The whistleblower accused Joe Biden of taking a bribe from a foreigner

Joe Biden's family business is being investigated by a congressional committee. Photo: REUTERS

Two senior Republicans demand the FBI released a document in which a whistleblower claims that Joe Biden received a bribe from a foreign citizen when he was vice president.

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and James Comer, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, argue that the document "includes an accurate description of how the alleged criminal scheme was used, as well as its goals"

Congressman Comer, whose committee is investigating the Biden family's business dealings , sent a subpoena for the document.

“The information provided by the whistleblower raises concerns that then Vice President Biden was allegedly involved in a bribery scheme with a foreign national,” he said.

Mr. Comer added: “The American people need to know if President Biden sold the United States of America to earn for himself.

«Senator Grassley and I will seek the truth to hold the American people accountable.»

The document is an FBI-created «FD -1023» which allegedly contains details of the scheme, and the subpoena requires the agency to disclose all FD-1023 and accompanying documents containing the word «Biden».

Senator Grassley, a senior Republican member of the Senate Banking Committee, added: «We believe the FBI has an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations of involvement with the current president of the United States.»

“ What we What we don't know is what the FBI did to verify these allegations or investigate further.

«The FBI's recent history of failure in politically motivated investigations warrants close congressional oversight.»

Republican goal. Photo: AP.

Speaking on Fox News, Mr. Grassley added: «We really need to know what steps the DOJ and the FBI have taken to investigate and review the document to determine if this is true.» ;Accurate or not?

"And did the DOJ and FBI follow normal investigative procedures or did they allow political calculations to intervene?"

Grasley has repeatedly stated that «political bias» influenced the FBI when deciding whether and how the Biden family's overseas business dealings should be investigated.

The Biden family has been on the Republicans' radar for some time, but the main target was the President's son Hunter.

< p>Targeting the President represents a significant escalation of the campaign.

Hunter Biden's business dealings first came into the spotlight when then-President Trump pressured the Ukrainian authorities to investigate him.

>Then, in the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the contents of his laptop leaked to news outlets from a computer repair shop in Delaware.

A four-year investigation by the US Department of Justice into alleged violations of tax regulations and weapons is reportedly nearing completion.

According to According to The Washington Post, the department is expected to announce whether charges will be filed shortly.

Responding to the allegations on Twitter, White House Counsel spokesman Ian Sams dismissed the allegations as «baseless and politically motivated.»< /p>

He added: “For 5 years Republicans in Congress have been lobbying for baseless politically motivated attacks. against [President Biden] without providing evidence of their claims. Or evidence of decisions influenced by anything other than US interests"