legal process,&#8221; Jordan added. &#8220;The Committee also has concerns that aspects of the Department&#8217;s investigation may have been a pretext to justify piercing the Legislative Branch’s deliberative process and improperly access data from Members and staff involved in conducting oversight of the Department.&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to the DOJ seeking comment.

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Jordan Subpoenas Garland Over DOJ’s Alleged Efforts To Spy On Congress

Jordan Subpoenas Garland Over DOJ's Alleged Efforts To Spy On Congress

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A pair of Senate Republicans want to know if <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nine-boxes-of-docs-taken-from-biden-attorneys-office-in-boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nine boxes of materials</a> retrieved from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston</a> office of a personal attorney to President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> contained any pseudonyms or personal email addresses.
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/johnson_grassley_to_nara_-_biden_records_follow_up1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> this week to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), asking whether the agency has reviewed the contents of the boxes obtained earlier this year from Patrick Moore&#8217;s law firm in Boston after allegedly being moved from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-hasnt-been-interviewed-yet-in-classified-docs-probe-sources-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden&#8217;s former think tank office</a> in Washington, D.C.
&#8220;If so, did any of the Biden records discovered at Mr. Moore’s Boston office include the pseudonyms and email addresses listed below that then-Vice President Biden used?&#8221; they asked. The senators listed: &#8220;RobinWare456@gmail.com,&#8221; &#8220;Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov,&#8221; &#8220;JRB Ware,&#8221; and &#8220;67stingray.&#8221;
NARA <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-03-07_nara_to_grassley_johnson_biden_records.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notified</a> the senators in March that its staff had fetched the nine boxes from the Boston office at the request of the Justice Department in November as part of an investigation into Biden&#8217;s handling of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-1100-pages-of-biden-docs-found-at-think-tank" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classified documents</a> currently led by special counsel Robert Hur. Grassley and Johnson had asked in prior correspondence whether NARA knew if the same email addresses appeared in any of the materials from Boston, but the agency <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-03-07_nara_to_grassley_johnson_biden_records.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> that its staff had not reviewed the contents at the time.
Biden&#8217;s suspected use of fake names has started to gain more attention in recent days as a group called the Southeastern Legal Foundation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/law-group-sues-national-archives-demanding-federal-agency-turn-over-5400-biden-pseudonym-emails" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> NARA to turn over approximately 5,400 records connected to Biden’s pseudonym accounts.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-seeks-records-of-biden-allegedly-using-pseudonym-as-vice-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter to NARA</a> earlier this month requesting all unredacted records and communications regarding Biden’s official duties as vice president that overlapped with his son Hunter’s activities in Ukraine — specifically mentioning a document allegedly sent to &#8220;&#8216;Robert L. Peters&#8217; — a pseudonym the Committee has identified as then Vice President Biden.&#8221;
For years, Biden claimed to have never spoken to Hunter about his business dealings, but as GOP investigators have uncovered a pattern of millions of dollars flowing to members of the First Family from foreign nationals under suspicious circumstances, the White House has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-snarls-at-lousy-question-about-calls-with-sons-business-partners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taken to saying</a> the elder Biden never did business with his son. Now House Republicans appear to be on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-imminent-as-republicans-call-for-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cusp of starting an impeachment inquiry</a>.
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In their latest letter, Grassley and Johnson pressed Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan to declare whether NARA is certain that the roughly 5,400 records that the <a href="https://www.slfliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/08/20230828-Complaint-Exhibit-4-Doc.-1-4.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agency told</a> the Southeastern Legal Foundation was potentially responsive to the group&#8217;s Freedom of Information Act request make up the &#8220;complete subset of records that contain Biden’s pseudonyms and personal email addresses used for official government business&#8221; if NARA staff have still not reviewed the boxes from Boston. &#8220;Please explain,&#8221; they added.
Other demands made by the senators include a request for details on NARA&#8217;s efforts to respond to the Southeastern Legal Foundation, including the review of the “approximately 5,138 email messages, 25 electronic files and 200 pages of potentially responsive records.&#8221;
The senators asked NARA to provide the requested information by September 12.
A NARA spokesperson told The Daily Wire that the agency received the letter from Grassley and Johnson but did not comment any further on the matter.

