While being questioned by Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) during a Senate Judiciary Hearing, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate admitted the federal agency redacted information relating to the alleged bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, and a Burisma executive in order to “protect” the first family.
While the FBI and DOJ launched a politically motivated attack on Trump, they refused to prosecute Hillary for deleting classified emails and have ignored Biden’s alleged bribery scheme.
If they can come for President Trump, they can come for you too. Two tiers of justice. pic.twitter.com/Ql7anEARwk
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) June 13, 2023
On Monday, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in a senate speech that he had seen the redacted document, FD-1023, which revealed that the Burisma executive accused of bribing President Biden and his son possessed 17 audio recordings of phone conversations with them.
“These recordings were allegedly kept as a sort of insurance policy for the foreign national in case he got into a tight spot,” Grassley explained.
Citing the information from Grassley during her questioning, Blackburn asked Abbate why the agency redacted the document.
Abbate said, “We often redact documents to protect sources and methods…the document was redacted.”
Blackburn stated, “These actions have only confirmed everyday Americans’ worst suspicions, especially considering that the FBI has refused to hold the Democratic elite to the same standard.”
She added, “When Hillary Clinton mishandled classified information, wiped her personal email server with a tool called BleachBit, and literally had her phone destroyed with a hammer, the FBI did nothing. When President Biden mishandled classified documents, the FBI did not raid his home like they did for President Trump.”
“Now that the Biden family has been implicated in a far-reaching bribery scheme with a foreign nation, this administration has resorted to its old playbook: distract and deflect. Well, the American people will not be distracted from the left’s weaponization of our government or President Biden’s two-tiered system of justice,” Blackburn continued.
Blackburn said by asserting that there is a “two-tiered system of justice” under the Biden administration, adding, “The American people know that, if they aren’t loyal to Washington’s liberal political elite or if their last name doesn’t happen to be Biden or Clinton, they are at risk of being targeted.”
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
