The Republicans revealed in early May that the FBI had an FD-1023 in its possession detailing the allegations and confirmed they had issued a subpoena to obtain the document. Comer and Grassley learned of the form’s existence from a whistleblower. The form allegedly includes a “precise description” of the scheme and its purpose.
The FBI, however, did not honor the subpoena by the deadline. Instead, acting Assistant Director of the bureau’s Office of Congressional Affairs Christopher Dunham wrote to Comer on Wednesday, informing him that the bureau had to be mindful of “executive branch confidentiality interests and law enforcement responsibilities.” …
“While the FBI has failed to produce the specific document by the subpoena deadline, their offer to provide an accommodation process in response to our legitimate request indicates the document is real,” Grassley said in a statement. “So the question remains, what did the FBI do to investigate very serious allegations from an apparent trusted FBI source implicating then-Vice President Biden?”
[Adam Baldwin and I discussed this development in our next Amiable Skeptics show. It will go up tomorrow morning. — Ed]
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