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-grassley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Grassley</a> (R-IA) said Tuesday that most media outlets were not asking crucial questions on whether the FBI and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justice Department</a> followed normal procedures when investigating Biden family bribery allegations or brushed the information “under the rug.”
Grassley made the comments from the Senate floor when discussing the FBI-generated FD-1023 form he released last week. The form <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-biden-bribery-file-released-burisma-head-says-he-was-coerced-into-paying-bidens-10-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">featured allegations</a> that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter pressured Burisma co-founder and CEO Mykola Zlochevsky into paying them millions of dollars each in exchange for pressuring the Ukrainian government to fire prosecutor Viktor Shokin.
&#8220;Much of the media&#8217;s reporting has missed the essential question,&#8221; Grassley <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/grassley-demands-answers-fbi-doj-response-biden-bribery-allegations?utm_source=daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;That essential question is this: Did the Justice Department and the FBI follow normal investigative process and procedures to run the information down or did they sweep this information under the rug?&#8221;
Grassley said that the government engaged in “obstructive conduct” by making key redactions from the FD-1023 when it provided a copy of the document to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, including “references to the alleged audio recordings between then-Vice President Biden, Hunter Biden, and the foreign national.&#8221;
&#8220;It also redacted references to text messages and financial records that allegedly existed to prove the criminal act was done. Those redactions are an obstructive conduct by the United States. Why? Because this was an unclassified document. It&#8217;s not even marked law enforcement sensitive,&#8221; Grassley added. 
The longtime senator said that his main goal was to hold the DOJ and the FBI accountable. 
According to the FD-1023, Zlochevsky allegedly <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/fd_1023_obtained_by_senator_grassley_-_biden.pdf">told</a> the FBI’s confidential human source (CHS) that during a meeting in August 2016, it cost him “5 (million) to pay one Biden, and 5 (million) to another.”
Zlochevsky allegedly said that it was “too late to change his decision,” which CHS understood as meaning that Zlochevsky “already had paid the Bidens, presumably to ‘deal with Shokin.’”
An addendum to the report from June 2020 says that Zlochevsky told CHS that he had “17 recordings” involving his interactions, including two with Joe Biden. The other 15 were with Hunter Biden.
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In reaction to this and other pieces of evidence obtained by lawmakers, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy indicated that the House could be moving closer toward an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden over the bribery allegations.
McCarthy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-mccarthy-indicates-republicans-are-moving-toward-impeachment-inquiry-of-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a Monday interview</a> that other alleged bribes to the Biden family have come from countries like Ukraine, Russia, Romania, and China.

