House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said in a letter Thursday that the FBI has another FD-1023 document related to bribery allegations against Joe Biden and Hunter Biden.
Jordan wrote letter 3 of 2017 to FBI Director Christopher Wray, including information from confidential sources regarding alleged foreign payments to the Biden family leading to June 2020 FD-1023, including an alleged bribery scheme involving Joe and Hunter. Requested submission of FBI FD-1023 form completed in May. Biden. (Related: FBI headquarters obstructs investigation into Hunter Biden's ties to Ukraine, former prosecutor testifies)
Read the letter:
“In accordance with the House impeachment inquiry into President Biden and the Committee’s constitutional oversight authority over the Department of Justice, we have written to the FBI to submit Form FD-1023, dated March 1, 2017 (“FD-1023”). I request it. , regarding confidential human source (CHS) reports regarding payments made to the Biden family by foreign entities,” Jordan's letter begins.
“Requested FD-1023 is referenced in a second FD-1023 from June 2020 detailing bribery charges involving President Biden and his son Hunter. Committee will consider drafting articles of impeachment We are requesting this documentation to assess whether there is sufficient evidence for this,” his letter added.
The FBI FD-1023 document is used by investigators to: Record information Provided by confidential human sources without drawing any conclusions as to the validity of the information.
Records reviewed by the Caller show that Jordan, a former Western Pennsylvania district attorney, spoke to lawmakers in October about his responsibility for vetting information related to Ukraine in 2020 at the behest of then-Attorney General Bill Barr. He cited testimony from prosecutor Scott Brady. (Related: Top Hunter Biden Prosecutor David Weiss 'Limits' FBI Internal Communications, Testimony Show)
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 19: Scott Brady, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania (center), Assistant Attorney General for Homeland Security John Demers (left) and FBI Deputy Director David Bowditch (right). He will speak at a press conference. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, October 19, 2020. (Photo by Andrew Harnik – Pool/Getty Images)
Mr. Brady revealed to lawmakers that the source of the June 2020 FD-1023 document featuring Mr. Biden's bribery allegations was a trusted confidential source who had worked for the FBI.
Jordan's letter to Ray includes excerpts of Brady's testimony, in which he describes the discovery of the 2017 FD-1023 document and how it led to the June 2020 FD-1023. is explained.
“Prior to Mr. Brady’s involvement with FD-1023 in 2017, the FBI knew that it had CHS that had information related to Hunter Biden’s activities on the Burisma board; “We were not aware of this connection until the U.S. Attorney and his team discovered this link. The FBI contacted CHS for additional information,” the letter alleges.
“Based on the information in the 2020 FD-1023 and Mr. Brady’s testimony regarding the reliability of CHS, it is important for the Committee to obtain the original 2017 FD-1023. The Committee needs access because the contents of 2017 FD-1023 led to the development of 2020 FD-1023, as it contains significant allegations of President Biden's involvement in the transaction and bribery. [to] 2017 FD-1023,” the letter concludes.
Announced by Republican Iowa State Senator Chuck Grassley in June 2020. FD-1023 form The article describes how Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky boasted that he bribed Joe Biden and Hunter Biden with $5 million each. In a letter to Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland in October, Grassley said the FBI allegedly received “incriminating information” about the Biden family from more than 40 confidential sources.
Grassley's letter accuses the FBI of falsely accusing its own confidential sources of spreading “disinformation” to protect the Biden family.
Hunter Biden was paid as much as $83,333.33 a month as a director of Zlochevsky's Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings. bank record show. House Republicans said in a September memo that the Biden family and their business associates collected more than $24 million from foreign sources over a roughly five-year period ending in 2019.
According to a federal tax indictment in California, Burisma took a significant pay cut when Joe Biden's term as vice president ended. Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to tax charges Thursday.
Jordan has given the FBI until January 19 to respond to the request. He is one of the House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden over his son's alleged role in overseas business dealings.
The FBI confirmed to the Daily Caller that it had received Jordan's letter, but declined further comment.
