House Oversight chair unveils resolution to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress
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Washington — GOP Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, is pushing forward with an effort to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for failing to hand over a document detailing unconfirmed allegations of a bribery scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.
Comer unveiled a resolution Wednesday to hold Wray in contempt, as well as a 17-page report detailing the committee's pursuit of the FBI document, known as a FD-1023 form. FD-1023 forms are used by the FBI to document unverified reporting from a confidential human source. Comer's committee subpoenaed the FBI to produce the document in May.
FBI officials visited the Capitol on Monday and allowed Comer and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, to review the partially redacted form. Comer said that step did not go far enough, and in a statement Wednesday again demanded that Wray "produce the unclassified FD-1023 record to the custody of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability" in order to comply with the subpoena.