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Corruption in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a> is back in the spotlight as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> tussles with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> to uncover more information concerning an alleged $5 million bribery scheme involving President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and his son <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter</a>.
House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) has fought tooth and nail to secure a June 2020 FBI FD-1023 file detailing claims from a confidential human source about a foreign national paying six figures to secure favorable actions from Biden at a time when he was vice president.
&#8220;We fear that this president is compromised,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1668976486802509827" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Fox News host Laura Ingraham</a> on Tuesday, noting Ukraine bribery allegations fit a larger pattern of millions of dollars flowing to the Biden family from other countries under suspicious circumstances.
After issuing a subpoena for the document last month and then threatening to hold Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Wray</a> in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply, Comer managed to get the FBI to show redacted versions of the file to himself and other members of his committee. The FBI had <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=daily+wire+fbi+refuses+comer&amp;ei=gTWKZMSTBKid5OUP-pK7mAw&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiE2KK33sP_AhWoDrkGHXrJDsMQ4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=daily+wire+fbi+refuses+comer&amp;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQA0oECEEYAVCfBVixC2CSDGgCcAB4AIABowKIAc8KkgEDMi01mAEAoAEBwAEB&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resisted the release</a> of FD-1023 information, saying such claims are unvetted and risk jeopardizing investigations and sources if revealed.
After viewing a copy of the document, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1668719542472671233" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comer</a> and other <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mtg-says-bribery-allegations-against-biden-linked-to-burisma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican lawmakers</a> on the oversight panel offered more details about the informant&#8217;s claims to the public, making it clear that the matter pertained to Ukraine. The document relays allegations from a trusted and paid source, they said, concerning how an <a href="https://twitter.com/NEWSMAX/status/1667203652199780353" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive for Burisma Holdings</a>, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mtg-says-bribery-allegations-against-biden-linked-to-burisma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukrainian gas company</a> that employed Hunter Biden on its board for several years, angled to bribe away an anti-corruption investigation perceived as hurting Burisma&#8217;s chances to buy into the U.S. energy market. GOP members conveyed how these shady dealings might be commonplace in Ukraine, but high-ranking U.S. officials have no business being anywhere near these pay-for-play schemes.
Burisma is a familiar name as it came up often during the 2020 election cycle, leading up to the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump, who was later acquitted by the GOP-led Senate. During his time as vice president, Biden sought to pressure Ukraine into firing top prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who is suspected to have conducted an anti-corruption investigation into Burisma and its owner, by threatening to withhold $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees to the Ukrainian government. There is a video of Biden seemingly <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4820105/user-clip-biden-tells-story-ukraine-prosecutor-fired" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bragging at a 2018 event</a> about how Ukraine fired Shokin after he made this demand, while Biden contends that Shokin was fired due to his own history of corruption in Ukraine.
Trump and his supporters pushed claims that Biden <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-questions-joe-biden-hunter-biden-88e27ca2b5e6d7c821d9a6a0ba0e04f8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acted in order to protect</a> his son and Burisma, as noted <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-questions-joe-biden-hunter-biden-88e27ca2b5e6d7c821d9a6a0ba0e04f8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by the Associated Press</a>. Trump&#8217;s then-personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, even brought forward information that federal investigators <a href="https://apnews.com/article/26ecd17c8fcf7fc26b9e2df44325a83a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were tasked with examining</a>. Detractors pushed back by pointing to assertions that Shokin <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-vice-president-biden-said-ukraine-should-increase-gas-production-then-his-son-got-a-job-with-a-ukrainian-gas-company/2019/07/21/f599f42c-86dd-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may not have been actively investigating</a> Burisma as well as contentions that the United States and its allies called for Shokin&#8217;s ouster <a href="https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/110331/documents/HMKP-116-JU00-20191211-SD440.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over the view that the prosecutor was generally ineffective</a> at rooting out corruption.
Whatever the case, Comer seems convinced that following the money is key to clearing up the uncertainty, not just in cases involving Ukraine, but other countries as well. That is if he can untangle what he has described as a &#8220;web of LLCs.&#8221; At least 20 <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1668719542472671233" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;sham&#8221; companies</a> and complicated financial transactions have been used to hide money funneled to members of the Biden family from foreign countries, Comer said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1668719542472671233" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a>. This follows House Oversight Committee Republicans paying a visit to the Treasury Department in April for an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-raise-alarm-about-biden-family-after-treasury-visit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">examination of Biden-related suspicious activity reports (SARs)</a> used by financial institutions to flag possible criminal behavior.
