{"id":2204130,"date":"2024-03-22T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-probe-cia-interference-in-hunter-biden-investigation\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:12:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:12:47","slug":"house-republicans-probe-cia-interference-in-hunter-biden-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-probe-cia-interference-in-hunter-biden-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans are investigating CIA involvement in the 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%2Fhouse-republicans-probe-cia-interference-in-hunter-biden-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=2204130&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 Republicans Probe \u200dAlleged CIA Interference in Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>House Republicans are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-wants-biden-to-retaliate-against-china-for-sanctions-against-trump-officials\/\" title=\"Tuberville Wants Biden to Retaliate Against China for Sanctions Against Trump Officials\">demanding answers<\/a> from the Central Intelligence \u200dAgency (CIA) \u200cafter a whistleblower came forward with allegations\u2063 of agency interference to thwart investigations into Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Thursday, \u2062the GOP chairmen of the \u2062House Oversight and Judiciary \u200cCommittees sent CIA Director William Burns a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2024-03-21%20JDJ%20JC%20to%20CIA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> seeking records related to claims the CIA acted with \u2064the Department of \u200bJustice to protect President Joe Biden and his son.<\/p>\n<h3>Allegations of Interference<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u2064whistleblower&#8217;s claims\u200c suggest the CIA intervened to halt IRS investigators from interviewing an \u2064associate\u2063 of Hunter Biden.<\/li>\n<li>DOJ \u2062officials were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-centcom-issues-new-statement-on-strike-against-isis-target-we-are-investigating-further\/\" title=\"U.S. CENTCOM Issues New Statement On Strike Against ISIS Target: \u2018We Are Investigating Further\u2019\">allegedly briefed<\/a> at CIA headquarters,\u2063 leading to the prevention of the interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and \u2063James Comer\u200c of\u200c Kentucky, the Judiciary and Oversight Committees chairmen, \u200cgranted Director \u200cBurns \u200duntil April 4 to \u200drespond to \u200bthe congressional inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>In a different investigation, House Republicans probed potential CIA interference in the 2020 election \u200cover the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/07\/republican-legislators-demand-answers-from-intelligence-heads-who-baselessly-smeared-hunters-laptop-as-russian-disinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter Biden laptop letter<\/a>, aiming\u200b to discredit it as Russian disinformation.<\/p>\n<h3>Claims of Political\u200c Meddling<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The CIA faces scrutiny for protecting political allies while also being accused of spreading false \u2062conspiracies to undermine Republicans.<\/li>\n<li>Journalists exposed CIA \u2064involvement in Russiagate \u200cand\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-softens-u-s-stance-on-uyghur-slave-labor-from-which-he-financially-benefits\/\" title=\"John Kerry Softens U.S. Stance on Uyghur Slave Labor from Which He Financially Benefits\">alleged pressure<\/a> on allied nations to surveil the \u200cTrump\u200c campaign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s raid on Mar-a-Lago was suspected to be an operation to \u2064retrieve incriminating material linked to\u2064 the Russia hoax, implicating former CIA Director Gina Haspel.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western\u2062 correspondent for The \u2062Federalist and \u200cthe author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative\u200b newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. Follow him on Twitter at \u2064@JusticeTristan \u200dor contact\u200d him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s\u2064 email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans press the CIA for explanations following a whistleblower&#8217;s claims of agency interference in Hunter Biden probes. 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