Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, revealed Monday that the Burisma executive who allegedly paid then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with them as a “insurance policy.”
“Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed from the Senate floor Monday what was said to be a redacted reference in the FBI-generated FD-1023 form alleging a criminal bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national that involved influence over U.S. policy decisions. Grassley said the FD-1023 has a redacted reference that the Burisma executive possesses fifteen audio recordings of phone calls between himself and Hunter Biden,” Fox News reported.
“According to Grassley, the FD-1023 also states that the executive possesses two audio recordings of phone calls between himself and then-Vice President Joe Biden. The recordings were allegedly kept as an “insurance policy” for the foreign national in case he was in some type of ‘tight spot,’ a source told Fox News Digital,” the outlet added.
“The FD-1023 also alleges that then-Vice President Joe Biden may have been involved in Burisma bringing his son, Hunter Biden, onto the board. The FBI brought the document to Capitol Hill last week after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer subpoenaed it. The FBI briefed Comer and committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., on the form. The FBI later brought the form to a secure setting on Capitol Hill for all Oversight Committee members to view,” the outlet continued.
According to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, the FBI is presently investigating President Joe Biden for bribery.
During an interview on “Sunday Night in America,” Comer and host Trey Gowdy discussed the ongoing House Republican investigation into Biden and his family’s alleged business dealings. Comer said the FBI told him that Biden is “currently under investigation for bribery.”
Comer discussed the unclassified FD-1023 FBI form that allegedly implicated then-Vice President Joe Biden in a pay-to-play bribery conspiracy. Comer stated that FBI Director Christopher Wray “finally” acknowledged the existence of the form after he and Senator Chuck Grassley claimed to have read the document, which was reportedly obtained from a whistleblower.
As vice president, Biden allegedly participated in unethical ‘pay-for-play’ schemes, according to evidence provided by a whistleblower. Since the Obama administration, the FBI has frequently utilized this source, which is considered “highly credible.”
Below is a transcript of the conversation, courtesy of Grabien:
GOWDY: “Speaking of House Oversight and your colleague Jamie Raskin, he said the matter was investigated and closed. I want you to listen and then I’ll ask you a question on the other side, chairman.”
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RASKIN: “That was checked out by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Scott Brady. (…) That assessment of this tip came back empty-handed. They said there is no grounds to escalate this from an initial assessment to a full-blown criminal investigation or a preliminary investigation. They said there just wasn’t enough there.”
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GOWDY: “Now, AG Barr, who has a very complicated relationship with President Trump, says that’s completely false, that he did not close it. What can you tell us? Raskin says it was looked at and closed. Was it?”
COMER: “No, Jamie Raskin lied, and the FBI told us that it was still a part of an ongoing investigation. So, what I believe has happened, Trey, is that according to Bill Barr, then-attorney general, they got the form 1023, and because it was from one of the FBI’s most credible, highest-paid, most trusted, most effective informants, they took it seriously but they did not look into it. They just pass it along to the U.S. Attorney in Delaware.
More on this story via Conservative Brief:
The form 1023 pertaining to Joe Biden and bribery was passed along, according to the FBI and Bill Barr, to the U.S. Attorney in Delaware who is investigating Joe Biden. It also may be turned over to the special counsel. Remember, there is a special counsel investigating Joe Biden for mishandling classified documents. He just has not been in the news a lot. So, according to the FBI and according to Bill Barr, Joe Biden is currently under investigation for bribery. And this gets lost in translation because the media is so focused on Donald Trump. CONTINUE READING…
