GOP Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, is pushing forward with an effort to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress.
— GOP Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, is pushing forward with an effort to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in
Comer said the FBI"created this record based on information from a credible informant who has worked with the FBI for over a decade and paid six figures," and claimed"the informant had first-hand conversations with the foreign national who claimed to have bribed then-Vice President Biden." FD-1023 forms contain unverified information, and the FBI has noted that"[d]ocumenting the information does not validate it, establish its credibility, or weigh it against other information verified by the FBI." The bureau has defended its decision not to submit the document itself to the committee, saying it is necessary to protect its sources.
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