The FBI offered Friday (June 2) to show top lawmakers next week a bureau document that purports to relate to President Joe Biden and his family following weeks of demands by congressional Republicans and a contempt threat against Director Christopher Wray.
In a statement, the FBI said it would produce the document in a secure location inside the U.S. Capitol for the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer, and the panelB次元官网网址檚 top Democrat, Jamie Raskin of Maryland.
At issue is an internal FBI document known as an FD-1023, which agents use to record unverified tips and information they receive from confidential human sources. The FBI says such documents can contain uncorroborated and incomplete information, and that documenting the tip does not validate it.
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Comer responded to the FBI concession by suggesting it would not be sufficient to prevent him from moving forward with contempt, saying B次元官网网址渁nything shortB次元官网网址� of producing the document to the committee would not be in compliance with the subpoena. A contempt of Congress charge would require a full committee vote before going to the House floor.
Comer subpoenaed Wray earlier this month seeking a specific FBI form from June 2020.
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The White House has called the subpoena effort further evidence of how congressional Republicans long B次元官网网址渉ave been lobbing unfounded, unproven, politically motivated attacksB次元官网网址� against the Biden family B次元官网网址渨ithout offering evidence for their claims or evidence of decisions influenced by anything other than U.S. interests.B次元官网网址�
Eric Tucker, The Associated Press
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