Senator Ted Cruz confronted FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate on Tuesday after he refused to state whether there was evidence of a “bribery scandal” involving Joe Biden.
Earlier this week, Senator Chuck Grassley provided specifics regarding the scandal. He mentioned the Burisma CEO who allegedly paid Hunter Biden $5 million and recorded multiple conversations with both Bidens while Joe Biden served as vice president in the Obama administration.
According to Cruz, “Last month, a whistleblower brought to light the existence in the FBI of a report, an FD-1023, in which the informant alleges that President Biden and his family members engaged in a $5 million bribery scheme during his time as vice president,”
“Deputy Director Abbate, is it true that the FBI has a report making those allegations?” Cruz then questioned.
Abbate answered, “I’m not going to comment on that, Senator.
“You don’t owe the American people an obligation to be candid about evidence of corruption by the President of the United States?” Cruz responded.
Senator Cruz made repeated attempts to obtain a response from FBI Deputy Director Abbate, but Abbate refused, stating, “This is a subject that I will not discuss with you.”
Cruz then accused Abbate of “stonewalling and covering up serious allegations of evidence of presidential corruption”
Cruz stated that “yesterday, Senator Chuck Grassley stood on the Senate floor and alleged that there are 17 recordings of this informant from Burisma, Ukrainian natural gas company,” continuing that “15 of them are recordings, voice recordings, of him talking to Hunter Biden, two of them are voice recordings of him talking to Joe Biden. Deputy Director Abbate, does the FBI have 17 voice recordings laying out evidence of a bribery scheme?”
Abbate declined to communicate once more.
Cruz warned, saying “The American people have a right to know whether there is serious, credible evidence that the president of the United States took a $5 million bribe.” “This is why you are damaging the institution.”
“The FBI has right now unlimited hubris,” Cruz proclaimed, and went on to state “you believe you are unaccountable. You won’t believe you are accountable to the U.S. Congress or the American people. And you are doing damage.”
Watch:
WATCH: Senator Cruz DESTROYS the Deputy Director of the FBI over his refusal to discuss allegations that Biden took $5 million in bribes from Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/6mbAwNwHor
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) June 13, 2023
In another exchange during the hearing, Abbate told Senator Blackburn, “I have no idea if there are voice recordings or not.”
Abbate also concluded succinctly, “What I will say about the document is that it was redacted to protect the source, as everyone knows, and this is potentially a matter of life and death.”
Watch:
The Deputy FBI Director just admitted to me that the bureau intentionally attempted to cover up the Biden-Burisma bribery scandal by hiding 17 audio recordings with Joe and Hunter Biden. pic.twitter.com/IFBoXRfOZM
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) June 13, 2023
When asked about it by a New York Post reporter, Biden merely smiled and walked away:
President Biden turned and grinned — without saying a word — tonight when I asked about @ChuckGrassley saying alleged Ukrainian bribe-giver claims to have tapes https://t.co/R2mhPKUt3Y pic.twitter.com/Z8JI7pENzq
— Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) June 13, 2023
According to a prominent GOP investigator, newly disclosed emails between Hunter Biden and his White House associates cast doubt on Joe Biden’s claims that he was unaware of his son’s business operations.
According to emails recently provided by the National Archives to the conservative nonprofit America First Legal, Hunter Biden and his former business associates were in frequent contact with senior Obama administration officials during Joe Biden’s tenure as vice president.
James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, asserts that the emails demonstrate that Joe Biden repeatedly “lied to the American people when he said he had no knowledge of his son’s business dealings.” Comer is leading a comprehensive investigation into the Biden family.
More on this story via The Republic Brief:
According to recently discovered emails, Hunter Biden and his colleagues requested entry to the White House and formal government functions. CONTINUE READING…
