{"id":1978003,"date":"2023-07-19T21:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-fbi-irs-keep-this-democracy-in-check-democrat-snaps-during-biden-family-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T21:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:44:33","slug":"doj-fbi-irs-keep-this-democracy-in-check-democrat-snaps-during-biden-family-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-fbi-irs-keep-this-democracy-in-check-democrat-snaps-during-biden-family-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat demands DOJ, FBI, IRS to safeguard democracy during Biden family 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\">24<\/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%2Fdoj-fbi-irs-keep-this-democracy-in-check-democrat-snaps-during-biden-family-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=1978003&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 \u200cDemocrat Congressman \u200bDefends \u2062DOJ, \u200bFBI, \u2063and\u2062 IRS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: \u200c400\">In a \u200dfiery \u2063speech\u2063 during the\u200d House Oversight \u200dCommittee\u2019s\u200c investigation\u200c into the\u200c Biden\u200b family,\u2064 Rep. Kweisi Mfume\u200b (D-MD) passionately criticized \u200bRepublicans\u2064 for\u200b their focus on the\u200c Hunter Biden investigation. Mfume \u200cdeclared that the Department\u2064 of Justice,\u200d FBI, and IRS are\u200d essential\u200d for \u2062maintaining the\u200b integrity of our\u2062 democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mfume highlighted\u2063 Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-republican-lawmakers-who-have-backed-trump-following-his-target-letter\/\" title=\"These Republican lawmakers support Trump despite his target letter.\">legal \u2062troubles<\/a>, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-was-epsteined-conspiracy-theories-swirl-after-john-mcafees-tweets-resurface-following-alleged-suicide\/\" title=\"\u2018He Was Epsteined\u2019: Conspiracy Theories Swirl After John McAfee\u2019s Tweets Resurface Following Alleged Suicide\">including tax evasion<\/a>, a\u200c gun charge, \u2062and alleged involvement in prostitution. \u2062However, \u2064he expressed\u2064 frustration that these\u200c issues\u200b were overshadowing \u2062the importance of\u2062 the\u200c agencies \u2063in\u2062 question.<\/p>\n<p \u2063style=\"font-weight:\u2062 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t like\u200b these \u200dattacks\u2064 on\u2064 the Department of\u2062 Justice, the\u200b FBI, \u200dthe IRS, as \u2064if they \u200bare\u200d somehow \u2064anti-U.S. agencies.\u200b Those\u200c agencies keep this\u2063 democracy in \u200dcheck. They\u200d provide\u2063 the checks \u200band \u200dthey \u2062provide the\u2064 balance,\u201d Mfume\u200b passionately\u2063 stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: \u2062400\">As he \u2062concluded \u2062his remarks, Mfume humorously exclaimed,\u2062 \u201cThis is \u2063ludicrous.\u200c Beam me up,\u2064 Scotty. \u200bThere\u2019s \u200bno\u200c intelligent\u200c life down here. None.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<blockquote \u2064class=\"twitter-tweet\" \u200cdata-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p>\u200c <\/p>\n<p \u200dlang=\"en\" \u2064dir=\"ltr\">Democrat Rep. Kweisi\u200d Mfume \u200cclaims the\u200b DOJ,\u200d FBI, \u2062and \u200cIRS exist\u2062 to &#8220;keep\u200c this democracy \u2064in check&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They provide the\u2063 checks\u200b and \u200cthey \u200dprovide the \u2062balances!&#8221; \u2063<a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1vGZpsorYb\">pic.twitter.com\/1vGZpsorYb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062RNC Research\u200c (@RNCResearch) <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1681759311482044420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2064 <\/p>\n<h3>IRS Whistleblowers Testify on Biden\u200d Investigation<\/h3>\n<p\u200d style=\"font-weight: 400\">During \u2062the \u2064hearing, \u2062two IRS whistleblowers,\u2063 special agent Joseph\u2064 Ziegler\u2063 and his supervisor \u2064Gary Shapley, provided\u2063 testimony \u200don the ongoing investigation\u2062 into the Biden \u200bfamily. They \u2062alleged obstruction in the \u2063case.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c<p\u2063 style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">Shapley \u200crecounted\u2064 his\u2063 attempt\u2064 to interview \u200bHunter Biden in December\u200b 2020, \u200drevealing\u2062 that the plans had changed\u2063 due to coordination\u2062 between FBI and\u200b Secret\u200d Service \u2064headquarters. \u2062Rep.\u2062 Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) \u200bpointed\u200b out \u2063that\u2064 the\u200d transition team\u2063 had\u200c been\u200d made\u2064 aware of the interview plans,\u2064 raising suspicions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p><b \u200cdata-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p> \u200b<p\u2063 style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">Armstrong asked Shapley\u2062 if \u2062the \u2063transition team \u200dhad any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-fbi-irs-keep-this-democracy-in-check-democrat-snaps-during-biden-family-investigation\/\" title=\"Democrat demands DOJ, FBI, IRS to safeguard democracy during Biden family probe.\">special investigative powers<\/a>, to \u200bwhich Shapley replied, &#8220;Not \u2062that I \u200dwould\u2063 know\u200b of.&#8221;\u200d Ultimately, the whistleblowers confirmed\u2063 that they never \u200chad\u2062 the \u200bopportunity\u2064 to \u200binterview\u200b Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Maryland Democrat Congressman criticized Republicans for probing the DOJ, FBI, and IRS&#8217;s handling of the Hunter Biden investigation, stating that these agencies safeguard democracy. Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) expressed his views during the House Oversight Committee&#8217;s inquiry into the Biden family, emphasizing the allocation of resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1978004,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1978003","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\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}