{"id":1976652,"date":"2023-07-18T19:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-told-agent-who-confirmed-whistleblower-testimony-to-decline-to-respond-to-questions\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T19:28:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:28:38","slug":"fbi-told-agent-who-confirmed-whistleblower-testimony-to-decline-to-respond-to-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-told-agent-who-confirmed-whistleblower-testimony-to-decline-to-respond-to-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI instructed agent to not answer questions confirming whistleblower testimony."},"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-told-agent-who-confirmed-whistleblower-testimony-to-decline-to-respond-to-questions%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=1976652&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>A \u2063Lawyer \u200dfor\u200c the FBI Instructs \u2064Former \u2064Agent to Decline Questions \u200bon Hunter \u2063Biden \u200dInvestigation<\/h2>\n<p>A \u2063lawyer\u200d representing the\u2064 FBI\u200c has advised a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-fbi-agent-confirms-key-portions-of-hunter-biden-whistleblowers-testimony-gop\/\" title=\"Ex-FBI Agent validates 'crucial parts' of Hunter Biden Whistleblower's statement: GOP\">supervisory \u200bspecial\u200c agent<\/a>\u200b not\u200b to \u2064answer\u200b questions from \u2062the \u200dHouse\u2064 Oversight\u200b Committee regarding\u200c the bureau&#8217;s investigation into Hunter\u2062 Biden, according to \u200ca \u2064letter obtained on \u200dTuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b letter, dated July \u200b16,\u2062 was\u200b delivered to\u200c the\u2064 former\u2064 agent the night \u200dbefore \u200bhis\u2063 scheduled interview \u200dwith the \u2062House\u2064 committee. During the\u2063 interview,\u200d the agent\u2063 had \u2064confirmed important \u200baspects \u2062of \u2064testimony\u200d provided by two\u2064 whistleblowers\u200c from \u200dthe Internal\u200b Revenue\u2062 Service.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2063Department \u200bexpects that \u200dyou will decline\u2064 to respond\u200c to\u2062 questions seeking\u2064 non-public \u2064information\u2063 likely covered\u200c by \u200done\u2064 or more \u2062components \u2064of executive\u200b privilege \u2064or other\u200c significant\u200d confidentiality interests,\u2063 in \u200bparticular\u2064 information \u200cabout\u2064 deliberations or \u2063ongoing\u200c investigative \u2064activity in \u200claw enforcement\u2063 matters,\u201d FBI \u200bgeneral counsel\u2062 Jason Jones wrote\u2062 in a \u200bletter obtained by \u200cthe\u2064 Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Jones,\u2062 the investigation\u2064 into \u2062Hunter Biden is\u2062 still ongoing, which \u200bmay\u2063 restrict\u2062 the release of certain \u200binformation by \u200bthe bureau. \u200bInstead \u2063of \u2063answering\u200b the \u200bquestions\u200b directly, the lawyer \u2063instructed the\u2063 agent,\u2064 whose\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korean-diplomat-suffers-broken-nose-in-random-nyc-attack\/\" title=\"South Korean Diplomat Suffers Broken Nose in Random NYC Attack\">identity remains undisclosed<\/a>, to\u2062 refer the questions to the\u2063 FBI&#8217;s Office of Congressional Affairs.\u2064 This would allow the bureau\u200c to \u200bassess how \u200dto respond \u2062while safeguarding confidential \u2062information.<\/p>\n<p>The former \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-fbi-agent-confirms-biden-transition-team-warned-about-hunter-interview-oversight\/\" title=\"Former FBI agent confirms Biden transition team was alerted about the interview with Hunter: Oversight.\">supervisory \u2063special\u2063 agent confirmed<\/a> on Monday that \u200cboth \u2062the FBI and Secret Service\u200d were\u2063 alerted about an interview\u2064 with\u2062 Hunter Biden\u2064 a day \u200cbefore\u2063 it \u2062was\u200c scheduled to\u200b take place.