{"id":1976800,"date":"2023-07-18T21:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-accuses-comer-of-distorting-fbi-veterans-testimony-on-hunter-biden-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:48:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:48:16","slug":"raskin-accuses-comer-of-distorting-fbi-veterans-testimony-on-hunter-biden-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-accuses-comer-of-distorting-fbi-veterans-testimony-on-hunter-biden-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Raskin claims Comer twisted FBI vet&#8217;s testimony on Hunter Biden probe."},"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\">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%2Fraskin-accuses-comer-of-distorting-fbi-veterans-testimony-on-hunter-biden-inquiry%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=1976800&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>The Truth Behind\u2062 the\u200d Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>The top Democrat on \u200cthe House Oversight \u200bCommittee\u2062 accused Chairman\u2064 <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/james-comer\">James Comer<\/a> \u200b(R-KY) \u2064of misleading the\u200c public about\u2063 a \u2064former <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fbi\">FBI<\/a> \u2064supervisory \u2062agent\u2019s testimony\u200d on \u200bthe\u2064 federal investigation \u200binto \u200dPresident Joe\u200d Biden\u2019s son \u200d<a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hunter-biden\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comer\u200d \u201ccherry-picked\u200c and distorted \u200dstatements \u2062of a witness to \u2063advance \u200bRepublicans\u2019 false narrative about political interference\u201d with\u2064 public declarations\u2062 about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-i-wont-jump-on-bandwagon-to-cancel-sen-cruz\/\" title=\"Don Jr.: I won\u2019t jump on bandwagon to cancel Sen. Cruz\">closed-door interview<\/a>, said \u2063Ranking Member\u2063 Jamie Raskin (D-MD).<\/p>\n<p>Although\u200d Comer did not \u200crelease\u2064 any \u2062quotes, the \u2064chairman <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/comer-says-fbi-veteran-confirmed-key-whistleblower-claims-from-hunter-biden-case\">announced on Monday<\/a>\u200c that the\u2062 FBI \u200cveteran \u2063confirmed \u201ckey\u201d aspects \u200dof \u200bwhistleblower\u200d testimony by \u2064a\u2063 pair of Internal \u2062Revenue Service \u2063agents who have come \u2062forward\u2064 with \u200bclaims that\u2062 the Biden probe led \u2062by\u200d Delaware\u2019s\u200d U.S.\u2062 Attorney David\u200c Weiss had \u200dbeen slow-walked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2064 night \u2062before the interview of \u2062Hunter \u200bBiden, both\u200b Secret\u2063 Service \u2063headquarters \u200cand the\u200d Biden \u2064transition team\u200d were tipped\u2063 off about \u200cthe planned interview\u201d \u2064in \u200bearly \u2062December 2020, Comer said. \u201cOn the\u200c day of the\u2062 Hunter Biden interview, federal\u200d agents were told to stand \u2064by and \u2062could\u200c not approach Hunter Biden \u2014 they\u2062 had to wait \u200dfor\u2063 his \u200ccall. As\u200d a result of the change\u2063 in plans, \u2063IRS and FBI\u200c criminal investigators never got \u200bto interview Hunter Biden\u2062 as\u200c part\u2062 of the\u2064 investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200c <\/p>\n<p>Comer \u200calso\u2062 shared a \u200dlist of\u200d \u201ckey takeaways\u201d regarding how \u200bthe \u2064plan was allegedly\u2063 foiled,\u200c after which \u200cthe younger Biden \u200b<a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/12\/09\/hunter-biden-under-federal-investigation-over-taxes.html\">announced \u200dto the world<\/a>\u2064 that he was \u200bunder \u200dinvestigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p \u200blang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House \u200cOversight \u2062Committee \u2062interviews \u200cformer\u200c FBI\u2063 agent\u2063 in\u200d Hunter Biden investigation. Learn \u2062that \u200cagents planned to interview\u200c Hunter on 12\/8\/20. It never\u2064 happened. From the\u200d committee: \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bFkPh0djgz\">https:\/\/t.co\/bFkPh0djgz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KTBCdlhHyq\">pic.twitter.com\/KTBCdlhHyq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200d <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bByron \u2062York (@ByronYork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronYork\/status\/1681119843167137793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2063<\/p>\n<h3>Raskin&#8217;s Rebuttal<\/h3>\n<p>In \u200chis\u2062 <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/oversightdemocrats.