'They Will Be Vindicated': Former Congressional Investigator BLASTS FBI Director Wray Over His Lawless Conduct Towards Congress

Robert "Bobby" Charles, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs under President George W. Bush and congressional legal investigator, decried the Federal Bureau of Investigation's failure to cooperate with Congress by refusing to hand over a subpoenaed unclassified memo purporting to detail a bribery scheme involving then Vice President Joe Biden, according to Just the News. 

Mr. Charles told the news outlet that "[t]here's no excuse, in my view, for a director of the FBI not to produce a document that Congress has a constitutional and statutory right to, at a time when it is material to a potential criminal investigation of an administration and of a president and a former vice president."

"This [the congressional demand for the document in question] is a subpoena that the Congress in its oversight capacity and legislating capacity has every right to see," Mr. Charles explained. "I think in the courts--and I was a Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals clerk--I think they will be vindicated. I think Congress, if they seek the enforcement of this subpoena, will be vindicated."

 
The man behind the congressional attempt to obtain the memo is Representative James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee. Chairman Comer announced on Twitter on Wednesday that "The FBI confirmed today that the FD-1023 form alleging then-VP Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme exists. Now, the Swamp is making moves to protect their own. I’m drafting legislation to hold FBI Director Wray in contempt of Congress."
 

The FBI confirmed today that the FD-1023 form alleging then-VP Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme exists.

Now, the Swamp is making moves to protect their own.

I’m drafting legislation to hold FBI Director Wray in contempt of Congress.

📺🚨Tonight. @seanhannity. 9:20pm pic.twitter.com/xNv8W4rIlG

— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) June 1, 2023

His statement can be taken as evidence of the Bureau's continued resistance to hand over the document and Director Wray's decision to defy a lawful subpoena. According to the Oversight Committee, Wray tried to placate Congress without producing the memo for full congressional review. Wray's scheme was to allow "this unclassified record to be reviewed at the FBI but hasn’t produced it to committee." 
 

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

FBI Director Wray has confirmed the existence of the FD-1023 form alleging then-Vice President Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national.

He’s allowing this unclassified record to be reviewed at the FBI but hasn’t produced it to…

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) May 31, 2023

Wray's stance would still be at odds with the subpoena which requires him to produce the document to the committee for their investigatory purposes.