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With full faith, honor, and integrity.
The FBI warned a supervisory agent who investigated Hunter Biden that he was expected to “decline to respond” to House Oversight Committee questions about the “ongoing” case involving the first son, a bombshell letter obtained by The Post shows.
FBI general counsel Jason Jones sent the letter Sunday afternoon, just hours before the agent was set to testify — even though a source tells The Post that the FBI knew of a scheduled Monday deposition for several days.
“[T]he Department expects that you will decline to respond to questions seeking non-public information likely covered by one or more components of executive privilege or other significant confidentiality interests, in particular information about deliberations or ongoing investigative activity in law enforcement matters,” Jones wrote.
“You should instead refer such questions to the FBI’s Office of Congressional Affairs,” the FBI lawyer went on.
Which will of course refuse to answer those questions. I do like how executive privilege covers the president’s son. The same administration that claims executive privilege doesn’t cover Jared Kushner has apparently quietly decided to invoke it on behalf of Hunter Biden. Or the FBI has decided to treat it as potentially invokable.
Again this dismantles the defense that Hunter Biden’s scandals have nothing to do with his father.
Thus far we’ve seen the FBI tip off the Biden transition team that a raid was imminent. Now executive privilege is in play. Can the White House invoke executive privilege if this didn’t affect Joe Biden? Safe bet that it does.
Ugly Sid says
Most terrorist bomb makers die through the inadvertent detonation of their projects.
Let’s hope this FBI project goes off in their faces.
Chief Mac says
Obstruction of justice is a felony – whomever ordered that crime needs to prosecuted
Verneoz says
The the FBI counsel Jones should be charged with contempt of Congress and tampering with the testimony of a whistleblower, and intimidation of a whistleblower.
SPURWING PLOVER says
The FBI needs new leadership can the crook running t hem replace them with someone who has no connections with the UN,CFR Globalists
Kasandra says
I’ve looked and looked but, somehow, I don’t see the words “whistleblower” or “Whistleblower Act” anywhere in there.
Kit_Jefferson says
Mrs. Jones take a letter to the FBI: “Dear FBI – Up Your Nose With A Rubber Hose”. Signed. We The People.
CowboyUp says
Why no special prosecutor? Why does the biden administration have even the pretense of investigating itself?
Jeff Bargholz says
“The FBI.” TV series. I watched it sometimes when I was a kid. I thought it was boring and even then, I didn’t believe the FBI agents were sterling heroes. Most kids can smell bullshit from a mile away.
I did like “The Untouchables,” though. Robert Stack as Elliot Ness. He was so cool. And the feds were always blowing away scummy criminals with 45s and tommy guns in that show. Boys appreciate gratuitous violence, although I’m too old for that stuff now.
Stephen Triesch says
“Again this dismantles the defense that Hunter Biden’s scandals have nothing to do with his father.”
That’s the key take. Hunter Biden was never a member of the Executive Department or a member of his father’s administration. How can executive privilege apply unless Joe Biden or other members of his administration were personally involved in Hunter’s shenanigans?