<\/p>\n<p>As per the agent&#8217;s \u2063testimony, IRS \u2063and FBI criminal\u200d investigators \u2062were\u2064 instructed \u200dto\u200b remain outside\u2064 Biden&#8217;s\u2063 residence on \u200bthe \u200cday of \u2063the interview \u2064and \u200dwere \u2062told not \u200dto approach him until he made\u2063 contact.<\/p>\n<p>House Oversight Chairman \u200dRep. James Comer (R-KY) stated\u200c that\u2062 due to the tipoff \u2062in December 2020, Biden was never\u2063 interviewed as part\u200c of \u200cthe \u2062investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The NIGHT BEFORE \u200bour team\u200d interviewed the\u200c former FBI\u200b supervisory \u200cspecial agent \u200dwho confirmed key \u2062portions of \u200bthe\u2064 IRS \u2062whistleblowers\u2019 testimony, \u200cthe \u2063agent \u2064received a\u200c letter \u200cfrom the\u2062 FBI\u2063 directing \u2064him to \u2063&#8217;DECLINE TO \u2064RESPOND&#8217; to our committee\u2019s \u200bquestions\u2064 regarding \u2064our ongoing \u200cBiden \u200cFamily investigation,&#8221; Comer said in a statement \u2063on Tuesday. &#8220;This \u200dis just another\u200b account\u2064 of \u200dthe\u2063 Biden \u200bAdministration attempting \u2062to intimidate critical\u2063 witnesses in this \u2063investigation. Regardless\u200d of their\u200b tactics, there will \u200cbe accountability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former FBI\u200b agent \u200dtestified that he had never\u2063 been \u200dinstructed to wait outside\u200b and \u200cbe contacted\u200d by the subject\u200b of an investigation before \u200cconducting \u200can \u2062interview. \u2064However,\u2064 the \u200bagent also\u200c acknowledged that\u2062 disagreements between FBI\u2063 agents and Justice Department\u200b prosecutors\u200c regarding investigative steps and\u200d charging decisions\u2062 are common,\u200b according \u200dto \u2064a \u2062source familiar with the transcribed interview.<\/p>\n<h3>Whistleblowers \u200cto \u200bTestify \u200con \u200cJustice Department&#8217;s Interference<\/h3>\n<p>Two \u200bwhistleblowers,\u200d IRS \u200dsupervisory agent \u200dGary Shapley \u200dand \u2064an anonymous whistleblower referred \u2063to \u2064as \u2063&#8221;Whistleblower X,&#8221; \u200chave alleged\u2062 that\u2062 the Justice \u2063Department\u2064 interfered in the criminal\u200c investigation \u200dof Hunter Biden.\u200c They\u2062 claim \u200dthat\u200d David\u200c Weiss,\u2064 the lead\u200c U.S. attorney\u2064 on\u200c the\u200c case, \u200dwas\u2063 prevented\u200b from \u200dbringing charges in\u200d his preferred\u200d jurisdiction\u2062 and\u2063 was \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-told-agent-who-confirmed-whistleblower-testimony-to-decline-to-respond-to-questions\/\" title=\"FBI instructed agent to not answer questions confirming whistleblower testimony.\">denied \u2063special \u2064counsel status<\/a>. \u2062However, both\u2063 the Justice \u2063Department and \u200cWeiss have\u200c denied \u200bthese allegations, asserting\u200b that Weiss\u200b had \u2063full authority \u200cin \u2064the\u200d investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Both\u2064 whistleblowers \u200care expected \u200cto\u200d testify\u2063 on Wednesday \u2063in front \u2063of the\u2064 Oversight\u200d Committee,\u2062 where\u200d the \u200bidentity of Whistleblower\u200d X will \u2064be\u200d revealed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK \u200cHERE \u200bTO\u2063 READ\u2062 MORE \u200cFROM THE \u200cWASHINGTON\u200d EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An FBI lawyer instructed a former agent not to respond to House Oversight Committee inquiries regarding the Hunter Biden investigation, as per a letter obtained on Tuesday. The letter, dated July 16, was reportedly given to the ex-agent the night prior to his committee interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976653,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1976652","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=1976652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}