Though the GOP-led oversight panel said its investigation may inform <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-introduces-contempt-resolution-against-fbi-director" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislative reforms to strengthen disclosure requirements</a>, Biden called the corruption allegations <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/08/fbi-tip-says-burisma-bribed-bidens-prez-asks-wheres-the-money/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;a bunch of malarkey&#8221;</a> and Democrats in Congress dismissed the GOP inquiry as a politically motivated endeavor to tar Biden ahead of the 2024 election.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the oversight panel, issued statements that <a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-statement-on-oversight-republicans-decision-to-accept-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought to tie</a> the Ukraine informant&#8217;s <a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-statement-following-review-of-debunked-fbi-tip" target="_blank" rel="noopener">work to Giuliani</a>, whose own dealings with Ukraine <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/14/giuliani-ukraine-fbi-trump-00066840" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have been subject to scrutiny</a>. Federal investigators <a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-statement-on-oversight-republicans-decision-to-accept-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">closed the assessment</a> into the bribery allegations, which made it clear the &#8220;Trump Justice Department concluded that the evidence failed to justify further inquiry,&#8221; Raskin added.
But in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joe-biden-sell-out-america-4-things-know-democrats-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News op-ed</a> this week, Comer pushed back on the Giuliani connection, stressing the informant&#8217;s claims were separate from documents Giuliani gave to the FBI in January 2020, and he said the FBI confirmed that the confidential human source&#8217;s information is being used in an &#8220;ongoing investigation.&#8221; The chairman pointed to how former Attorney General <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/icymi-former-ag-barr-refutes-democrats-lies-that-biden-bribery-investigation-was-closed%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">William Barr said</a> the allegations were sent to Delaware, where U.S. Attorney David Weiss has been conducting a probe into Hunter Biden&#8217;s financial affairs, &#8220;for further investigation.&#8221;
Comer said &#8220;disinformation&#8221; put forward by the Left underscores the need for the FBI to actually produce the FD-1023 form to his committee, not just show redacted copies to panel members as it has done so far. &#8220;We need to know what, if anything, the FBI did to verify the serious allegations contained within this record,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;The American people need to know if President Biden sold out the United States to make money for himself.&#8221;
When he first demanded the FBI share the document with allegations about a $5 million bribery scheme in early May, Comer <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/grassley-comer-demand-fbi-record-alleging-criminal-scheme-involving-then-vp-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said he learned</a> about its existence from protected disclosures to the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/about/results/government-accountability" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vocal whistleblower proponent</a> in Congress.
Providing yet another assist the Comer, Grassley <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joe-biden-sell-out-america-4-things-know-democrats-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared on the Senate floor</a> this week to announce that he has read a version of the 2020 FD-1023 file that has fewer redactions than what the FBI permitted members of the oversight panel to see. He shared that the redacted sections show the informant saying the foreign national claimed to have 17 audio recordings between himself and Hunter Biden as well 5 with then-Vice President Joe Biden &#8220;as a sort of insurance policy&#8221; just in case &#8220;he got into a tight spot.&#8221;
The FBI has strived to say as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruz-blasts-the-deputy-director-of-the-fbi-over-allegations-biden-took-5-million-in-bribes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">little as possible</a> about the document despite the revelations. In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said he has <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/14/fbi-deputy-director-paul-abbate-says-he-has-no-idea-if-there-are-tapes-of-alleged-biden-bribes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;no idea&#8221;</a> if there are voice recordings, though he stressed the document that allegedly mentions them is redacted to protect the source.
Although Comer called off a contempt hearing last week, the FBI may yet face the wrath of the GOP-led House if more standoffs. Asked about the recordings mentioned by Grassley this week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12189867/Republican-Steve-Scalise-vows-press-make-Burisma-execs-phone-calls-public.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Daily Mail</a> the House is &#8220;gonna press to get everything we can out.&#8221;
Expanding his corruption inquiry, Comer <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Letter-to-Archer-061223.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed Devon Archer</a>, who is believed to have played a role in Biden family deals involving countries such as Ukraine, Russia, and China, demanding a deposition. In addition, a congressional source told The Daily Wire there are other FD-1023 records dating back to at least 2017 that Comer hopes to see this week, as talks with the FBI continue.
“Republicans are going to follow the facts and ensure accountability for the American people,&#8221; Comer said in his op-ed. &#8220;Americans have lost trust in the FBI’s ability to enforce the law impartially and demand answers, transparency, and accountability.&#8221;

