After the FBI missed its deadline to give the House Oversight Committee a subpoenaed FD-1023 FBI document alleging Joe Biden’s involvement in a $5 million bribery scheme with a foreign national, FBI Director Christopher Wray admitted the document exists.
As WLTReport previously noted, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said he would be taking steps to hold Wray in contempt of Congress.
Here is the statement from Comer:
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Today, the FBI informed @GOPoversight that it will not provide the unclassified documents subpoenaed by the Committee.
The Committee will now be taking steps to hold FBI Director Wray in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a lawful subpoena.
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— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) May 30, 2023
However, Wray is now offering a private viewing of the document to Rep. James Comer and Sen. Chuck Grassley.
He offered to allow the congressmen to view the document in person at FBI headquarters.
FBI Director Wray Admits FD-1023 Biden Bribe Document Exists; Offers a Private Viewing to James Comer and Chuck Grassley; Comer Again Warns of Contempt if Document Not Given to Congress https://t.co/F2c8JYkQZF
— Ben Owen🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@hrkbenowen) May 31, 2023
“While the FBI has apparently leaked classified information to the news media in recent weeks, jeopardizing its own human sources, it continues to treat Congress like second class citizens by refusing to provide a specific unclassified record. 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.
“Today, FBI Director Wray confirmed the existence of the FD-1023 form alleging then-Vice President Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national. However, Director Wray did not commit to producing the documents subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee. While Director Wray – after a month of refusing to even acknowledge that the form existed – has offered to allow us to see the documents in person at FBI headquarters, we have been clear that anything short of producing these documents to the House Oversight Committee is not in compliance with the subpoena. 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,” Comer said.
"On my call with FBI Director Wray, the FBI finally confirmed the existence of the FD-1023 form alleging then-VP Joe Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme. Anything short of producing these documents to @GOPoversight is not in compliance with my subpoena," Comer tweeted with his attached statement.
🚨On my call with FBI Director Wray, the FBI finally confirmed the existence of the FD-1023 form alleging then-VP Joe Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme.
Anything short of producing these documents to @GOPoversight is not in compliance with my subpoena.
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— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) May 31, 2023
"FBI Director Wray has confirmed the existence of the FD-1023 form alleging then-Vice President Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national. He’s allowing this unclassified record to be reviewed at the FBI but hasn’t produced it to committee. If the FBI fails to hand over the FD-1023 form as required by the subpoena, @RepJamesComer will begin contempt of Congress proceedings," the Oversight Committee tweeted.
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FBI Director Wray has confirmed the existence of the FD-1023 form alleging then-Vice President Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national.
He’s allowing this unclassified record to be reviewed at the FBI but hasn’t produced it to…
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) May 31, 2023
NBC News reported:
House Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said Tuesday that the committee is moving forward with a vote to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in criminal contempt of Congress for failing to hand over a document in the panel's investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings.
Comer subpoenaed the FBI this month for a FD-1023 form that he and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, claim "describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions,” without providing further details. The FBI declined to provide the document, saying that it is bound by Justice Department policy, which “strictly limits when and how confidential human source information can be provided outside of the FBI.”
Wray spoke with Comer and Grassley by phone Wednesday, and following their call, the FBI said in a statement that Wray had offered to provide Comer "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."
"The FBI remains committed to cooperating with the Committee in good faith,” the agency said.
In a joint statement, Comer and Grassley said that the FBI director confirmed the existence of the FD-1023 form during the call. But he “did not commit to producing the documents,” Comer said.
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