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FBI Published June 7, 2023 6:55pm EDT

FBI willing to allow all House

Oversight Committee members to
view Biden doc alleging criminal
scheme: source
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is set to begin contempt of Congress hearings Thursday for
FBI Director Christopher Wray

By Brooke Singman , Jake Gibson | Fox News

Rep. James Comer slams FBI for role in Biden document dispute: 'I have no confidence in them'
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., discusses House Republicans' plans to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress.

The FBI is willing to allow all members of the House Oversight Committee to view the
subpoenaed document that alleges President Biden was involved in a criminal bribery
scheme, a source familiar told Fox News Digital.

The source familiar said all members of the panel would be able to view the document in
question — an FBI-generated 1023 form — in a secure location. It is unclear whether the
secure location would be in a SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility) on
Capitol Hill or at the FBI's headquarters.

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference in Omaha, Nebraska, on Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie
Neibergall, File)

The offer comes as House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is set to
begin contempt of Congress hearings against FBI Director Wray on Thursday for failing to
comply with the committee's subpoena for the document.

OVERSIGHT CHAIR COMER TO HOLD FBI DIRECTOR WRAY IN CONTEMPT OF

CONGRESS OVER BIDEN DOC ALLEGING CRIME SCHEME

The document allegedly describes a $5 million criminal scheme involving then-Vice

President Joe Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy
decisions.

The FBI brought the FD-1023 form to Capitol Hill on Monday for Comer and ranking
member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., to review in a secure SCIF, resulting from a back-and-forth
between committee Republicans and the bureau over whether it was in compliance with
his subpoena.

The FBI initially offered to allow Comer to review the document at FBI headquarters, but
amid Comer's threats to hold Wray in contempt of Congress, the bureau offered additional
accommodations to bring the physical document to Capitol Hill.

Rep.James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky and chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee,
speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8, 2023. (Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Despite the accommodation, Comer said Monday that the FBI is still not in compliance
with the subpoena to turn over the physical document to the committee.

"At the briefing, the FBI again refused to hand over the unclassified record to the custody
of the House Oversight Committee," Comer said in a statement. "And we will now initiate
contempt of Congress hearings this Thursday."

"Given the severity and complexity of the allegations contained within this record,
Congress must investigate further," Comer wrote. "The investigation is not dead. This is
only the beginning."

The FBI, on Monday, said the move to hold the director in contempt is unwarranted, as the
bureau has "continually demonstrated its commitment to accommodate the committee's
request, including by producing the document in a reading room at the U.S. Capitol."

EXCLUSIVE: PERSON ALLEGING BIDEN CRIMINAL BRIBERY SCHEME IS 'HIGHLY

CREDIBLE' FBI SOURCE USED SINCE OBAMA ADMIN: SOURCE

"This commonsense safeguard is often employed in response to congressional requests

and in court proceedings to protect important concerns, such as the physical safety of
sources and the integrity of investigations," the FBI said in a statement. "The escalation to
a contempt vote under these circumstances is unwarranted."

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of
Investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Meanwhile, Comer said FBI officials confirmed Monday that the unclassified FBI-
enerated record "has not been disproven and is currently being used in an ongoing
investigation by a confidential human source who provided information about the vice
president by being involved in a criminal bribery scheme is a trusted, highly credible
informant who has been used by the FBI for over ten years and has been paid over 6
figures."

Comer added, "These are facts and no amount of spin and frankly, lies from the White
House or congressional Democrats can change this information."

Fox News Digital first reported Friday that the confidential human source who provided the
Biden information to the FBI was a "pre-existing" FBI source who has been used in multiple
investigative matters separate from the Biden information.

The source told Fox News Digital that the confidential human source was used by the FBI
for "at least several years" before the generation of the June 2020 FD-1023 form that
detailed the Biden allegations.

FBI TO BRING BIDEN DOCUMENT TO CAPITOL HILL MONDAY, AFTER THREATS TO HOLD
WRAY IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS

The source also told Fox News Digital that the confidential human source has been
"consistently reviewed by the FBI" and has been "found to be highly credible."

The source said the individual participated in investigative matters during the Obama
administration.

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approached by a whistleblower who said the FBI was in possession of a document — an FBI willing to allow
all House Oversight
FD-1023 form dated June 30, 2020 — that explicitly detailed information provided by a Committee
members to view
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The information in the FD-1023 form, according to the whistleblower, reveals "a precise
description of how the alleged criminal scheme was employed as well as its purpose" and
details an arrangement involving an exchange of money for policy decisions.

An FD-1023 form is used by FBI agents to record unverified reporting from confidential
human sources. The form is used to document information as told to an FBI agent, but
recording that information does not validate or weigh it against other information known
by the FBI.

Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at
Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.

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