.SpeakerMcCarthy is backing GOPoversight’s decision to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt after the agency head failed to comply with a subpoena issued against him last month.
Oversight Chairman James Comer announced on Monday he would be moving forward with contempt proceedings against Wray after the FBI director failed to provide access to a form that allegedly details a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden during the Obama administration. McCarthy backed that move, arguing the document was crucial to the committee’s work.“Everybody on that committee has a responsibility of oversight,” the speaker said.
Wray met with Comer and Rep. Jamie Raskin , the ranking member of the committee, on Monday to view the document in a secure facility. However, the FBI has yet to hand the document over to the full committee for review, prompting Comer to threaten contempt proceedings. The FBI has pushed back against the contempt proceedings, and House Democrats have decried the move as an unwarranted action. Raskin also condemned the decision, accusing Comer of “weaponizing the powers of this committee to hold Director Wray in contempt as part of MAGA Republicans’ efforts to discredit and ultimately ‘dismantle’ the FBI.”
The matter first took prominence during the 2020 election as the GOP sought to determine whether then-candidate Joe Biden benefited financially from his son’s transactions, pointing to national security concerns.
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