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Alleged Ukraine Bribes Stoke ‘Fear’ That Biden Is ‘Compromised’

Alleged Ukraine Bribes Stoke 'Fear' That Biden Is 'Compromised'

James Comer

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> informant claims a foreign national has more than a dozen audio recordings of conversations with President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and his son Hunter stemming from an alleged $5 million bribery scheme involving <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a>, a U.S. senator revealed on Monday.
Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-grassley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Grassley</a> (R-IA) said an FD-1023 file in the FBI&#8217;s possession, which has been shown to members of the House Oversight Committee with redactions, makes reference to these recordings and should be revealed to the public. Grassley has been working with Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY), who has used subpoena power to pry more information from the FBI about the allegations.
&#8220;The 1023 produced to that House committee redacted reference that the foreign national who allegedly bribed Joe and Hunter Biden allegedly has audio recordings of his conversation with them. Seventeen such recordings,&#8221; Grassley <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/remarks/grassley-fbi-redacted-references-to-recordings-in-biden-allegation-shared-with-congress">said</a> in a speech on the Senate floor, noting he has seen the document with fewer redactions than what oversight panel members were given.
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Senator Chuck Grassley Announces On The Senate Floor That The Foreign National Who Allegedly Bribed Joe And Hunter Biden Allegedly Has Audio Recordings Of His Conversations With Them
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&#8220;According to the 1023, the foreign national possesses 15 audio recordings of phone calls between him and Hunter Biden,&#8221; Grassley said. &#8220;According to the 1023, the foreign national possesses two audio recordings of phone calls between him and then-vice president Joe Biden. These recordings were allegedly kept as a sort-of insurance policy for the foreign national in case he got into a tight spot.&#8221;
Grassley added: &#8220;The 1023 also indicates that then-Vice President Joe Biden may have been involved in Burisma employing Hunter Biden.&#8221;
The House Oversight Committee gained access to the FD-1023 file after Comer threatened to hold a vote to hold <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Wray</a> in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena seeking the document that talks about an alleged $5 million bribery scheme between Biden at a time when he was vice president and a foreign national. After viewing the document, GOP members of the House Oversight Committee revealed the matter is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mtg-says-bribery-allegations-against-biden-linked-to-burisma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">linked to Ukrainian gas company</a> Burisma Holdings, which employed Biden&#8217;s son, Hunter, on its board for several years.
The identity of the informant has not been publicly disclosed, but Comer and Grassley have characterized him as a trusted FBI source. The FBI has resisted producing the document to Congress, warning that it contains unverified information and disclosing it could endanger sources and investigations.
While the GOP-led oversight panel has said its investigation into the informant&#8217;s claims may inform legislative reforms to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-introduces-contempt-resolution-against-fbi-director" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strengthen disclosure requirements</a>, Democrats and the White House have dismissed the inquiry as being politically motivated. When asked last week by a reporter to respond to corruption allegations raised by Republicans, Biden called the claims &#8220;a bunch of malarkey.&#8221;
Comer <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/house-oversight-chair-james-comer-claims-1023s-alleging-biden-bribery-scheme-exist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Fox News on Sunday</a> that when he viewed the file alongside Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the panel, he &#8220;realized that there were two footnotes in there that referenced other 1023s.&#8221; Comer also <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/james-comer-joe-biden-FBI/2023/06/06/id/1122543/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Newsmax</a> the footnotes date back to 2017. A congressional source <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-biden-bribery-scheme-comer-says-fbi-has-more-informant-docs-plans-to-see-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Daily Wire</a> on Monday that the oversight panel is working with the FBI to schedule a time this week to view the other FD-1023 records.
Piggybacking off Comer saying the information provided by the informant is &#8220;currently being used in an ongoing investigation,&#8221; Grassley questioned what U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware, who is investigating Hunter Biden&#8217;s financial affairs, may be doing about the recordings mentioned in the FBI record containing the informant&#8217;s information.
Grassley said the document is unclassified and therefore should be eligible for public release without &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; redactions. Like other Republicans, Grassley also noted the timing of former President Donald Trump being indicted in a federal inquiry into his handling of classified information while suggesting that federal investigators appear to have less zeal when it comes to looking into corruption allegations levied against the Biden family.
&#8220;Getting a full and complete 1023 is critical for the American people to know and understand the true nature of the document and to hold the Justice Department and the FBI accountable,&#8221; Grassley said.

