

Trump's former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, previously claimed that Joe Biden assisted his son with his business dealings in Ukraine-an allegation the president has denied. He also said the FBI form "indicates that then-Vice President Joe Biden may have been involved in Burisma employing Hunter Biden." Grassley said the document noted the confidential human source as saying the recordings "were allegedly kept as a sort of insurance policy for the foreign national in case he got into a tight spot." According to the 1023, the foreign national possesses two audio recordings of phone calls between him and then-Vice President Joe Biden." He continued: "According to the 1023, the foreign national possesses 15 audio recordings of phone calls between him and Hunter Biden. Grassley said while speaking to the Senate that the FD-1023 document he had read showed "the foreign national who allegedly bribed Joe and Hunter Biden allegedly has audio recordings of his conversations with them-17 such recordings." attorney appointed by former President Donald Trump had reviewed the allegations against the Bidens in 2020, but had found the claims to be unsubstantiated. NBC News reported on June 2, citing a senior law enforcement source, that the FBI and a U.S. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, along with Grassley, subpoenaed the FBI for access to the FD-1023 form in May, and House members were finally able to view the document behind closed doors last week.

Grassley claimed an FBI source had revealed a Burisma executive made recordings of phone calls with Joe and Hunter Biden.

Capitol Building, on March 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Chuck Grassley speaks with reporters outside of the Senate Chambers in the U.S. Hunter Biden denies any wrongdoing.Īsked about the allegations in a press conference on Thursday, Joe Biden said: "Where's the money? I'm joking. It has been claimed that Biden pushed for Ukraine's top prosecutor at the time to be fired in order to protect his son, Hunter Biden, who sat on the Burisma board between 20. House Republicans are investigating accusations of bribery and corruption on the part of Joe Biden during his time as vice president. While he did not say that the FD-1023 form disclosed any of the supposed conversations between the president, his son and the Burisma official, the senior Republican senator for Iowa claimed it said there were 17 such recordings in the executive's possession. In a Senate floor speech on Monday, Chuck Grassley said an FBI document that he had seen, detailing unverified claims of a confidential source, revealed that a Ukrainian gas company executive who allegedly bribed President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden made audio tapes of phone conversations with them.
