{"id":577685,"date":"2023-06-07T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-oversight-chair-introduces-contempt-resolution-for-fbi-director\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T18:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T15:00:28","slug":"house-oversight-chair-introduces-contempt-resolution-for-fbi-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-oversight-chair-introduces-contempt-resolution-for-fbi-director\/","title":{"rendered":"#House Oversight chair introduces contempt resolution for FBI director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/647e5c68982c47.41685351.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The House Oversight and Accountability Committee unveiled a contempt of Congress resolution for FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday, a history-making motion it says is needed because the agency refused to physically supply a form with a tip from a confidential source.<\/p>\n<p>Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) in May subpoenaed any FD-1023 forms \u2014 records of interactions with confidential sources \u2014 from June 2020 that contain the word \u201cBiden.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Comer has claimed the form contains information related to President Biden allegedly accepting a bribe during his tenure as vice president. Several outlets have reported the Justice Department, then under Trump-administration leadership, was unable to corroborate the tip.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has pushed back on the effort, calling it a smear campaign by Comer and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who first met with a witness that detailed the existence of the form.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI wouldn\u2019t turn over the document due to concerns about protecting the source that relayed the tip, but agency briefers sat down for an hour-and-a-half with Comer and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the panel.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI sees the contempt resolution as an unnecessary escalation following an extraordinary accommodation, but Comer said Monday anything short of turning over the document is unacceptable to GOP lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirector Wray\u2019s actions impeded and caused meaningful delays to the Committee\u2019s ability to perform its Constitutional oversight duties. As Director Wray and his staff have willfully failed to comply with the Committee\u2019s subpoena, it is necessary to enforce the Subpoena,\u201d the resolution reads.<\/p>\n<p>The committee plans to meet Thursday morning to vote on the resolution, after which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has pledged to bring it to the full House floor for a vote.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The gesture is largely symbolic; contempt votes serve as a referral to the Department of Justice, which is free to act on \u2013 or ignore \u2013 the suggestion as they see fit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI has continually demonstrated its commitment to accommodate the committee\u2019s request, including by producing the document in a reading room at the U.S. Capitol. This commonsense safeguard is often employed in response to congressional requests and in court proceedings to protect important concerns, such as the physical safety of sources and the integrity of investigations,\u201d the FBI said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe escalation to a contempt vote under these circumstances is unwarranted.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Comer has claimed the form contains information related to \u201can alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is yet another fact-free stunt staged by Chairman Comer not to conduct legitimate oversight, but to spread thin innuendo to try to damage the President politically and get himself <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> attention,\u201d\u00a0Ian Sams, the White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations, said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Senator Grassley admitted, they aren\u2019t \u2018interested in whether or not the accusations are accurate,\u2019 which rings even truer now that it\u2019s been publicly reported that the Trump Administration\u2019s Justice Department looked into this claim three years ago and found nothing credible.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Following the briefing Monday, Comer and Raskin left with dramatically different takeaways.<\/p>\n<p>While Comer said the tip has been used as \u201cpart of an ongoing investigation, which I assume is in Delaware,\u201d Raskin said FBI briefers said they chose not to advance the investigation given a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re talking about here is a confidential human source reporting a conversation with someone else. So we\u2019re talking about is secondhand hearsay,\u201d Raskin said, adding that the source \u201chad no way of knowing about the underlying veracity of the things that he was being told.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnd they did whatever investigative due diligence was called for in that assessment period, and they found no reason to escalate it from an assessment to a so-called preliminary investigation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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