Posted on 05/05/2023 12:12:17 PM PDT by Red Badger
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) responded to criticism over his decision to subpoena the FBI over unclassified records detailing an alleged “criminal scheme” by then-Vice President Joe Biden, noting he’s “confident” the document exists and that he knows its contents.
In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, the top Republican told host Sean Hannity he knows what country and policy decision are at the center of the alleged scheme but that he “is not at liberty” to disclose the information publicly. His comments come two days after Comer subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray, demanding access to an unclassified record detailing an illegal arrangement between Biden and a foreign national during the Obama administration.
"We're very confident that this does exist. We're very confident in the whistleblower. And look, this fits a pattern of behavior that the Bidens have done," Comer said. "It's my understanding that it is submitted within their database and it's very difficult to take that out and destroy it because I had that same question.”
Comer issued the subpoena in conjunction with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Wednesday, demanding access to an FBI-generated FD-1023 form they say details an exchange of money between Biden and a foreign national that may have influenced U.S. policy decisions. The two Republicans were tipped off about the document’s existence by a whistleblower, although it remains unclear what wrongdoing Biden is being accused of conducting.
An FBI spokesperson confirmed to the Washington Examiner earlier this week that it received the subpoena and letter from the GOP lawmakers. The agency declined to comment further.
The subpoena is the latest development in House Republicans’ investigations into the president’s family and their business dealings, which became a focal point of their agenda after taking control of the lower chamber earlier this year. Many of these investigations have focused specifically on the president’s son Hunter.
The matter first took prominence during the 2020 election as the GOP sought to determine whether then-candidate Joe Biden benefited financially from his son’s transactions, pointing to national security concerns.
The Oversight Committee has made that a high priority in recent months, with Comer leading investigations into the Bidens’ business dealings “to determine if the Biden family has been targeted by foreign actors, if President Biden is compromised, and if there is a national security threat,” he wrote.
“The information provided by a whistleblower raises concerns that then-Vice President Biden allegedly engaged in a bribery scheme with a foreign national,” Comer said. “The American people need to know if President Biden sold out the United States of America to make money for himself. Sen. Grassley and I will seek the truth to ensure accountability for the American people.”
The panel has obtained thousands of documents detailing the family’s financial records and business transactions, including one report that showed the Bidens’ received more than $1 million from a Chinese company through a third party from 2015 to 2017.
Grassley has also raised concerns about political bias affecting high-level investigations at the FBI, particularly those that focus on the Biden family’s foreign business deals. However, those efforts have failed to garner much momentum in the Democratic-led Senate.
My two guesses: Ukraine or China.
“ALLEGED” yeah right!!!
I would be shocked if it was only one country/scheme.
Great. Grassley is on the case. He’s as brain dead as Biden. Wish he would go back to whatever planet he thinks he comes from.
What country has received more money and “aid” from us in the last two years than any other?.................
Yes, Senator… just keep TALKING about all the criminal behavior you have documented proof of…. Keep those headlines ‘a coming’…. But, by golly, don’t ever DO anything about it.. Oh no!… can’t have THAT!..
Why is he not at Liberty to say? The crime should be reported and arrests made!
Meanwhile at DOH-J HQ....😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
Wow. Sad. They pay Comer extra for that level of insight? I certainly hope not.
Even the prosecution of crimes in Washington should be charged with obstruction of justice. That bad has to be on purpose with intent.
A logical extrapolation (in my mind);
If the CIA ran guns to Nicaragua in exchange for cocaine...
...what is being exchanged for fentanyl in these times and who are the players?
Maybe he should consider nuking Biden with the proverbial “strongly worded letter”. That’ll show him! 😁
Dude’s a moroni.
they say details an exchange of money between Biden and a foreign national
= = =
That would be Lichtenstein, right?
I’m more interested in the policy decisions.
Also they will probably just say the VP has no power to make real decisions as his defense. So I’m really curious as to what decisions were influenced. I would love for it to be a bill that was tied in the Senate and he passed the tie-breaking vote as the President of the Senate.
Yep and the media would be talking about it non-stop and asking when the President was gong to step down in light of these allegations.
They even put “confident” in quotes to toss in as much skepticism as possible. Because it’s so unbelievable that Biden would sell us out /s
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