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Comer: FBI Document Proves Biden Bribery Scheme Investigation, Will Hold Contempt Hearings for Wray

Edward TomicBy Edward TomicJune 5, 2023Updated:June 5, 20231 Comment2 Mins Read
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UPDATE: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) tweeted late Monday that the FBI fears the whistleblower in this story will be killed if unmasked.

Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family.

— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) June 5, 2023

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) announced Monday that he will initiate the process of holding FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for not complying with a subpoena of an FBI document alleging a criminal bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden.

🚨BREAKING: House Oversight Chair James Comer confirms FD1023 form proves Biden criminal bribery scheme after viewing it, announces Contempt of Congress hearings for FBI Director Wray this Thursday pic.twitter.com/iqWv9NgAqV

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 5, 2023

On Monday the FBI brought the document in question, an FBI-generated FD-1023 form from June 2020, to Comer and Ranking Oversight Committee Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to review at a secure facility.

An FD-1023 is a form used by the FBI to record unverified reporting from confidential human sources.

A whistleblower approached Comer and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in early May about the document, which alleges a $5 million criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national exchanging money for influence over policy decisions.

Comer claims that although he was able to view the document, the FBI still refuses to hand over the physical FD-1023 form to the Committee in compliance with a subpoena issued in May based on the whistleblower’s information.

“Today FBI officials confirmed that the unclassified FBI-generated record has not been disproven, and is currently being used in an ongoing investigation,” Comer said in a press briefing Monday.

“The confidential human source who provided information about then-Vice President Biden being involved in a criminal bribery scheme is a trusted, highly credible informant who has been used by the FBI for over ten years and has been paid over six figures,” he said.

“These are facts and no amount of spin and frankly, lies from the White House or congressional Democrats can change this information,” he added.

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The FBI confirmed the unclassified record alleging then-VP Biden engaged in a $5 million bribery scheme is from a highly credible informant & being used in an ongoing investigation.

The FBI refused to hand over the doc.

I will hold Director Wray in contempt of Congress pic.twitter.com/2p1fNdmBJ1

— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) June 5, 2023

After saying that the FBI again refused to hand over the document to the custody of the Oversight Committee, Comer said that the Committee will commence contempt of Congress hearings for FBI Director Wray this Thursday.

[RELATED: Durham Report: FBI Never Should Have Launched Investigation Into Trump/Russia Collusion]

“Given the severity and complexity of the allegations contained in this record, Congress must investigate further,” Comer said.

“Americans have lost trust in the FBI’s ability to enforce the law impartially, and demand answers, transparency and accountability,” he said. “The investigation is not dead. This is only the beginning.”

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Edward Tomic

Edward Tomic is a reporter for The Maine Wire based in Southern Maine. He grew up near Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Boston University. He can be reached at tomic@themainewire.com

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  1. cynthi sayer on June 28, 2023 8:26 AM

    When did you become a right wing publication parroting right wing narratives and defamatory statements?

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