FBI Director Dodges Questions on Biden Probes as House Plans Impeachment Vote

Published on December 6, 2023

FBI Director Christopher Wray infuriated Republican senators on Dec. 5 as he repeatedly evaded their questions on the FBI’s handling of internal investigations of President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, the director was peppered with questions about how those investigations were conducted and whether politics had influenced the process. “The FBI—do they make a routine practice of allowing partisan political optics to prevent investigating serious evidence of corruption?” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) asked during one particularly fiery exchange. Mr. Wray replied: “My instructions to our people on this and every other investigation are that we are to follow the facts, wherever they lead, no matter who likes it, no matter what political influence that may be out there.”...

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