{"id":1978873,"date":"2023-07-20T18:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T22:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-investigation-top-oversight-democrat-slams-release-of-fbi-document-alleging-bribery-scheme\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T18:52:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T22:52:53","slug":"biden-investigation-top-oversight-democrat-slams-release-of-fbi-document-alleging-bribery-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-investigation-top-oversight-democrat-slams-release-of-fbi-document-alleging-bribery-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Oversight Democrat criticizes FBI document release on Biden investigation, alleging bribery scheme."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-investigation-top-oversight-democrat-slams-release-of-fbi-document-alleging-bribery-scheme%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=1978873&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>House Oversight Committee \u2063Ranking Member Criticizes\u200c Release\u200b of \u200dUnverified FBI Document<\/h2>\n<p>House Oversight\u200c Committee Ranking Member Jamie\u200b Raskin (D-MD) has\u2063 strongly \u2062criticized\u200c Sen. Chuck Grassley&#8217;s (R-IA) \u200ddecision to release an unverified FBI-generated FD-1023. The\u200d document contains allegations made by a Ukrainian energy executive \u2064to an FBI informant, claiming involvement\u2064 in a $5 \u2063million bribery scheme\u200c with\u200b both Hunter\u2064 Biden \u2063and then \u2064Vice President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Desperate Attempt to Revive Debunked Conspiracy Theories<\/h3>\n<p>Raskin\u2063 has labeled the\u200d decision to\u200d release \u200cthe document as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-blm-antifa-organizer-john-sullivan-who-was-arrested-after-storming-us-capitol-bashing-windows-is-writing-a-book-being-paid-for-video-as-trump-supporters-rot-in-jail\/\" title=\"UPDATE: BLM-Antifa Organizer John Sullivan, Who Was Arrested After Storming US Capitol, Bashing Windows Is Writing a Book, Being Paid for Video as Trump Supporters Rot in Jail\">desperate attempt<\/a> \u2062by Committee \u2064Republicans to revive the aging and debunked \u200cGiuliani-framed conspiracy \u2063theories.&#8221; He further argues that the release goes against \u2062the\u2062 FBI&#8217;s wishes to \u2064keep it confidential,\u200c in order to protect the safety of the informant \u2062and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wray-declines-to-confirm-fbis-use-of-geolocation-data-to-track-capitol-rioters-but-says-it-would-not-surprise-me\/\" title=\"Wray Declines to Confirm FBI\u2019s Use of Geolocation Data to Track Capitol Rioters But Says It \u2018Would Not Surprise Me\u2019\">confidential human source<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Six Key Takeaways from the IRS Whistleblower Hearing on Hunter Biden \u200dInvestigation<\/h2>\n<p>Raskin states,\u2063 &#8220;Releasing this document \u2063in isolation\u200b from explanatory context is another \u200dtransparently desperate attempt by\u200c Committee Republicans to \u2063revive the aging and\u200d debunked\u200d Giuliani-framed\u2062 conspiracy theories and \u200bto distract\u2064 from their \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-usa-has-history-making-olympic-start-in-tokyo-despite-early-failures-worst-olympic-ratings-in-three-decades\/\" title=\"Team USA Has History-Making Olympic Start In Tokyo Despite Early Failures, Worst Olympic Ratings In Three Decades\">continuing failure<\/a> to \u2064produce any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-truth-about-hunter-bidens-laptop\/\" title=\"The Truth About Hunter Biden\u2019s Laptop\">actual evidence<\/a>\u200c of wrongdoing by the President.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The document contains allegations from a \u200dconfidential human source to\u2063 an FBI\u2064 informant, \u200dasserting that\u2064 both Bidens\u200b received $5 million from the head of Ukrainian energy company Burisma. The purpose of the alleged \u200bpayment was \u200dto pressure \u2062the Ukrainian government into firing a \u2062prosecutor\u2064 who was investigating Burisma.<\/p>\n<p>The document also claims the \u200bexistence of \u2063recordings \u200crelated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-investigation-top-oversight-democrat-slams-release-of-fbi-document-alleging-bribery-scheme\/\" title=\"Top Oversight Democrat criticizes FBI document release on Biden investigation, alleging bribery scheme.\">alleged bribery\u200d acts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the document, Mykola Zlochevsky,\u200c the head of Burisma, made a statement to an FBI informant in 2016, saying, &#8220;it costs (million) \u200dto\u200d pay one Biden, and 5 (million) to another\u2064 Biden.&#8221; Zlochevsky further\u2064 expressed the need to keep Hunter Biden on the board, despite considering\u200d him &#8220;stupid,&#8221; \u2063in order to\u200c maintain stability.<\/p>\n<p>Raskin asserts \u2062that \u200bthese allegations are the same \u2064ones Rudy Giuliani attempted to uncover leading up to the 2020 \u200cPresidential Election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from \u2062The \u2064Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Zlochevsky was at the center of a \u2063pressure campaign by Rudy Giuliani in 2019 and 2020 on behalf\u200b of then-President Trump, \u2063during\u2062 which Mr. Zlochevsky was interviewed and \u200ddirectly \u200cdenied \u200dthese allegations,&#8221; Raskin said.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Democrat\u2063 refers \u2062to a transcript\u2062 provided to Congress \u200cby Lev Parnas, a former \u2062associate of Giuliani. In the transcript, Zlochevsky denies \u2063any wrongdoing on behalf\u200d of\u200d the \u2063Bidens and \u2063Burisma, \u200bstating that no one from Burisma had \u200cany contact with VP Biden or his associates during Hunter Biden&#8217;s engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>release the unverified FBI-generated FD-1023, containing allegations of a $5 million bribery scheme involving Hunter Biden and Joe Biden, a subject of criticism by House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) towards Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978874,"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-1978873","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\/1978873","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=1978873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}