{"id":2265026,"date":"2024-06-11T14:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T18:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-briefing-on-cia-interference-in-biden-probe\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T18:03:20","slug":"exclusive-house-republicans-demand-briefing-on-cia-interference-in-biden-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-briefing-on-cia-interference-in-biden-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: House Republicans Request CIA Briefing on Alleged Interference in Biden Investigation"},"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%2Fexclusive-house-republicans-demand-briefing-on-cia-interference-in-biden-probe%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=2265026&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--><p>House Republicans are calling for a\u2064 briefing from the\u200d CIA \u200cconcerning\u200d allegations of the agency&#8217;s interference in investigations \u2063related to\u2062 President Joe Biden and his son, \u200bHunter Biden. The request for a briefing\u200c follows assertions by\u2062 federal whistleblowers and\u2063 IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, claiming that \u200cthe Justice Department, influenced by the CIA, blocked an interview with Biden associate Patrick Kevin Morris as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-consulted-for-oil-man-connected-to-notorious-congolese-warlord-emails-show\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Consulted for Oil Man Connected to Notorious Congolese Warlord, Emails Show\">federal tax investigation<\/a>. This intervention reportedly followed a \u2064meeting\u2062 between DOJ staff and the CIA at Langley, \u200dVirginia. CIA officials \u2064have denied\u200c these allegations, stating they \u2062did not prevent any interviews. However, lawmakers remain \u200cunsatisfied with the CIA&#8217;s\u200d responses and documentation provided thus far, prompting further requests for\u200b clarification and documents\u200b from the agency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>House Republicans are demanding a briefing from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over the CIA\u2019s alleged interference with investigations related to President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the chairmen of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees sent a letter to CIA Director William Burns requesting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-launch-probe-into-massive-teachers-unions-influence-on-cdc-demand-communications\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Launch Probe Into Massive Teachers Union\u2019s Influence On CDC, Demand Communications\">staff-level briefing<\/a> by agency personnel to explain previous denials that the CIA interfered to block an interview of Biden associate Patrick Kevin Morris. The letter was a follow-up to one <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/22\/house-republicans-probe-cia-interference-in-hunter-biden-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent<\/a> in March seeking records related to allegations from federal whistleblowers who claim the CIA blocked the interview of Morris.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-436228340\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-914b5b02d7f39c70702b7355a72b97dc fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-914b5b02d7f39c70702b7355a72b97dc\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWithout confirming or denying the existence of any associations or communications, CIA did not prevent or seek to prevent IRS or DOJ from conducting any such interview,\u201d wrote CIA Director of Congressional Affairs James Catella in an April 4 response. \u201cThe allegation is false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, however, lawmakers highlighted testimony from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower Gary Shapley, who said efforts to interview Morris as part of a federal tax investigation were blocked by the Justice Department. Shapley claimed investigators \u201ccould no longer pursue him as a witness\u201d after DOJ staff were summoned to the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to discuss Morris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotably, Mr. Shapley stated that, \u2018[i]t is unclear how the CIA became aware that Mr. Morris was a potential witness in the Hunter Biden investigation,&#8217;\u201d wrote Chairmen James Comer, R-Ky., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent meetings between staff on the Judiciary Committee with the CIA Office of Congressional Affairs in April failed to corroborate Catella\u2019s denials of agency interference, according to Tuesday\u2019s letter. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e7d88c0fbd70ac1a70e6d6e3553f6270 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e7d88c0fbd70ac1a70e6d6e3553f6270\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo date, the CIA has failed to supplement its response or provide any documents responsive to the Committees\u2019 March 21 letter,\u201d lawmakers wrote. \u201cIn sum, SSA Shapley\u2019s affidavit and the supporting documentation present clear and contemporaneous evidence that Mr. Catella\u2019s assertion in his April 4, 2024 letter to the Committees was potentially false and\/or misleading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers gave the CIA until June 25 to schedule to the briefing. <\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"2024-06-11 JDJ JC to CIA Re Staff Level Briefing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/741301109\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-qX2ceWtF6buRCO3nOh4x\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto;   font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;   font-style: normal;   font-variant: normal;   font-weight: normal;   font-size: 14px;   line-height: normal;   font-size-adjust: none;   font-stretch: normal;   -x-system-font: none;   display: block;\"><a title=\"View 2024-06-11 JDJ JC to CIA Re Staff Level Briefing on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/741301109\/2024-06-11-JDJ-JC-to-CIA-Re-Staff-Level-Briefing#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2024-06-11 JDJ JC to CIA Re\u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View The Federalist's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/274202084\/The-Federalist#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Federalist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In December, House Republicans also launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/08\/jim-jordan-to-cia-how-many-hunter-biden-laptop-letter-signatories-were-on-the-cias-payroll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">probe<\/a> into the CIA\u2019s role in peddling the conspiracy that Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, which surfaced in 2020, was an instrument of Russian disinformation. Lawmakers requested information on whether any of the dozens of former intelligence officials who signed the infamous Hunter Biden laptop letter were on the CIA payroll. The laptop letter was published in Politico to discredit the election-year discovery as a Kremlin plot to thwart Joe Biden\u2019s White House run.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3fc22a7bae5ee06528a8607ae6f9d5b2 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3fc22a7bae5ee06528a8607ae6f9d5b2\"><\/div>\n<p>Hunter Biden\u2019s federal tax case will begin trial in <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hunter-biden-federal-tax-case-california-bb2e2eb41eb2cd30206a47c40ba6044e#:~:text=still%20in%20June-,Hunter%20Biden%27s%20tax%20trial%20set%20for%20September%20as%20judge%20agrees,gun%20trial%20still%20in%20June&#038;text=LOS%20ANGELES%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Hunter,had%20been%20approaching%20next%20month.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">September<\/a> after a soft plea deal from federal prosecutors was dismantled last summer. On Tuesday, a Delaware jury found the president\u2019s son guilty on all three felony gun charges related to the 2018 purchase of a firearm while addicted to an illicit substance. <\/p>\n<p>House Republicans submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/05\/republicans-demand-doj-charge-hunter-and-james-biden-for-lying-about-joes-role-in-influence-peddling-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">additional criminal referrals<\/a> for Hunter Biden and James Biden to the Department of Justice (DOJ) last week. Lawmakers recommended charges for lying to Congress about the president\u2019s global influence-peddling schemes, which are being probed by the House as potentially impeachable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ad76e9bc9fedd8e3bc0f3f33f91888f6 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ad76e9bc9fedd8e3bc0f3f33f91888f6\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans have requested a CIA briefing to address alleged agency interference in investigations involving President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. The chairmen of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees sent a letter to CIA Director William Burns, seeking an explanation from agency personnel through a staff-level briefing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2265027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/William-Burns.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/William-Burns.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265026","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}