Hunter Biden, Joe Biden

Senator Reveals FBI Informant File References 17 Biden Audio Recordings

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Wray</a> confirmed a file containing allegations of a <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/comer-and-grassley-on-fbi-failing-to-comply-with-subpoena-deadline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;criminal bribery scheme&#8221;</a> involving President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> really does exist, a top Republican lawmaker announced on Wednesday.
In a statement released after having a discussion with Wray, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) said the FBI leader offered to allow lawmakers to see the documents at FBI headquarters, but won&#8217;t commit to giving them to Congress — a clear sign that their standoff over a subpoena is far from over.
&#8220;We have been clear that anything short of producing these documents to the House Oversight Committee is not in compliance with the subpoena,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;If the FBI fails to hand over the FD-1023 form as required by the subpoena, the House Oversight Committee will begin contempt of Congress proceedings.&#8221;
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Anything short of producing these documents to <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOPoversight</a> is not in compliance with my subpoena.
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&mdash; Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1663996975014895618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In a statement, the FBI said that during the call on Wednesday, Wray &#8220;offered to provide the Committee’s Chairman and Ranking Member an opportunity to review information responsive to the subpoena in a secure manner to accommodate the committee, while protecting the confidentiality and safety of sources and important investigative sensitivities.&#8221;
&#8220;The FBI has continually demonstrated its commitment to working with the Committee to accommodate its request, from scheduling briefings and calls to now allowing the Chair to review information in person,&#8221; the bureau added. &#8220;The FBI remains committed to cooperating with the Committee in good faith.&#8221;
A congressional source told The Daily Wire that Comer intends to view the file &#8220;in camera&#8221; at the FBI, which means there <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/comer-biden-family-bank-activity-reports/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will be restrictions</a>, although the chairman insisted that does not mean the subpoena will be fulfilled.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, said in a statement that he spoke with Wray in a separate call.
“Director Wray informed me that the FBI has agreed to accommodate the Committee’s request by making the document sought by Chairman Comer available for in person review,&#8221; <a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-statement-following-call-with-fbi-director-chris-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Raskin said</a>. &#8220;The FBI will also provide context on the Trump Justice Department’s steps to follow up on the unsubstantiated, second-hand claims contained in this tip.&#8221;
Before now, Comer said the FBI would not acknowledge the existence of the file he sought. However, the FBI did issue warnings of the dangers of releasing unvetted information from confidential human sources that gets recorded by agents in FD-1023 forms.
&#8220;The FBI’s mission is to protect the American people. Releasing confidential source information could potentially jeopardize investigations and put lives at risk,&#8221; the bureau told The Daily Wire.
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Comer and his Senate colleague Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have said that whistleblower disclosures led them to <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/comer-and-grassley-on-fbi-failing-to-comply-with-subpoena-deadline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believe</a> the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI have an unclassified FD-1023 form describing the alleged scheme involving Biden, dating back to his time as vice president, and a foreign national. Comer <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-grassley-blast-fbi-for-refusing-to-provide-subpoenaed-record-alleging-then-vp-biden-engaged-in-a-bribery-scheme/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initially sent the subpoena</a> on May 3 with a May 10 deadline, but later extended it to Tuesday.
This particular FD-1023 form may reference some variant of &#8220;five million&#8221; and &#8220;June 30, 2020,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-puts-dollar-amount-on-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote in a letter to Wray last week</a>. &#8220;These terms relate to the date on the FD-1023 form and its reference to the amount of money the foreign national allegedly paid to receive the desired policy outcome,&#8221; he added.
Further details about what the alleged scheme may entail have not been released, but the dollar amount and date indicate that it could be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-puts-dollar-amount-on-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">related to Ukraine</a> or <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/18/bidens-5m-china-loan-part-of-pay-to-play-scheme-sen-grassley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a>.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addressed confidentiality issues in an <a href="https://hughhewitt.com/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-on-the-debt-limit-deal-and-the-looming-contempt-charge-for-fbi-director-christopher-wray/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview on Tuesday with radio host Hugh Hewitt</a>. &#8220;If there’s a concern about methods or areas of how we get it, redact names so we don’t see that. But you’ve got to show the document,&#8221; he said. McCarthy also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-prepared-to-hold-fbi-director-in-contempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made it clear</a> that he has Comer&#8217;s back in demanding the document and holding Wray in contempt, stressing that the FBI director is &#8220;not above the law.&#8221;
Democrats have accused their GOP counterparts of ignoring alleged misconduct by former President Donald Trump while trying to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-raise-alarm-about-biden-family-after-treasury-visit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dig up “dirt”</a> on the Biden family as Republican lawmakers raise concerns about <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-new-evidence-in-biden-familys-influence-peddling-schemes%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">influence peddling schemes</a> linked to countries around the world.
The White House, too, has shot back at Republicans. “This silly charade by Chairman Comer is yet another reminder that his so-called ‘investigations’ are political stunts not meant to get information but to spread thin innuendo and falsehoods to attack the President,&#8221; White House spokesperson Ian Sams said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/maxpcohen/status/1664017464672354307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> Wednesday.
If the House, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans, were to <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/06/house-panel-contempt-efforts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approve a criminal contempt referral</a> to the DOJ, Wray could face a fine and up to a year&#8217;s imprisonment if federal prosecutors take up the case. There are also other forms of recourse, including civil enforcement, <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/06/house-panel-contempt-efforts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the American Bar Association</a>.
&#8220;Director Wray confirmed what my whistleblowers have told me pursuant to legally protected disclosures: the FBI-generated document is real, but the bureau has yet to provide it to Congress in defiance of a legitimate congressional subpoena. This failure comes with consequences,” Grassley said in a statement Wednesday.

