FBI stonewalls GOP over alleged Biden bribery scheme

​The FBI has declined to provide US lawmakers with law-enforcement documents that some Republicans believe could shed light on alleged criminal business dealings involving US President Joe Biden, according to a letter by a senior agency official released on Wednesday. Last week, US House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) requested that the FBI produce unclassified records detailing a potential “criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions.” However, Christopher Dunham, acting assistant director for the FBI’s office of congressional affairs, poured cold water on this request, saying that it was “critical to the integrity of the entire criminal justice process” that the FBI avoid revealing information that could harm investigations, lead to prejudiced judicial proceedings, or create misimpressions among the public. The two GOP members blasted this response, noting that it indicated that the subpoenaed document indeed exists. The US president found himself in hot water in March after the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee claimed​