#FBI ‘expressly’ opposed GOP release of unverified Biden tip

#FBI ‘expressly’ opposed GOP release of unverified Biden tip

House Oversight Committee Republicans were admonished by the FBI several times ahead of taking the action the bureau warned against — publicly releasing unverified information gained through a confidential informant. The tip from the source — memorialized in an FD-1023 form — was never corroborated by the FBI, but it was nonetheless put into the public…

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#FBI ‘expressly’ opposed GOP release of unverified Biden tip

#Jordan threatens FBI’s Wray with contempt of Congress

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) threatened Monday to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for what he claims is the agency’s “wholly inadequate” compliance with two subpoenas issued earlier this year.    “We write to notify you that if the FBI does not improve its compliance substantially, the Committee will…

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#Wray takes aim at GOP claims of FBI politicization

#Wray takes aim at GOP claims of FBI politicization

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday navigated hours of questions about the credibility of the bureau, as House Judiciary Committee Republicans increasingly seek to pin the agency as politically biased. Wray, a Trump appointee, was at times aided by Democrats who sought to defend the bureau’s actions by highlighting wrongdoing by Trump or his associates. Still, the…

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#White House fends off GOP’s Hunter Biden attacks

#White House fends off GOP’s Hunter Biden attacks

The White House is fending off new questions about Hunter Biden, a sign of how the legal problems and personal issues of the president’s son are likely to be a lingering distraction as President Biden mounts his reelection campaign.  House and Senate Republicans have consistently targeted Hunter Biden with investigations, which are expected to intensify…

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#Trump valet Nauta pleads not guilty in Mar-a-Lago case

#Trump valet Nauta pleads not guilty in Mar-a-Lago case

Walt Nauta, former President Trump’s co-conspirator in the Mar-a-Lago case, pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Thursday to obstruction of justice and other charges connected to withholding classified records from authorities. Nauta, a former White House military valet, faces charges on six counts in the case after he was spotted on security cameras moving…

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