{"id":2265409,"date":"2024-06-11T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T23:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-leaders-demand-cia-briefing-over-allegations-of-interference-in-investigations-into-biden-family\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T19:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T23:29:21","slug":"house-gop-leaders-demand-cia-briefing-over-allegations-of-interference-in-investigations-into-biden-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-leaders-demand-cia-briefing-over-allegations-of-interference-in-investigations-into-biden-family\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP leaders call for CIA briefing on claims of meddling in Biden family probes"},"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\">30<\/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-gop-leaders-demand-cia-briefing-over-allegations-of-interference-in-investigations-into-biden-family%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=2265409&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>Rep. Jim Jordan, House Judiciary Committee \u2064chairman, and Rep. James Comer, Oversight Committee\u2062 chairman, both Republicans, have reached out to CIA Director William Burns. They requested\u200c a briefing to discuss \u2063allegations that the CIA interfered with federal \u2063investigations involving Hunter Biden and President \u200dJoe Biden. This request, dated March 21, 2024, is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-top-takeaways-from-the-first-impeachment-inquiry-hearing\/\" title=\"Key points from the initial impeachment inquiry hearing on the Hunter Biden investigation.\">impeachment inquiry proceedings<\/a>, \u2064where these committee Republicans \u200care <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-males-absent-from-biden-judicial-slate\/\" title=\"White Males Absent From Biden Judicial Slate\">seeking documents<\/a> to investigate the CIA&#8217;s alleged involvement further.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-judiciary-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Judiciary<\/a> Committee chairman, and Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Oversight Committee chairman, sent a letter to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/CIA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CIA<\/a> Director William Burns calling for a briefing over allegations that the CIA interfered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-wins-first-us-autopilot-trial-involving-fatal-crash\/\" title=\"Tesla wins first US trial involving fatal crash with Autopilot.\">federal investigations related<\/a> to Hunter Biden and President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their impeachment inquiry proceedings, on March 21, 2024, the Oversight and Judiciary committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> requested documents from the CIA concerning its purported meddling into the IRS\u2019s and the Department of Justice\u2019s investigation into Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>On behalf of Burns, James Catella, the director of the CIA\u2019s Office of Congressional Affairs, said the allegations proposed by the Judiciary and Oversight committees were false. However, according to Jordan and Comer, information and documents provided in an affidavit by an IRS official reveal that Catella may have been misled and given false information to Congress members.<\/p>\n<p>In the March 21 letter to the CIA, the Oversight and Judiciary committee leaders cited a whistleblower sharing that when the IRS investigators were preparing to interview Patrick Kevin Morris, an associate of Hunter Biden, in August 2021, the CIA shut it down. The CIA had allegedly called two members of the DOJ to its headquarters for a briefing emphasizing that an interview with Morris would not be conducted.<\/p>\n<p>The Judiciary and Oversight committees called for the CIA to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-spacexs-hiring-practices-after-non-u-s-citizen-alleges-discrimination\/\" title=\"DOJ Investigating SpaceX\u2019s Hiring Practices After Non-U.S. Citizen Alleges Discrimination\">provide documents<\/a> and details regarding the incident. In response, Catella wrote in a letter on April 4, 2024, that the CIA did not prevent the DOJ or IRS investigation. \u201cThe allegation is false,\u201d Catella wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Judiciary Committee requested CIA Congressional Affairs staff provide more information regarding Catella\u2019s statement, but the request was denied.<\/p>\n<p>The CIA said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that it \u201cstands by its response to the Committee\u201d and \u201cdoes not comment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nina-jankowicz-registers-as-foreign-agent-to-fight-so-called-disinfo\/\" title=\"Nina Jankowicz Registers as Foreign Agent to Fight So-Called Disinfo\">specific investigations<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can say that CIA cooperates with law enforcement partners and does not obstruct investigations.\u00a0 CIA also fully and routinely cooperates with our oversight committees and will continue to do so,\u201d the CIA added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers gave the CIA until June 25 to schedule the briefing. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan and Oversight Chairman Rep. James Comer requested a briefing from CIA Director William Burns. They allege CIA interference in federal probes involving Hunter and President Joe Biden, as part of their impeachment inquiry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2265410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24072552280435.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24072552280435.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265409","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}