{"id":1977371,"date":"2023-07-19T13:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-told-hunter-investigator-to-deny-responding-to-committee-questions\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:26:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:26:02","slug":"fbi-told-hunter-investigator-to-deny-responding-to-committee-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-told-hunter-investigator-to-deny-responding-to-committee-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI instructed Hunter investigator to deny answering committee queries."},"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%2Ffbi-told-hunter-investigator-to-deny-responding-to-committee-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=1977371&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=\"entry-content\"> \u200d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption\u200c class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo\u2062 by \u200bMANDEL \u2063NGAN\/AFP \u200dvia Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u200d  \u200d  <\/p>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u200b href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\">Roy \u200cFrancis<\/a><br \/>10:16 \u2063AM \u2013 Wednesday, July \u206219, 2023<\/p>\n<p> \u200c \u200c  <\/p>\n<h2>The \u2064FBI\u2063 Warns Former Supervisor \u2063Investigating Hunter\u2062 Biden<\/h2>\n<p>\u2062    <\/p>\n<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation has\u2062 issued \u2064a warning\u2063 to a\u2063 former \u200bsupervisor within the agency who \u200bwas investigating Hunter Biden.\u2063 The \u200dwarning \u200dadvised the supervisor to &#8220;decline to answer&#8221; certain questions\u200c expected from \u200dthe House\u2063 Oversight\u2064 Committee regarding\u2062 the case.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height:\u200b 50px; \u200d text-align:\u200c center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { \u2063googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });\u2062  \u200d\t<\/script>\u200c  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>      \u200c<\/p>\n<p>The letter, \u2062obtained by the\u200c New\u2062 York \u2062Post,\u2063 was sent\u2064 by\u2063 FBI General\u200b Counsel\u200c Jason Jones on \u200cSunday afternoon, a day before the \u200dscheduled \u200ctestimony. In \u200cthe\u2062 letter, \u200bJones\u2063 instructed\u200d the agent to &#8220;refer such questions to\u200c the\u2063 FBI\u2019s \u2063Office of Congressional Affairs&#8221; instead of answering \u2063them, in\u200c order to protect the Executive\u200c Branch&#8217;s\u2062 &#8220;confidentiality \u2064interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063  \u2062<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201c[T]he Department\u200c expects that you will decline to\u2064 respond to\u2063 questions seeking \u200dnon-public \u200dinformation likely covered\u200c by one or more components\u200b of\u2063 executive privilege\u2064 or other significant\u2063 confidentiality\u2063 interests,\u201d\u200b Jones \u200dwrote. \u201cIn\u2062 particular\u200d information\u200c about\u2062 deliberations or\u200c ongoing\u200b investigative\u2062 activity in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bombshell-letter-fbi-warned-hunter-biden-investigator-to-decline-to-respond-to-house-oversight-committee-question\/\" title=\"FBI advised Hunter Biden investigator to not answer House Oversight Committee query.\">law enforcement \u2063matters<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u200d  \u200d\u2064  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>Jones emphasized that the\u2064 agent \u2064should\u2062 redirect \u200cthe questions\u200b to \u2063the \u2063FBI&#8217;s Office \u200cof \u2062Congressional Affairs, allowing the\u200d agency\u2064 to consider the questions\u2062 beforehand and protect the Executive\u2062 Branch&#8217;s confidentiality \u200cinterests.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c   \u2063 <\/p>\n<blockquote \u2064class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> \u2063<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u200b should \u200dinstead refer such \u200cquestions to \u200cthe \u2062FBI\u2019s Office\u200b of Congressional\u200b Affairs. \u2063Consistent with \u2064longstanding practice,\u201d the\u2064 letter stated. \u201cThis will afford the Department\u200c the\u200d full \u2064opportunity to consider \u2063particular \u200cquestions and possible accommodations \u200cthat may \u200dfulfill the Committee\u2019s \u2064legitimate need \u200dfor information while protecting Executive \u200dBranch confidentiality\u200b interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter referred\u2062 to \u200bthe\u2062 case as\u200d &#8220;ongoing,&#8221;\u200b raising concerns \u2062among \u2064congressional Republicans that it is an\u2062 attempt to\u2062 hinder their \u200ddemands\u200c for records and \u200dtestimony.\u200c Hunter Biden&#8217;s team \u200dhas claimed that their client&#8217;s legal\u200d exposure ended with\u200c a plea deal \u200cmade in June \u2064on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-told-hunter-investigator-to-deny-responding-to-committee-questions\/\" title=\"FBI instructed Hunter investigator to deny answering committee queries.\">misdemeanor tax\u2064 fraud \u200ccharges<\/a> and\u200d a \u2064felony gun\u200d possession charge, which \u2064is \u2062expected to be expunged \u200cafter\u2062 probation.<\/p>\n<p>The letter\u200d also emphasized that\u200d department officials, including former\u200b officials, are\u2064 obligated \u200cto protect non-public\u200c information learned during\u200d their \u200dwork.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDepartment \u200bofficials, including those who have \u200bleft the Department, are\u2064 obligated \u200cto \u2063protect non-public information \u200bthey learned \u2063in the course\u2064 of \u200btheir \u2062work,\u201d\u200b Jones \u200dsaid. \u201cSuch information could be subject \u2064to various privileges, \u200cincluding law \u200denforcement, deliberative process, attorney work product, and attorney-client privileges,\u2062 and \u200bprivacy interests.\u2063 Current and \u200bformer \u2064Department officials also must protect classified information, \u2063sources and methods, and grand jury \u200binformation\u200b protected by Federal Rule of \u200bCriminal Procedure\u200d 6(e).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2063   <\/p>\n<p>Republicans on\u2063 the Committee claim that the\u2063 former \u2063supervisory agent\u200c addressed in\u200d the letter\u200c confirmed key portions of\u200d a whistleblower&#8217;s testimony, which \u2063alleged\u2063 political interference\u200c by \u2063the Biden administration in the investigation. James \u200dComer\u200b (R-Ky.)\u200d stated that \u200dthe Department \u2064of Justice&#8217;s alleged \u200c&#8221;efforts to \u2063cover\u2064 up&#8221; for \u200dthe Biden \u200cfamily demonstrate a &#8220;two-tiered\u200d system of justice,&#8221;\u200c and\u2062 that the committee\u200b is seeking answers, \u200dtransparency, \u200cand accountability.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b \u200d <\/p>\n<p>An FBI spokesperson told the New\u2064 York \u2062Post \u200cthat\u2062 the \u200dletter\u2063 is\u2064 a\u2064 standard practice to \u200cprovide guidance\u2064 to employees scheduled \u2063to testify.<\/p>\n<p>   \u2063 \u200b<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThese are \u2063called authorization letters and \u2063are \u200dstandard practice,\u201d the \u2062FBI \u2063spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2062  \u200d  <\/p>\n<p>However, another source noted that the letter \u200bis uncommon due to its timing and the expansive wording used.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062   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