The Department of Justice agreed to allow two FBI agents to appear before the House Judiciary Committee for behind-closed-doors transcribed interviews after the committee subpoenaed the pair of agents last week over the department’s investigation into Hunter Biden.
FBI special agent Thomas Sobocinski met with Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and committee staff for an interview on Thursday and was accompanied by department counsel, committee staff confirmed. Special agent Ryeshia Holley’s interview is set for next week.
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The voluntary interviews come after Jordan had initially subpoenaed the pair for depositions. The depositions would have prevented the FBI agents from being able to appear alongside department counsel, per U.S. House rules.
DOJ responded to the subpoenas in a letter last week, claiming they were unenforceable because of the ongoing nature of the Biden investigation and the inability of department counsel to attend depositions. The department did, however, offer to give “negotiations [with the committee] an opportunity to yield a productive outcome.” The interviews signal those negotiations panned out.
Jordan detailed why he was interested in the two agents in correspondence to the pair last month. He noted that they both worked out of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office, which has jurisdiction over the FBI’s Wilmington office, where DOJ’s investigation of Biden was based.
They also were present for an October 2022 meeting during which then-U.S. Attorney David Weiss allegedly said he did not have the authority he needed to prosecute Biden, Jordan said.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Weiss as special counsel last month, saying the decision came after Weiss, who has been leading the investigation of Biden since 2019, requested the authority a few days prior.
As for the two FBI agents, they were featured on a broader list published by Jordan and two other House chairmen, Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jason Smith (R-MO). The trio named 13 officials total from the DOJ, FBI, and IRS, as well as an unspecified number of Secret Service agents. The chairmen said the officials all had key information about allegations Biden received preferential treatment from DOJ while under investigation.
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Weiss revealed in a court filing this week that he planned to indict Hunter Biden by the end of September and indicated in the filing that the indictment would feature a felony charge for possession of a firearm while being addicted to drugs.
Jordan signaled that he found the charge inadequate amid House Republicans investigating larger allegations against Biden that he partook in corrupt foreign business dealings.
