{"id":2164857,"date":"2024-02-01T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T16:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-threaten-white-house-for-stonewalling-release-of-speech-drafts-key-to-biden-family-corruption-investigation\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T11:59:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T16:59:58","slug":"republicans-threaten-white-house-for-stonewalling-release-of-speech-drafts-key-to-biden-family-corruption-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-threaten-white-house-for-stonewalling-release-of-speech-drafts-key-to-biden-family-corruption-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP threatens White House over withheld speech drafts crucial to Biden family corruption probe"},"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\">28<\/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%2Frepublicans-threaten-white-house-for-stonewalling-release-of-speech-drafts-key-to-biden-family-corruption-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=2164857&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 Investigators Threaten White House Over Withheld Speech Drafts<\/h2>\n<p>House \u2064investigators are taking a strong stance against the White House&#8217;s refusal to release drafts of President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2015 anti-corruption speech in Ukraine. The speech\u2063 drafts are crucial evidence for Republicans who believe that\u2063 the firing of Ukraine Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin was part \u200bof a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orange-county-denies-illegal-acts-in-face-of-criminal-referrals-by-sen-skoufis\/\" title=\"Orange County denies any illegal acts despite criminal referrals by Sen. Skoufis.\">corrupt scheme involving<\/a> the \u2063Biden family.<\/p>\n<p>The House \u2063Committees on Oversight and \u200bAccountability, Judiciary,\u2063 and Ways and Means have sent a letter to White House Counsel\u200d Edward\u2063 Siskel, demanding the release of Biden&#8217;s draft \u2063calls for an end to corruption in Ukraine. The committees are using \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/White-House-PRA-Production-letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compulsory methods<\/a> to pressure the White House into complying.<\/p>\n<h3>Seeking Transparency and Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>Chairman James Comer and the Oversight Committee \u200dinitially requested the draft speeches in\u200c August to investigate \u2062allegations of \u200dBiden family corruption. This request is well within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/44\/2205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal law<\/a>. The committees&#8217;\u2063 demand came after \u200cBiden \u2064associate Devon Archer admitted \u200cthat the then-Vice\u200c President had spoken with \u2062his son&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-joe-biden-participated-in-hunters-foreign-business-deals-blockbuster-new-book-reveals\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Joe Biden Participated In Hunter\u2019s Foreign Business Deals, Blockbuster New Book Reveals\">foreign business partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is already\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/01\/evidence-of-biden-burisma-corruption-is-overwhelming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelming evidence<\/a> that Biden used\u200d his authority in the Obama administration to orchestrate the removal \u2063of Prosecutor General Shokin, benefiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: 'The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed'\">energy company<\/a> Burisma, which paid his son millions. In \u2062a video, Biden himself bragged about pressuring\u200c Ukraine to fire \u200dShokin.<\/p>\n<figure>\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Biden Brags about getting Ukrainian Prosecutor Fired\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UXA--dj2-CY?start=18&#038;enablejsapi=1#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The \u2062FBI&#8217;s concealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fd_1023_obtained_by_senator_grassley_-_biden.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FD-1023<\/a> form contains testimony suggesting that the Burisma chief\u200d coordinated with the Bidens \u2064to halt Shokin&#8217;s \u2064investigation. A confidential human source reported that the Burisma chief claimed to \u200chave recordings that prove Biden was coerced\u2062 into ensuring\u2062 Shokin&#8217;s \u200cfiring.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c House investigators believe that \u200bobtaining the drafts of Biden&#8217;s corruption speech will strengthen their \u2063impeachment inquiry.<\/p>\n<h3>Obstruction and Delay Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>The National Archives and Records\u200b Administration (NARA) \u2062has refused to release the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-demands-national-archives-fork-over-info-on-bidens-business-pseudonyms\/\" title=\"Comer insists National Archives provide Biden's business pseudonyms info.