Abbate conceded that the FD-1023 shown to the House Oversight Committee had been redacted. Abbate explained, “We often redact documents to protect sources and methods…the document was redacted.”

Why was the reference to audio recordings redacted? “We have exceptional people,” Abbate responded. “The work relentlessly every day to keep this country safe…”

What about the reference to recordings? “I have no idea if there are voice recordings or not,” Abbate told Senator Blackburn. But why the redaction? “This is a question of life and death potentially.”

I’m beginning to wonder if the FBI is investigating the Biden family business or if that is just a rumor.

[If they are, I doubt it’s with any enthusiasm. It seems to me that the FBI took a flyer on the Russian-collusion theory with a lot less probable cause than the House Oversight Committee provided in April. And yet, all we get are … crickets. — Ed]