{"id":1590771,"date":"2022-08-05T09:20:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1590771"},"modified":"2022-08-05T09:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:20:56","slug":"fbi-involved-in-investigation-into-president-joe-bidens-son-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-involved-in-investigation-into-president-joe-bidens-son-director\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Involved in Investigation Into President Joe Biden\u2019s Son: Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-involved-in-investigation-into-president-joe-bidens-son-director%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1590771&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> agents are involved in the investigation into President Joe Biden\u2019s son, according to the bureau\u2019s director.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing before a Senate committee on Capitol Hill on Aug. 4, Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-christopher-wray\">Christopher Wray<\/a> was asked about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fbi-wrongly-labeled-derogatory-information-on-hunter-biden-as-disinformation-whistleblowers_4622264.html\">a whistleblower report<\/a> saying Timothy Thibault, an assistant special agent in charge of the Washington field office, in 2020 shut down pursuit of derogatory information about Hunter Biden, the president\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he or does he work on the FBI investigation into Hunter Biden?\u201d Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the investigation that you are referring to\u2014and I have to be a little bit careful, because we are talking about an ongoing investigation\u2014is being run on of our Baltimore field office, working with the Delaware U.S. Attorney, who is a holdover from the prior administration,\u201d Wray said.<\/p>\n<p>The comment appears to be the first time that FBI involvement in the probe has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have nothing further to add to the Director\u2019s testimony,\u201d a spokesperson for the FBI\u2019s Baltimore office told The Epoch Times in an email.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to requests for comment. The Department of Justice has declined to comment. Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyer has not returned inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Biden said in December 2020 that he had learned the\u00a0U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Delaware was \u201cinvestigating my tax affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he was confident the probe would conclude he handled his affairs \u201clegally and appropriately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden, who had not been sworn into office at the time, said through a spokesperson that he was \u201cdeeply proud of his son.\u201d The president has maintained his son has not done anything wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. attorney\u2019s office said at the time that \u201cwe cannot\u00a0comment on an ongoing investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A subpoena <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-prosecutor-issued-grand-jury-subpoena-for-hunter-biden-bank-records-connected-to-china_4247954.html\">disclosed in January<\/a> showed that David Weiss, who heads the office and was appointed by former<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI agents are involved in the investigation into President Joe Biden\u2019s son, according to the bureau\u2019s director. 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