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- The agent, who worked for the FBI for more than two decades and retired from the bureau last year, sat for an interview with the Oversight Committee
- Agent testified that it was ‘unusual’ for him to be asked to wait outside Hunter Biden’s house for a call that never came when he tried to interview him
- When asked if he had ‘ever known U.S. Attorney David Weiss to make prosecutorial decisions based upon political influence,’ the agent said ‘no’
A former FBI supervisory special agent working on the Hunter Biden case was not allowed to interview the first son after the agency tipped off Secret Service and the Biden transition team, according to newly released transcripts.
The agent, who worked for the FBI for more than two decades and retired from the bureau last year, sat for an interview with the Oversight Committee last month.
Top Oversight Democrat Jamie Raskin had been demanding Chairman James Comer release the FBI agent’s transcript, accusing the Republican of hiding testimony that ‘undercut’ IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler’s claims.
Years into the Hunter Biden investigation, which began in 2018, the FBI decided to interview their target. The interview was to occur on December 8, 2020 – weeks after the presidential election. The FBI agent said he understood that Secret Service needed to be notified for safety reasons but said he intended to notify them at 8 a.m. the morning of the interview of their ‘intent’ to speak with Hunter.
A former FBI supervisory special agent working on the Hunter Biden case was not allowed to interview the first son after the agency tipped off Secret Service and the Biden transition team, according to newly released transcripts.
But the evening before, the FBI agent learned both Secret Service and the Biden transition team had already been notified. ‘This essentially tipped off a group of people very close to President Biden and Hunter Biden and gave this group an opportunity to obstruct the approach of the witness.’
‘I felt it was people that did not need to know about our intent,’ he said. ‘I believe that the Secret Service had to be notified for our safety, for lack of confusion, for deconfliction, which we would do in so many other cases, but I didn’t understand why the initial notification.’
The agent was then told to give his contact information to Secret Service and not to approach the house but to wait outside for a call saying Hunter was ready for the interview. The agent said that he had never recalled being told to wait for a target to call and say they were ready for an interview.
The call never came and the agent had other interviews to conduct, so he left.
As far as the Biden transition team being clued in, ‘I don’t know why that would have happened,’ the agent said.
The unusual interview attempt occurred under the Trump administration, while U.S. attorney David Weiss in Delaware was overseeing the Hunter Biden case. Weiss has since been appointed special counsel over the case, giving him greater independence from the main Department of Justice.
When asked if he had ‘ever known U.S. Attorney David Weiss to make prosecutorial decisions based upon political influence,’ the agent said ‘no.’
IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, who was working with the FBI agent on the Hunter Biden case, told Fox News earlier this month that the agent had essentially been muzzled by the DOJ ahead of his interview.
‘He was given a letter the Sunday before from DOJ basically telling him not to talk,’ Shapley said.
‘I know that he could have confirmed additional material facts on this investigation,’ he went on.
‘And he did confirm the FBI headquarters notifying the transition team and Secret Service,’ added Shapley, referring to claims that the FBI notified the Secret Service and Biden transition team that they planned to interview Hunter Biden in December 2020.
Both Biden transition team and Secret Service were notified of FBI’s intent to speak with Hunter
‘But really that was the only thing that he was able to speak about.’
The FBI and Delaware US Attorney’s Office have said they cannot share everything with Congress because there’s an ‘ongoing investigation’ – referring to the Hunter Biden plea deal blow-up last month.
Both Shapley and Ziegler explained that the IRS after its investigation of Hunter Biden’s tax affairs recommended he be charged with a felony – but the Department of Justice did not charge him with one. The pair suggested politics could have been at play.
But the FBI agent who gave testimony said he had never known anyone in the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office – which handled the case – to make decisions based on politics – and said it was ‘common’ for FBI agents and prosecutors to disagree about investigative steps and charging decisions.
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