{"id":1935941,"date":"2023-05-23T01:11:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T05:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-believes-congress-will-get-fbi-record-showing-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T01:12:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T05:12:47","slug":"mccarthy-believes-congress-will-get-fbi-record-showing-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-believes-congress-will-get-fbi-record-showing-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy thinks Congress will obtain FBI record on alleged Biden bribery."},"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%2Fmccarthy-believes-congress-will-get-fbi-record-showing-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme%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=1935941&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--><h2>House Speaker McCarthy Hopeful Congress Will Obtain Alleged FBI Record Linking Biden to Bribery Scheme<\/h2>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) expressed optimism on May 21 that Congress would obtain an FBI record that allegedly links President Joe Biden to a pay-to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-developments-in-hunter-biden-probe-puts-spotlight-on-joe-biden-informant-claim-of-bribery\/\" title=\"Latest Developments in Hunter Biden Probe Puts Spotlight on Joe Biden, Informant Claim of Bribery\">-play bribery scheme<\/a> while he was vice president under President Barack Obama. McCarthy confirmed he had a phone call with FBI director Christopher Wray on May 19 about the requested document. The progress comes more than a week after the bureau failed to comply with a subpoena the House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued earlier this month.<\/p>\n<h3>Subpoena for Internal Note<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, filed a subpoena to Wray on May 3 seeking an internal note, called an FD-1023, which recorded information from confidential human sources. Comer, along with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), revealed in a separate letter that they received \u201clegally protected and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-house-republicans-call-for-holding-fbi-director-in-contempt-of-congress-for-failing-to-comply-with-subpoena\/\" title=\"GOP House members want to hold FBI Director in contempt for not following subpoena.\">highly credible unclassified whistleblower disclosures<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Whistleblower\u2019s Tip<\/h3>\n<p>The whistleblower\u2019s tip indicated that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI possessed an unclassified document that \u201cdescribes an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-grassley-fbi-and-doj-will-damage-their-credibility-further-if-they-dont-cooperate-with-subpoena\/\" title=\"Grassley warns FBI and DOJ to cooperate with subpoena or risk credibility damage.\">alleged criminal scheme involving<\/a> then-vice president Joe Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions,\u201d according to a letter to Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland dated May 3.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline set in Comer\u2019s subpoena was May 10. But the FBI has so far failed to produce the document. Instead, Christopher Dunham, acting assistant director for congressional affairs, sent a letter (pdf) to Comer on May 10 saying the FBI would \u201cbe pleased to coordinate with your staff to discuss whether and how we can accommodate your request without violating our law enforcement and national security obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy previously described the FBI\u2019s response as \u201cunacceptable.\u201d On Sunday, the congressman said he had already spoken to Wray and expected the FBI to give lawmakers the document.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy expressed optimism on May 21 that Congress would acquire an FBI record linking President Joe Biden to a pay-to-play bribery scheme during his tenure as Vice President under Barack Obama. 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