Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley said Monday that a “foreigner” who allegedly bribed then-Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Hunter Biden used his phone conversations with them as “insurance.” He said he was recording.

Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky and Grassley sent a letter to the FBI on May 3 requesting that the FBI produce documents purportedly detailing a bribery scheme involving then-Vice President Biden. . Mr. Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Democratic Rep. Jamie Ruskin of Maryland, a minority member of the House Oversight Committee, obtained an unclassified document known as FD-1023 June at a secure facility. Scrutinized.

“1023 is [the] House [Oversight] The commission compiled references to alleged foreigners who bribed Joe Biden and Hunter Biden, who allegedly had audio recordings of their conversations. A total of 17 recordings,” Grassley said in a speech on the Senate floor. (Related: ‘Why Don’t You Cough?’: Larry Kudlow Suggests Budget Cuts If Justice Department Won’t Turn Over Biden Bribery Documents)

“According to 1023, this alien has 15 audio recordings of phone calls with Hunter Biden. I have it,” Grassley continued. “These recordings were said to have been kept as a sort of insurance policy in case foreigners were in trouble. 1023 was also involved in Burisma, where then-Vice President Joe Biden employed Hunter Biden. It shows that it may have been

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Other members of the House Oversight Committee reviewed the documents on Thursday after Mr. Comer moved forward with contempt of Congress.

“Based on the facts known to Congress and the public, it is clear that the Justice Department and the FBI will use every resource to investigate Candidate Trump, President Trump, and former President Trump,” Grassley said. “Based on the facts known to Congress and the public, it is clear that the DOJ and FBI have not given the Biden family as much focus.”

“Special Counsel Jack Smith used recordings against former President Trump,” Grassley continued, referring to the indictment against Donald Trump, which the Justice Department unsealed on Friday. “So what is U.S. Attorney Weiss doing with regard to alleged recordings of Joe Biden and Hunter Biden apparently linked to a high-stakes bribery scheme?”

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