{"id":1764835,"date":"2022-12-06T13:12:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764835"},"modified":"2022-12-06T13:18:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:18:27","slug":"top-fbi-official-steps-down-as-republicans-prepare-to-probe-bureau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-fbi-official-steps-down-as-republicans-prepare-to-probe-bureau\/","title":{"rendered":"Top FBI Official Steps Down as Republicans Prepare to Probe Bureau"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftop-fbi-official-steps-down-as-republicans-prepare-to-probe-bureau%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=1764835&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 top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> official has stepped down just as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-house-republicans\">House Republicans<\/a> have announced plans to investigate recent operations and actions at the bureau.<\/p>\n<p>In a Dec. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7004148371019980801\/\">post<\/a> to his LinkedIn profile, Steven D\u2019Antuono, assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office, announced his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a 26-year, 10-month career with the FBI, I chose to retire,\u201d D\u2019Antuono wrote. \u201cYesterday was my last day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attributing the decision to wanting to spend more time with his family, he added, \u201cDeciding to retire was not easy, it is extremely difficult to say farewell to the mission and the wonderful people I work with, but in making my decision I knew it is time to hand the reins over to the next generation of FBI employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News of D\u2019Antuono\u2019s retirement comes just weeks after Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-11-18-HJC-GOP-to-Wray-FBI.pdf\">named him<\/a> as one of nine FBI employees they would \u201crequire prompt testimony\u201d from as they seek to investigate potential political bias at the bureau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past twenty-one months, we have made several requests for information and documents concerning operations and actions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-federal-bureau-of-investigation\">Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/a>,\u201d the congressmen wrote in a Nov. 12 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo date, you have ignored these requests, or you have failed to respond sufficiently,\u201d the letter continues. \u201cPlease be aware that if our requests remain outstanding at the beginning of the 118th Congress, the Committee may be forced to resort to compulsory process to obtain the material we require.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, the committee has requested testimony from at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/42-biden-admin-officials-put-on-notice-by-house-republicans_4887955.html?utm_source=ai&#038;utm_medium=search\">42 Biden administration officials<\/a>, including employees in the Justice Department, Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, and the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the House Oversight Committee has announced plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/this-is-an-investigation-of-joe-biden-house-republicans-allege-biden-was-involved-in-hunters-business-dealings_4869567.html\">investigate President Joe Biden<\/a> and his alleged involvement in his son Hunter\u2019s foreign business deals.<\/p>\n<p>At a Nov. 17 press conference announcing the investigation, incoming Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said evidence had been uncovered that indicates Biden lied about his knowledge of and participation in those deals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of our investigation, we have evidence that the finances, credit cards, and bank accounts of Hunter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> were commingled, if not shared,\u201d Comer noted.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, however, seemed unperturbed about the possibility of such investigations on Nov. 9.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what his message to Republicans seeking to investigate his family would be, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/11\/09\/remarks-by-president-biden-in-press-conference-8\/\">quipped<\/a>, \u201cLots of luck in your senior year, as my coach used to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has reached out to the FBI for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-samantha-flom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Samantha-Flom.jpg\" alt=\"Samantha Flom\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bio\">Samantha Flom is a reporter for The Epoch Times covering U.S. politics and news. A graduate of Syracuse University, she has a background in journalism and nonprofit communications.<br \/>\nContact her at <a href=\"mailto:samantha.flom@epochtimes.us\">samantha.flom@epochtimes.us<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top FBI official has stepped down just as House Republicans have announced plans to investigate recent operations and actions at the bureau.In a Dec. 2 post to his LinkedIn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1721655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1721655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}