Republicans WILL hold FBI Director Wray in contempt for REFUSING to hand over Biden doc

Republicans are moving forward with contempt charges against FBI Director Chris Wray after he failed to hand over an internal document that they claim shows President Joe Biden was involved in a $5 million ‘criminal’ scheme with a foreign national.

Tuesday marked the deadline for the agency to turn over an internal unclassified FD-1023 form that apparently details an ‘arrangement’ for an exchange of money for policy decisions between then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national.

The Republicans issued a subpoena on May 4 for the document first brought to their attention by a ‘credible’ whistleblower and narrowed the breadth last week providing two additional terms that may be referenced in the record: ‘June 30, 2020’ and ‘five million.’

‘Today, the FBI informed the Committee that it will not provide the unclassified documents subpoenaed by the Committee,’ House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Tuesday.

Tuesday marks the deadline for the FBI to turn over an internal document that Republicans claim shows President Joe Biden was involved in a $5 million ‘criminal’ scheme with a foreign national 

‘The FBI’s decision to stiff-arm Congress and hide this information from the American people is obstructionist and unacceptable.’

Comer confirmed that he will still be holding a call Wednesday with Wray and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and they plan to discuss the FBI’s response further.

‘While I have a call scheduled with FBI Director Wray tomorrow to discuss his response further, the Committee has been clear in its intent to protect Congressional oversight authorities and will now be taking steps to hold the FBI Director in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a lawful subpoena.’

‘Americans deserve the truth, and the Oversight Committee will continue to demand transparency from this nation’s chief law enforcement agency.’ 

The FBI told DailyMail.com in response that the agency ‘remains committed’ to cooperating with the committee ‘in good faith.’

‘In a letter to Chairman Comer earlier today, the FBI committed to providing access to information responsive to the Committee’s subpoena in a format and setting that maintains confidentiality and protects important security interests and the integrity of FBI investigations,’ the FBI added. 

‘Last week, Director Wray scheduled a telephone call for tomorrow to provide additional details of the FBI’s extraordinary accommodation to satisfy the subpoena request. Any discussion of escalation under these circumstances is unnecessary,’ the statement continued. 

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy declared on Fox & Friends earlier Tuesday that the Republicans were prepared to move forward with contempt proceedings.

‘We have jurisdiction over the FBI, which they seem to act like we do not. I personally called Director Wray and told him he needs to send that document. Today is the deadline,’ he added.

Staff for Comer, who is leading the investigation into ‘influence-peddling’ by the first family, met with bureau officials one week ago who refused to hand over the file. 

The White House has pushed back, calling the Republican-led investigation ‘unfounded’ and ‘politically motivated.’ 

A whistleblower came forward with stunning claims that a file ‘includes a precise description of how the alleged criminal scheme (involving Biden) was employed as well as its purpose’, top GOP lawmakers have said.

‘We have received legally protected and highly credible unclassified whistleblower disclosures. Based on those disclosures, it has come to our attention that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) possess an unclassified FD-1023 form that describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions,’ the senators write. 

As part of the ever-growing investigations against the president’s son Hunter Biden, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have also reviewed IRS documents and Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) they claim prove that the Biden family corruption and influence peddling has benefitted at least 12 family members. 

FBI Director Chris Wray has until May 30 to hand over the document to congressional Republicans 

‘The information provided by a whistleblower raises concerns that then-Vice President Biden allegedly engaged in a bribery scheme with a foreign national,’ Comer said

The FBI’s latest stonewalling also comes after a second IRS whistleblower came forward, claiming he was sidelined from the Hunter Biden probe when he spoke up about the president’s son getting preferential treatment.

The case agent, who has not been identified, says he was fired recently without any explanation after working on the Hunter Biden investigation since 2018, according to documents sent to congressional leaders obtained by DailyMail.com.

This is the second whistleblower to come forward in recent days on the matter.

According to documents, he informed Congress last week about backlash he suffered for acting as a whistleblower and alleged unfair retaliatory treatment.

He sent an email last Thursday to senior IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and several other officials alleging that he was ousted for raising concerns that the Department of Justice was ‘acting inappropriately’ in its handling of the investigation into the president’s son.

His complaint comes days after the Department of Justice removed the entire team probing Hunter Biden’s tax returns, according to attorneys representing an initial supervisory whistleblower – Gary Shapley. 

Shapley testified before the GOP-led Ways and Means Committee for six hours on Friday and answered all questions from both Republicans and Democrats, DailyMail.com learned.