Top Republicans excoriate FBI for noncompliance with subpoena for alleged Biden bribery doc
"While the FBI has failed to produce the specific document by the subpoena deadline, their offer to provide an accommodation process in response to our legitimate request indicates the document is real," Grassley said.
By Ben Whedon
Updated: May 10, 2023 - 5:39pm
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday fumed as the FBI failed to meet a subpoena deadline to provide congressional investigators with a form that allegedly details a bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.
The Republicans revealed in early May that the FBI had an FD-1023 in its possession detailing the allegations and confirmed they had issued a subpoena to obtain the document. Comer and Grassley learned of the form's existence from a whistleblower. The form allegedly includes a "precise description" of the scheme and its purpose.
The FBI, however, did not honor the subpoena by the deadline. Instead, acting Assistant Director of the bureau's Office of Congressional Affairs Christopher Dunham wrote to Comer on Wednesday, informing him that the bureau had to be mindful of "executive branch confidentiality interests and law enforcement responsibilities."
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