Posted on 06/12/2023 3:41:44 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
Last week, I came to the Senate Floor to give a speech about the Biden Justice Department and FBI playing games with the American people by hiding the FBI-generated 1023 document from Congress.
Director Wray was going to be held in contempt for refusing to produce the 1023 that I told Chairman Comer about. Then, instead of contempt, the FBI committed to showing the 1023 and related documents to Congress.
So, the FBI showed but didn’t provide possession of that 1023 to the House Oversight Committee last week.
As the public knows that 1023 involves an alleged bribery scheme between then-Vice President Biden, Hunter Biden and a foreign national. The same allegations that Chairman Comer and I made public on May 3 of this year.
And on the same day that the FBI provided a redacted version of the 1023 to the House Oversight Committee, the Justice Department announced that former President Trump had been indicted and charged with 37 crimes relating to his alleged mishandling of classified records.
Attorney General Garland signed off on prosecuting Trump for conduct similar to what Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton engaged in. Two standards of justice in this country will turn our constitutional Republic upside down. Thanks to the political infection within the Biden Justice Department and FBI, we’re well along the road for that to happen.
This senator will do all that he can to fight that political infection. And you fight it by bringing transparency to what the government does. The public’s business ought to be public. Transparency brings accountability.
With respect to the 1023 shown to that House Committee, from what I’ve been told by folks who’ve reviewed it, it’s filled with redactions. So, Director Wray placed redactions on a document that’s already unclassified.
More than that, the FBI made Congress review a redacted unclassified document in a classified facility. That goes to show you the disrespect the FBI has for Congress. On a previous time on the Senate Floor, I asked my fellow senators what’s so unusual about an unclassified document being given to the public, when on May 18 of this year, there was leaked to the New York Times a classified document and even the name of a confidential human source. So, we’re kind of in a strange situation here. A classified document can be leaked to the New York Times, but an unclassified document can’t be made public to 300 million Americans.
Accordingly, Congress still lacks a full and complete picture with respect to what that document really says. That’s why it’s important that the document be made public without unnecessary redactions for the American people to see.
Let me assist for purposes of transparency.
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 conversations with them. Seventeen total recordings.
According to the 1023, the foreign national possesses fifteen audio recordings of phone calls between him and Hunter Biden. 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. The 1023 also indicates that then-Vice President Joe Biden may have been involved in Burisma employing Hunter Biden.
So, as I’ve repeatedly asked since going public with the existence of the 1023, what, if anything, has the Justice Department and FBI done to investigate?
The Justice Department and FBI must show their work. They no longer deserve the benefit of the doubt. It’s clear that the Justice Department and FBI will use every resource to investigate candidate Trump, President Trump and former President Trump.
Based on the facts known to Congress and the public, it’s clear that the Justice Department and FBI will use every resource to investigate candidate Trump, President Trump and former President Trump. Based on the facts known to Congress and the public, it’s clear that the Justice Department and FBI haven’t nearly had the same laser focus on the Biden family.
Special Counsel Jack Smith has used a recording against former President Trump. Well, what’s U.S. Attorney Weiss doing with respect to these alleged Joe and Hunter Biden recordings that are apparently relevant to a high-stakes bribery scheme?
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 FBI accountable.
It’s also important for asserting constitutional congressional oversight powers against an out-of-control Executive Branch drunk with political infection. Remember, Congress has received 1023’s in the past and they’ve been made public. So asking for this 1023 to be turned over to the American people to read is not unusual.
Congress owes it to the American people and the brave and heroic whistleblowers to continue to fight for transparency in this matter and make this document public without unnecessary redactions.
I want everyone to remember, that I have read the unredacted version.
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Don’t put it past the Ds to arrange a state funeral and substitute nominee during the period of media rend their clothing, and never allow ill to be spoken of the dead.
The FBI is pretending it’s an active criminal investigation etc etc. The Congressional oversight power and Impeachment power clearly takes precedence over a criminal case. Especially when in reality, that case will never be prosecuted.
Zero out the budget of F-Troop. Cancel their new HQ. Cancel FISA and PATRIOT. Yank their leash HARD or this is how you deserve to be treated Grassley.
A mere active criminal investigation, and sources and methods all take a backseat to the Constitutional oversight duty and Impeachment power of the Congress.
Wray needs to be the first impeachment target.
Why contempt? Impeach Wray.
Baloney. They had the info in 2018. That means that the entire time of Trump’s “phone call” Vindman Impeachment, they KNEW he was innocent and being impeached because he was gathering evidence of Biden’s crime.
Then they kept it from the voters for the 2018 election where we lost the congress, and the 2020 election they stole.
Inexcusable that it was not released. And this was the reason for the raid on Mar A Lago. They were terrified Trump had this information also.
“THIS Biden bribery scam was the reason for the raid on Mar A Lago. They were terrified Trump had this information also.”
McCarthy shut down the contempt vote. And Wray DID NOT have to hand over the 1023, as demanded in the subpoena.
They WON’T let the American public see it. So Dems can just keep denying, and msm can say, “Where’s the evidence, huh? Huh?”
McCarthy is a back stabbing snake.
Who commands the army?
Who controls the USA senate?
Who has the support of the CIA and at least 50 former CIA-leaders?
Who has the support of the FBI?
Who controls the DOJ? How many police officers would listen to the DOJ over the House?
Who controls the IRS and the many, many rounds of ammunition they recently purchased?
So how exactly are a handful of senators and representatives going to enforce the law when the current administration is waving the threat of pardon?
The handful and what army?
Article says FBI let them look at it.
So they have it or hid it somewhere.
The Deep State has had this stuff for years, but has decided to leak it out now to make sure Biden doesn’t run again.
Grassley is just a conduit.
Grassly says he’s seen the unredacted paper.
So he knows the name of the guy with the recordings.
So get them from him!
And put them out for all of us to listen to!
The FBI did that intentionally to protect Joe Biden. Our federal government is now gone, replaced by bureaucrats acting in their own interest.
“So how exactly are a handful of senators and representatives going to enforce the law when the current administration is waving the threat of pardon?”
Yea right, so just give up, take all your marbles and go home to mama and hide under her skirt!
A whole bunch of failures that will never succeed because they are convinced they will lose, that is the Republican party!
Is there a rule against grassley taking the document himself and giving to the public?
How do we know? Is that how grassley knows what the unredadacted part say?
Might still be with Burisma guy, who’ll destroy them if the price is right. Or release them if the price is right. Or just sit on them to prevent getting Arkancided.
And....so.......?
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