House Oversight Committee leaders Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) left a recent FBI briefing on a tip regarding alleged wrongdoing by President Joe Biden with considerably different conclusions.
Comer said that the briefing proved that the committee’s investigation into alleged wrongdoing by the Bidens was on to something and must be pursued further, and Raskin said that it proved there was no need for further inquiry.
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“Given the severity and complexity of the allegations contained within this record, Congress must investigate further,” Comer told the press after the briefing.
“This is only the beginning. It appears this investigation is part of an ongoing investigation, which I assume is in Delaware,” he added.
Comer said that the briefing showed patterns that suggested money laundering on the part of Biden.
“The claims made in the document are consistent with what we found and disclosed to you all in Romania,” Comer said, referring to information he revealed last month suggesting several Biden family members had engaged in criminal activity. “It suggests a pattern of bribery where payments would be made through shell accounts and multiple banks. There’s a term for that, it’s called money laundering.”
Raskin, speaking directly after his colleague, disagreed with nearly everything Comer said, including the importance of the document that was the subject of the briefing.
“What we’re talking about here is a confidential human source reporting a conversation with someone else. So what we’re talking about is secondhand hearsay. And they did whatever investigative due diligence was called for in that assessment period, and they found no reason to escalate it from an assessment to a so-called preliminary investigation,” Raskin said.
He also came to the opposite conclusion of Comer as to whether an investigation was being conducted by the FBI.
“FBI prosecutorial protocol is whether there are articulable facts giving rise to suspicion of criminal activity. So they apparently decided there was not, and they called an end to the investigation,” Raskin said.
The Maryland representative doubled down on his contradiction of Comer’s claim that the briefing proved an FBI investigation was ongoing when asked by reporters.
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“Not only were there no criminal charges, there was no escalation of the FBI investigation,” Raskin said.
Comer announced at the press conference that he would go forward with efforts to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over a document that House Republicans believe shows criminal activity by Joe Biden and other members of his family.
