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House Oversight chair prepares to hold FBI director in contempt over document in Biden probe
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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 familys 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.
Comer last week threatened to hold Wray in contempt if the FBI didn't provide the information by Tuesday. In a statement Tuesday, the House Oversight chair said the FBI informed the committee that it will not provide the unclassified documents subpoenaed by the panel.
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The acting assistant director of the FBI, Christopher Dunham, on Tuesday sent a letter to Comer, prior to his contempt threat. In the letter, obtained by NBC News, Dunham explains why the bureau cant comply with the committees subpoena due to the need to protect human sources.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-oversight-prepares-hold-fbi-director-contempt-document-biden-pro-rcna86992
woodsprite
(11,854 posts)Hope he holds his ground and comes out without too much trauma on the other side of having to deal with these shitheads.
Botany
(70,291 posts)... committee but the guy never showed up and has an arrest warrant out on him?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-james-comer-says-hes-lost-track-of-his-top-biden-informant
woodsprite
(11,854 posts)Botany
(70,291 posts)... they are not really real.
Oversight Committee Cant Find Key Witnesses in Biden Investigation
But one individual who had initially sought refuge with congressional Republicans is indeed missing, although its unclear how far he got with the committee.
I reported back in February on Israeli professor and right-wing author Gal Lufts predicament. He was arrested at an airport in Cyprus on an Interpol warrant for alleged arms trafficking to China and Libya.
Looking to fight extradition, Luft claimed the charges were retaliation for his whistleblowing on Hunter Biden. Lufts lawyer, a former DOJ prosecutor named Robert Henoch who registered as a foreign agent to lobby Congress on the accused arms traffickers behalf, did not respond to request for comment about his clients current status. Henochs profile with the Justice Department shows no activities since his initial filing, though he was hired for the explicit purpose of drafting and sending letters to lawmakers to raise awareness about Lufts situation (and his clients alleged dirt on the Bidens). Whether or not any letter was ever drafted or transmitted is unclear, but Comer did mention attempts to connect with Luft during a March Fox News appearance.
Luft got out on bail in Cyprus and then missed his extradition hearing in late March. His abandoned car was discovered a day later. He is still missing.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) brought up Lufts status when I asked her which witness was missing.
https://presspass.thebulwark.com/p/oversight-committee-cant-find-key
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Peoples lives are in danger.