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FBI Admits File On Biden ‘Criminal Bribery Scheme’ Is Real: Comer

FBI Admits File On Biden 'Criminal Bribery Scheme' Is Real: Comer

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Whistleblowers have reportedly come forward to allege that the FBI did not follow its standard practices in its criminal investigation of President Joe Biden&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden.
CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-investigation-whistleblower-disclosures-allege-fbi-procedures-not-followed-chuck-grassley-james-comer/">reported</a> that the &#8220;multiple Justice Department whistleblowers&#8221; have come forward to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in his investigation into the Biden family to allege misconduct by federal investigators.
Multiple sources told the publication that the whistleblower disclosures specifically raised concerns surrounding the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, including allegations that &#8220;irregular handling&#8221; of evidence had taken place and that &#8220;standard investigatory procedures were not being followed.&#8221;
The whistleblowers alleged that evidence damaging to Hunter Biden was labeled disinformation even though it was possible to verify or had already been verified. The whistleblowers also claimed that some of the damaging evidence was placed in restricted systems that other investigators could not access or review.
The news comes after a whistleblower came forward earlier this month to Grassley&#8217;s office and alleged that the FBI has evidence showing that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national.
Grassley and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whistleblower-alleges-fbi-has-evidence-of-biden-engaging-in-bribery-scheme-with-foreign-national">released</a> a joint statement saying that the whistleblower was “highly credible.”
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“Based on those disclosures, it has come to our attention that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) possess an unclassified FD-1023 form that describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions,” a letter from Comer and Grassley said to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
“It has been alleged that the document includes a precise description of how the alleged criminal scheme was employed as well as its purpose,” the letter continued. “Based on the alleged specificity within the document, it would appear that the DOJ and the FBI have enough information to determine the truth and accuracy of the information contained within it.”

