{"id":1968284,"date":"2023-07-10T07:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T11:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-probes-weiss-deputys-role-in-obstructing-biden-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T07:13:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T11:13:06","slug":"grassley-probes-weiss-deputys-role-in-obstructing-biden-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-probes-weiss-deputys-role-in-obstructing-biden-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassley investigates Weiss Deputy&#8217;s involvement in impeding Biden inquiry."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgrassley-probes-weiss-deputys-role-in-obstructing-biden-investigation%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=1968284&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--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>A Shocking Revelation: Hunter and Joe Biden Accused of Receiving $5 Million in Bribes<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A Delaware assistant U.S. attorney was briefed in October 2020 that a confidential human source (CHS) had reported Hunter and Joe Biden each received $5 million in bribes, Sen. Chuck Grassley revealed Sunday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/grassley_to_weiss_1023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss. A source familiar with that briefing has now confirmed to The Federalist that the Pittsburgh office told the Delaware office the CHS\u2019s reporting appeared credible and merited further investigation. That added detail increases the significance of Grassley\u2019s Sunday letter and his question to Weiss about whether his deputy thwarted the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Questioning the Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cOn October 23, 2020, Justice Department and FBI Special Agents from the Pittsburgh Field Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/grassley_to_weiss_1023.pdf\">briefed<\/a> Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, one of your top prosecutors, and FBI Special Agents from the Baltimore Field Office with respect to the contents of the FBI-generated FD-1023 alleging a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-would-be-a-crime-sen-hawley-says-we-must-see-document-allegedly-revealing-biden-criminal-bribery-scheme\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley insists on seeing the document that allegedly exposes Biden's criminal bribery scheme, calling it a potential crime.\">criminal bribery scheme involving<\/a> then-Vice President Biden and Hunter Biden,\u201d Grassley\u2019s letter said. \u201cWhat steps have the Justice Department and FBI taken to investigate the allegations?\u201d the Iowa senator asked before noting his concerns about Wolf\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-703879392\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2760bc24064d8f00b50711fbe48e3ea1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2760bc24064d8f00b50711fbe48e3ea1\"><\/div>\n<p>Grassley then highlighted the numerous ways Wolf appeared to have obstructed the investigation into Hunter Biden\u2019s potentially criminal business activities. \u201cIRS whistleblowers have affirmed that AUSA Wolf prevented investigators from seeking information about Joe Biden\u2019s involvement in Hunter Biden\u2019s criminal business arrangements,\u201d Grassley said, adding that she also \u201cfrustrated investigative efforts\u201d by the IRS agents to question Hunter Biden\u2019s business partner, Rob Walker, about Joe Biden. <\/p>\n<p>Wolf also refused to allow agents to search Joe Biden\u2019s guest house, even though there was \u201cmore than enough probable cause,\u201d and she prevented investigators from searching a storage unit used by the now-president\u2019s son, the letter said. In fact, Grassley stressed, Wolf alerted Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyers to the investigators\u2019 interest in the storage unit.<\/p>\n<p>Given what Grassley called Wolf\u2019s \u201cquestionable and obstructive conduct,\u201d he asked Weiss whether Wolf had taken \u201csimilar proactive measures to frustrate any investigation into the FD-1023.\u201d Grassley also probed Weiss\u2019s knowledge of the accusations leveled against Wolf and how he has handled them. From Grassley\u2019s questions, he seems to believe Wolf knows whether the DOJ buried evidence that Joe and Hunter Biden received bribes from the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma. <\/p>\n<p>Former Attorney General William Barr had previously confirmed that the FD-1023 summary of the CHS\u2019s intel had been sent to the Delaware U.S. attorney\u2019s office for further investigation, following then-Pittsburgh U.S. Attorney Scott Brady\u2019s conclusion that the reporting was not Russian disinformation. Barr later also said the Delaware office had been briefed on the FD-1023 material. Until now, however, it was unclear who had received that information. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fc8502dcef95d1363cb18eaaeb86a859 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fc8502dcef95d1363cb18eaaeb86a859\"><\/div>\n<p>Knowing that Wolf and FBI special agents from the Baltimore field office received a briefing on the contents of the FD-1023 allows congressional oversight committees to probe precisely who investigated the CHS\u2019s allegations and how \u2014 or if not, why. Did Wolf direct agents to disregard the FD-1023? Did anyone else? If so, why? Who was involved in the decision? Who knew of the decision?