James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley said Wednesday that a whistleblower has claimed that the FBI and the US Justice Department are in possession of a document that describes a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national involving the exchange of money for policy decisions.
They said the whistleblower claims the document “includes a precise description of how the alleged criminal scheme was employed as well as its purpose.”
“We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current President of the United States,” Grassley said.
“What we don’t know is what, if anything, the FBI has done to verify these claims or investigate further. The FBI’s recent history of botching politically charged investigations demands close congressional oversight.”
Comer added that the information “raises concerns that then-Vice President Biden allegedly engaged in a bribery scheme with a foreign national.”
“The American people need to know if President Biden sold out the United States of America to make money for himself,” Comer said. “Senator Grassley and I will seek the truth to ensure accountability for the American people.”
They noted that the FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday of the “legally protected and highly credible unclassified whistleblower disclosures.”
“Based on those disclosures, it has come to our attention that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) possess an unclassified FD-1023 form that describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions,” they wrote, adding that the whistleblower alleged that the document “includes a precise description of how the alleged criminal scheme was employed as well as its purpose.”
Comer and Grassley said that based on “the alleged specificity within the document, it would appear that the DOJ and the FBI have enough information to determine the truth and accuracy of the information contained within it.”
“However, it remains unclear what steps, if any, were taken to investigate the matter,” they wrote, adding that the “significant public interest in assessing the FBI’s response to this information, as well as growing concern about the DOJ and the FBI’s track record of allowing political bias to infect their decision-making process, necessitate exacting congressional oversight.”
“The DOJ and the FBI appear to have valuable, verifiable information that you have failed to disclose to the American people,” they added, notifying them that Congress “will proceed to conduct an independent and objective review of this matter, free from those agencies’ influence.”
“Transparency brings accountability,” they wrote.
Comer’s committee has been looking into the overseas business transactions of Hunter Biden, the involvement of the Biden family, and whether or not President Biden has been involved. Comer has cautioned that commercial dealings with people in China, Ukraine, and other countries constitute a risk to national security.
Since 2019, Sen. Grassley has been looking into Hunter Biden’s business transactions and any potential elder Biden participation.
The White House has continued to assert that the president was never involved in his son’s business operations and that he never discussed them with him. The president, according to officials, has never brought up family member investigations with the Justice Department.
Ifunanya Ikueze is an Engineer, Safety Professional, Writer, Investor, Entrepreneur and Educator.
