Comer fumes after FBI heavily redacts docs related to alleged Biden bribery scandal

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Tuesday raged against the FBI for heavily redacting two key documents related to an alleged bribery scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.

Comer on Tuesday reviewed two form FD-1023 documents related to an earlier such document detailing the scheme in which Biden allegedly pressured the Ukrainian government to fire a prosecutor investigating gas company Burisma, of which his son Hunter sat on the board, in exchange for $5 million paid to two members of the now-first family.

A form FD-1023 records allegations from the bureau's confidential human sources. The original June 30, 2020 form details conversations one such source had with a foreign national who claimed to have bribed Biden. 

"Today the FBI brought two unclassified FD-1023 forms that were heavily redacted to a secure facility to be reviewed," Comer stated in a press release. "What is the FBI hiding from Congress? Americans have lost confidence in the FBI’s ability to enforce the law impartially and the FBI’s secrecy shows that they aren’t interested in regaining their trust."

"The FBI must provide unredacted copies of these records and answers about what investigative actions were taken to verify these serious bribery allegations against President Biden," he demanded.

Comer and the committee previously issued a subpoena to the FBI for the original FD-1023, though the bureau dragged its feet, forcing the Kentucky Republican to initiate contempt proceedings against Director Christopher Wray. The bureau ultimately relented, in part, permitting committee members to review the document in a secure location.

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