FBI Director Christopher Wray has narrowly avoided being charged with contempt of Congress over his refusal to allow committee members to view documents that allege President Biden was involved in a criminal bribery scheme.
After weeks of back-and-forth, the FBI Director has agreed to allow all House Oversight Committee members to view the document, an FBI-generated 1023 form, in a secure location.
Fox News confirmed that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) accepted the FBI’s offer and has canceled the committee’s planned Thursday vote to hold Wray in contempt.
Additionally, the FBI is making two additional documents referenced in the FD-1023 available for Comer and ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to review.
“After weeks of refusing to even admit the FD-1023 record exists, the FBI has caved and is now allowing all members of the Oversight and Accountability Committee to review this unclassified record that memorializes a confidential human source’s conversations with a foreign national who claimed to have bribed then-Vice President Joe Biden,” Comer said in a statement following the decision.
The highly sought-after 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. (RELATED: Comer To Hold FBI Director Wray In Contempt Of Congress)
“Americans have lost trust in the FBI’s ability to enforce the law impartially and demand answers, transparency, and accountability. Allowing all Oversight Committee members to review this record is an important step toward conducting oversight of the FBI and holding it accountable to the American people,” he said.
On Monday, the FBI called the proposed contempt charges 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.”
“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.”
Meanwhile, Comer said FBI officials confirmed Monday that the unclassified FBI-generated 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.”
Last week, outlets separately reported that the confidential 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 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.”
READ NEXT: Trump Responds To Clearest Signal Yet He’ll Face New Charges
