Comer on FBI’s Refusal to Comply With Subpoena: ‘They Don’t Respect Anyone in Congress’

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In an opinion piece for the New York Post, author of “Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide,” Miranda Devine pointed out why the Federal Bureau of Investigation “gets an ‘F’ in trust due to recent scandals.” 

Devine listed and explained the three big FBI-related news items of the last week alone, including the Durham Report, the “three wrongfully suspended FBI employees,” and the agency’s misuse of “a surveillance tool almost 300,000 times in 2020-2021.” 

“In the light of just one week of FBI shame, the latest Harvard Harris Poll showing deep public mistrust in the FBI comes as no surprise. 

Not only do 69% of voters believe the FBI violated its own standards in the Russia collusion probe, 70% are concerned that the bureau will interfere in future elections. 

The FBI is out of control and everyone knows it,” Devine concluded.

It’s no wonder Americans are calling for the disbandment of the once-loved law enforcement agency.

This week, the agency continues to ruffle feathers by refusing to turn over a document subpoenaed by House Republicans.

The document they’re seeking allegedly “details a bribery scheme from then-Vice President Joe Biden.”

In a private meeting with the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Monday, the FBI refused to provide the unclassified FD-1023 document containing details about a “pay-to-play scheme related to the Biden family’s business dealings, according to a whistleblower at the agency who spoke with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.”

The first son, Hunter Biden, and Joe Biden’s brother James had business dealings with foreign entities, including China, Mexico, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine, while Joe Biden was vice president.

Chairman of the Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., issued the subpoena for the document to the FBI with a May 10 deadline. As of yesterday, the agency is still refusing to furnish the document.

Comer suggests that House and Senate Republicans should work together to withhold funding from the agency’s budget until they get new leadership or provide the document.

“They don’t respect anyone in Congress,” Comer said Monday on Fox News. “They’ve been able to get away with this for a long time.

“The media continues to turn a blind eye. The Senate Republicans continue to fund the FBI. Why would you change your business model when you’re getting everything you want?”

Exactly! No one is holding this rogue agency accountable. It continues to function, not as an unbiased agency, but as an arm of the Democrat party. Americans will only take so much of this type of behavior.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., spoke with FBI Director Christopher Wray on a recent phone call and is convinced the agency will “eventually” comply.

“I explained to the director that we will do everything in our power, and we have the jurisdiction over the FBI, and we have the right to see this document,” McCarthy said Sunday on Fox News. “I believe after this call, we will get this document.”

After Monday’s meeting, Comer said that he and McCarthy discussed holding Wray under contempt should he not comply.