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.
“Consistent with longstanding practice, this will afford the Department the full opportunity to consider particular questions and possible accommodations that may fulfill the Committee’s legitimate need for information while protecting Executive Branch confidentiality interests.”
The FBI agent proceeded to confirm key details of the probe that were previously shared by two IRS agents — including that Hunter’s legal team was tipped off about a planned approach to interview him in December 2020 about his failure to pay millions in taxes on foreign income, spoiling the opportunity.
……The president’s son avoided both potential money laundering charges and counts for allegedly violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act in his plea deal — despite FARA charges being leveled this month against another US citizen, Gal Luft, who earned less money than the first son while representing the same Chinese energy company.
It’s unclear what, if anything, Weiss is still investigating, though the description of his work as “ongoing” has been applied to an FBI informant’s tipoff that a Ukrainian businessman claimed he paid $10 million in bribes to Joe and Hunter Biden during the Obama administration.
They don’t want FBI employees telling Congressional Committees anything about what they’ve seen or heard while on the FBI payroll. Meanwhile, DOJ is putting Trump’s former White House staff members before grand juries and demanding that they tell everything they know. More proof that the Swamp agencies are covering for the Bidens and engaged in political persecution of Biden’s opponents.