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Multiple DOJ Whistleblowers Allege FBI Did Not Follow Procedures In Criminal Probe Of Hunter Biden: Report

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) pressed the FBI for answers about waste, fraud, and abuse allegations following a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-director-christopher-wray-summons-bureaus-jet-to-d-c-area-airport-to-dodge-traffic-whistleblower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Wire investigative report</a> on how the bureau moves its $60 million jet around, allegedly to spare Director Christopher Wray from traffic.
In January, a whistleblower <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-director-christopher-wray-summons-bureaus-jet-to-d-c-area-airport-to-dodge-traffic-whistleblower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Wire that Wray summons the bureau&#8217;s Gulfstream G550 to nearby Washington, D.C., area airports to spare himself the 30 miles of Interstate 66 traffic to get to its base at Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia. Records obtained by The Daily Wire show the jet has made the roughly 15-minute flight between the airports 140 times since 2020.
Grassley told The Daily Wire he has spent months trying to get to the bottom of whistleblower reports that allege the FBI is moving its taxpayer-funded jet to satisfy the convenience of a few government bureaucrats.
&#8220;It&#8217;s disappointing that the FBI has failed to fully and completely answer my questions, but unfortunately it&#8217;s par for the course for an agency that refuses to hold itself accountable to the American people,&#8221; Grassley said. &#8220;I intend to continue pushing for answers.&#8221;
Grassley penned a <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_o_fbi_-_jet_transfer_follow-up.pdf">letter</a> to the bureau the day after the report was published, demanding answers about the total cost of such flight activity and the bureau&#8217;s reasoning for what was reported.
Nearly two months later, the bureau allegedly left Grassley&#8217;s questions unanswered and incomplete. In a follow-up letter on April 3, Grassley said the bureau spent most of its response explaining that the &#8220;FBI Director is a &#8216;required use&#8217; traveler,&#8221; and so must travel on government aircraft.&#8221;
&#8220;This is something I am fully aware of and never questioned in my letter,&#8221; Grassley wrote.
&#8220;To be sure, if there are legitimate security reasons necessitating these transfers, as the FBI&#8217;s March 23 letter implies, that would be one thing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;If they are for mere convenience, that is yet another.&#8221;
Grassley&#8217;s latest request again sought to gain information the FBI initially failed to address, a list of new questions for the bureau to answer, and internal documents concerning the bureau&#8217;s jet.
Although the letter asked for a response by April 17, a spokesperson from Grassley&#8217;s office said the FBI acknowledged receipt of the April 3 letter but has yet to respond.
Members of Congress have a constitutional duty to conduct oversight on government agencies and officials, Grassley said, especially when there are reports of gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton fired then-FBI Director William Sessions after several accusations that he had wasted taxpayer money, which included improperly using an FBI plane to visit his family.
Wray&#8217;s use of the bureau&#8217;s jet came under heavy scrutiny last year when the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/15/fbi-chief-wray-faces-gop-inquiry-over-personal-use-of-official-jet/">investigation</a> found the Gulfstream made eight trips in the four months to Atlanta, where Wray has a house in the exclusive Buckhead district. Wray also cut short a Senate oversight hearing on August 4 to fly to a vacation getaway in New York&#8217;s Adirondacks after telling Grassley that he had to attend &#8220;business.&#8221;
In a statement to The Daily Wire, the FBI reiterated its denial that Wray used the jet to avoid automobile traffic as &#8220;categorically false&#8221; when asked about Grassley&#8217;s letters.
&#8220;The FBI is not going to comment on specific plane locations because of operational and security sensitivities,&#8221; the bureau statement said. &#8220;The FBI Director&#8217;s use of FBI aircraft is long-established and continues due to the mission needs of the FBI and the FBI Director&#8217;s security requirements.&#8221;
Former FBI agent Kyle Seraphin tipped off The Daily Wire about the alleged misuse of the bureau&#8217;s after the agency suspended him indefinitely without pay in June 2022 for making complaints of questionable activity within the bureau and refusing to comply with its COVID vaccine mandate.
Seraphin condemned the agency for continuing to resist Congressional oversight.
&#8220;The FBI continues to resist oversight from the statutorily defined committees in the House and the Senate meant to serve as guardrails for the FBI use of power and funding,&#8221; Seraphin told The Daily Wire. &#8220;We don&#8217;t need to look further than the behavior of this agency to see those running the Bureau believe they are above the elected representatives in Congress.&#8221;
&#8220;And based on the increased budget year over year, there is no reason for those at the FBI to expect much in the way of consequences,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I hope Sen. Grassley follows through with consequences for this pattern of behavior.&#8221;

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