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/ranking-member-raskin-s-statement-on-transcribed-interview-with-former-fbi\">rebuttal<\/a>,\u2064 Raskin said the\u2064 former FBI supervisory\u200d agent from\u2064 the bureau\u2019s Wilmington\u2062 office\u200c appeared\u2063 voluntarily \u200bafter being \u2062subpoenaed last \u200dweek \u200cand testified\u2064 that\u2064 he\u200c \u201cnever\u2063 knew\u2063 the\u2064 Assistant U.S. \u2062Attorneys in the \u200boffice or U.S.\u200c Attorney Weiss to allow any political \u2062considerations to influence\u200b their prosecutorial\u2063 decisions \u200din \u2063any case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2064<\/p>\n<p>The former FBI\u200b agent \u2062acknowledged\u2062 that \u2062it\u2062 is \u201croutine\u201d \u2062for \u2062there \u200bto\u2064 be\u200c disagreement between the\u200d FBI and \u200dDepartment of Justice in investigations and expressed\u2064 an \u201cunderstanding\u201d\u200b that it \u2062is\u2062 proper \u2062for\u200d prosecutors \u200dto make \u201cadditional\u2063 considerations\u201d\u200c beyond\u200c probable cause in determining\u200b whether \u2064to\u2062 seek \u200ba warrant, Raskin\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p><b\u2063 data-stringify-type=\"bold\">The Truth \u200cRevealed<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-irs-whistleblower-x-to-reveal-identity-at-oversight-hearing\/\" title=\"IRS Whistleblower X will disclose their identity during the Oversight hearing on the Hunter Biden investigation.\">supervisory\u200c special agent<\/a> further pointed out\u200d that, in his\u200c experience, investigation\u200d targets\u2064 who \u2064are attorneys, like Hunter Biden, rarely\u200d accept\u200b being interviewed\u200d by federal agents,\u201d\u200b Raskin \u200csaid.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther, although Republicans\u200c have tried to\u200c cast \u200cin \u2064harsh light \u2063the decision \u2064by \u2063FBI \u2064headquarters to alert\u200b the\u200c Secret Service \u200bof\u2062 its \u2064intent to \u2064interview\u200c Hunter\u200b Biden,\u200c the \u200bFBI \u2062agent \u2062explained it \u2062was necessary to do so given Hunter Biden\u2019s\u2063 status\u2064 as\u200c a protectee,\u201d Raskin\u2062 continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200bwitness also provided \u2064that, \u200dwhile he\u2062 was told\u200d a \u2018transition\u200b team\u2019 was also \u200dnotified by \u2063FBI headquarters,\u200c he\u2063 was\u200b not provided any actual details\u200d as\u200c to\u2063 what \u200btransition team this referred \u200cto,\u2063 and he\u200b did \u2064not \u200dknow anything\u200c about whether they\u200b were actually \u2063notified,\u201d\u200d Raskin \u200badded. \u201cThe \u2062witness also \u2064indicated he\u200c did\u2062 not \u2063suspect\u200d any\u200c political\u200b purpose \u200cor improper\u200c motivation behind FBI\u200c headquarters\u2019 putative \u200cdecision in\u200d December \u20632020\u200c to\u2062 notify a \u2018transition team\u2019 and U.S. Secret Service headquarters\u200c prior \u2062to \u2064Hunter\u2062 Biden\u2019s \u2064interview.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raskin\u200d concluded his statement\u2064 by\u2063 calling on \u200dComer to release \u2062the transcript.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d <\/p>\n<p>A \u2062congressional \u2063source\u2063 told \u2062The Daily Wire\u2062 on \u200cTuesday \u2064that the House Oversight Committee intends\u2064 to\u2062 do\u2064 just that,\u2064 but \u200bthe \u200ctranscript \u2063is \u200d\u201cnot \u200creadily \u200cavailable \u2062at this\u2062 time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062IRS whistleblowers, supervisory special agent \u200dGary Shapley,\u2063 and\u2064 a \u201cWhistleblower X\u201d\u200c who has not yet\u200c been \u2063publicly identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/comer-says-hunter-biden-whistleblower-disgusted-by-dems-and-liberal-media\">are \u200cset\u2062 to\u2063 testify<\/a>\u200c before\u2064 the\u2062 House\u2063 Oversight\u2063 Committee <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/hearing\/hearing-with-irs-whistleblowers-about-the-biden-criminal-investigation\/\">on\u2064 Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Oversight Committee&#8217;s leading Democrat accused Chairman James Comer (R-KY) of deceiving the public regarding a former FBI agent&#8217;s testimony on the investigation into Hunter Biden. 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