<\/p>\n<p>While we do not know the answers to those questions yet, we do know from the Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers that they were not informed of the FD-1023. As Grassley noted in his letter, the IRS agents were excluded from the meeting with the Pittsburgh field office. We also know from the IRS whistleblowers\u2019 congressional testimony and supplemental statements that they first learned of the FD-1023 when Barr publicly stated the information had been sent to Delaware for further investigation. <\/p>\n<p>Who decided to exclude the IRS agents from the meeting? Who decided to keep them in the dark about the FD-1023 and the information contained in it? Was anyone from the Baltimore field office adequately skilled to investigate the CHS\u2019s reporting? As members of the IRS\u2019s International Tax and Financial Crimes group, both the IRS whistleblowers working with the Delaware U.S. attorney\u2019s office were. So why were they cut out of the case? <\/p>\n<p>Following the release of Grassley\u2019s letter, a source familiar with the Delaware briefing told The Federalist that in addition to summarizing the contents of the FD-1023, the Pittsburgh office requested the FBI provide FD-1023 access to the Delaware U.S. attorney\u2019s office and the agents out of the Baltimore field office working on the case. The Pittsburgh office also told Wolf and the FBI agents present during the briefing that the information contained in the FD-1023 bore indicia of credibility and they recommended it be further investigated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5986869c86fad9896d6fe67eed8fd4fb fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5986869c86fad9896d6fe67eed8fd4fb\"><\/div>\n<p>But was it investigated? Grassley asked precisely that question to Weiss.<\/p>\n<p>The Iowa senator also asked Weiss when he became aware of the October 2020 briefing and why the IRS agents were excluded from that meeting. Grassley further inquired of the Delaware U.S. attorney whether the scope of the \u201calleged \u2018ongoing investigation\u2019 include[s] criminal bribery with respect to the <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<\/a> between a foreign national and then-Vice President Biden and Hunter Biden?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In posing these questions, Grassley noted that from information provided to his office, \u201cpotentially hundreds of Justice Department and FBI officials have had access to the FD-1023 at issue.\u201d This comment proves intriguing because in an earlier letter, Grassley had noted that in August 2020, FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Brian Auten had opened an assessment that FBI headquarters used in September 2020 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-probes-weiss-deputys-role-in-obstructing-biden-investigation\/\" title=\"Grassley investigates Weiss Deputy's involvement in impeding Biden inquiry.\">falsely label derogatory information<\/a> about Hunter Biden as disinformation. According to Grassley\u2019s letter, the FBI HQ team then \u201cplaced their findings with respect to whether reporting was disinformation in a restricted access sub-file reviewable only by the particular agents responsible for uncovering the specific information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grassley\u2019s recent comment suggests that contrary to the earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/31\/breadcrumbs-from-a-buried-fbi-source-may-lead-to-a-bigger-biden-scandal\/\">assumption<\/a>, it may have been other derogatory information labeled misinformation and not the FD-1023. Or possibly the FD-1023 had been at one time restricted and then made more broadly available.<\/p>\n<p>But if it wasn\u2019t the FD-1023 that Auten buried, that means there was even more derogatory information about Hunter Biden that the FBI failed to investigate. What was that information?<\/p>\n<p>Grassley\u2019s letter may raise more questions than it answers, but it also establishes the senator is nearing the end of the trail that leads to the individuals responsible for deciding to \u2014 or not to \u2014 investigate the FD-1023 and the allegations that the now-president of the United States accepted a $5 million bribe from a corrupt Ukrainian.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5f86122a3feca710500daeea57129de3 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5f86122a3feca710500daeea57129de3\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2020, a Delaware assistant U.S. attorney was informed that a confidential human source (CHS) had disclosed that both Hunter and Joe Biden received $5 million in bribes. Sen. Chuck Grassley recently shared this information in a letter to Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss. A reliable source has now confirmed this briefing to The Federalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":1968285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/1968284","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\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}