\">speech drafts<\/a>, citing the White House&#8217;s extended\u2064 review period.\u2064 The White House has used executive orders \u200bto delay \u200dthe release \u200cthree times, which the House\u2064 committees view as obstruction.<\/p>\n<p>The White House&#8217;s justification for the delay \u2062was to coordinate with \u200cChairman Comer, but the Oversight Committee has no record of\u2063 any such attempt.\u2062 The committees\u2063 argue that the \u200cWhite House has not asserted any privilege over \u200cthe draft speeches, indicating that there is \u2062no valid reason for the delay.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has \u200buntil February 7th to allow \u2063NARA to release the letter drafts. Failure \u2063to comply will result in the use of compulsory process to force the White House&#8217;s cooperation.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Jordan Boyd is\u2063 a staff writer at\u200c The Federalist and co-producer\u200c of The Federalist Radio \u200bHour. \u200bHer work has also\u2064 been featured\u200d in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and \u200cRealClearPolitics. Jordan\u2063 graduated\u200c from Baylor University with a major in political science and a minor in journalism. Follow her on Twitter <strong>@jordanboydtx<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How \u200ddoes the refusal of \u200cthe White House to release the speech \u200cdrafts contribute to suspicion and mistrust\u200d surrounding allegations of corruption involving the \u2062Biden\u2064 family?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In recent news, House investigators have taken a firm stance \u2063against the White House&#8217;s refusal to release drafts of President Joe Biden&#8217;s\u2062 2015 anti-corruption speech in Ukraine. These \u2062speech drafts are considered\u200c crucial \u200bevidence for Republicans who believe that \u200bthe\u200d firing of\u2064 Ukraine Prosecutor General Viktor\u2063 Shokin was part \u2064of \u2063a corrupt scheme involving the \u2062Biden family.<\/p>\n<p>The House Committees \u200don \u2062Oversight and Accountability,\u2063 Judiciary, and Ways \u2062and Means have jointly sent a letter to White House Counsel Edward Siskel, \u200bdemanding the release of Biden&#8217;s draft speech calling for an end to \u200bcorruption \u2064in Ukraine. In their efforts to compel the \u200dWhite \u200dHouse to comply, the committees\u200c are\u200c resorting to\u2063 compulsory methods.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman James \u2064Comer and the Oversight Committee initially requested the draft speeches back in August, with the intent \u2062to\u2062 investigate allegations\u200c of Biden family corruption. This request \u2063falls well within the boundaries \u2062of federal law. Moreover, \u200cthe\u2064 committees&#8217; \u200ddemand gained traction after Biden \u2062associate Devon Archer admitted that the then-Vice \u2062President had\u200d spoken\u2062 with his\u2064 son&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hunter-biden-phoned-dad-dozens-of-times-during-foreign-business-meetings-associate-will-testify\/\" title=\"Report: Hunter Biden frequently called his father during foreign business meetings, associate to testify.\">foreign\u200d business partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is already overwhelming evidence \u2062that \u200cBiden utilized his authority within the Obama\u2063 administration to orchestrate the removal of Prosecutor\u2063 General Shokin, thereby benefiting Burisma, an energy company that paid his son \u200dmillions. Biden himself can be seen boasting in\u200c a \u200bvideo about pressuring Ukraine\u200b to fire Shokin.<\/p>\n<p>This demand for transparency and accountability serves as the foundation \u200cfor the House \u200binvestigators&#8217; pursuit\u200b of the speech drafts.\u200c It \u200cis vital\u2063 to thoroughly investigate any potential involvement of the \u2064Biden family in corrupt activities, as alleged by \u200bRepublicans. By refusing to release \u2063the speech \u200cdrafts, \u2063the White House inadvertently fuels \u200csuspicion and mistrust among \u2064those seeking \u2063the truth.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of this confrontation \u2064between the House investigators and the White House remains to \u200dbe seen.\u2064 However,\u200c one thing is certain: the\u200c battle for \u200ctransparency and the pursuit of \u2064justice will continue until all the relevant information regarding the alleged corruption is \u200bbrought to\u200d light. \u2062The American people deserve to know \u200cthe full\u200d extent \u200bof\u2064 any potential wrongdoing, and it is the responsibility of both the White House and the House investigators to ensure that transparency and accountability prevail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House investigators have warned of employing &#8220;compulsory&#8221; measures against the White House. The drafts of President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2015 anti-corruption speech in Ukraine, which have been withheld for five months, are crucial to Republicans. 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