ICYMI: Stefanik Questions FBI Director Chris Wray on If There Is An Ongoing Counterintelligence Investigation into President Trump or Biden and More

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“Director Wray, have you read Robert Hur’s special counsel report?

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Do you believe Joe Biden mishandled classified information?”

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Are you aware, and this is breaking news right now, are you aware that there is an audio recording of Joe Biden saying to his ghost writer, in February ‘I just found all the classified stuff downstairs.’ Are you aware of that audio recording?

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No, I’m asking you: Are you aware as the director of the FBI? You’re either aware or you’re not.

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Whether the audio exists of Joe Biden saying in February 2017, ‘I just found all the classified stuff downstairs,’ to his ghostwriter.

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It sounds like you might be aware of it then. In front of this very committee, in an open session, your predecessor Jim Comey testified that he did not follow the proper protocol regarding the notification of Congress of the opening of the crossfire hurricane that will be the counterintelligence investigation into President Trump in 2016. To address this illegal abuse of power by the FBI, this committee included direction to the FBI in the IAA requiring notification to Congressional leadership of any counterintel investigation into a federal candidate for office. Is there any counterintelligence investigation into either Joe Biden or Donald Trump?

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That is not a question about the Special Counsel. That is a requirement of the IAA of the FBI. Is there a counterintelligence investigation into either Joe Biden or Donald Trump?

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Is there a counterintelligence investigation?

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Are you aware that you’re required by the IAA to notify Congress of any counterintelligence investigation?

Have you already complied with the law? Has there been a notification?

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You believe you have been or has there been a notification to Congress of any counterintelligence investigation of a federal candidate?

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Has there been a counter-intel assessment conducted on either President Biden or President Trump?

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How about on an immediate family member and by that I mean spouses or children of either President Biden or President Trump?

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So you will confirm in a classified setting when we ask you this question of whether there is a counterintelligence investigation because you are aware that according to the IAA, you were required by law to notify Congress of any counterintelligence investigation, not just for Presidential candidates but any federal candidate?

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So you will answer this in a classified hearing later today?

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And what’s your understanding of the law?

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But specifically the notification of Congress of the counter-intel investigation on to a federal candidate, how do you, what is your understanding of the law?

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Is your assessment that you’re required to notify Congress of any counter-intel investigation into any federal candidate?

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You’re the director of the FBI. They report to you. What is your understanding of the requirement in the IAA?

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I want to turn to the search warrants and the search in one case of Mar-a-Lago, an unprecedented raid and a search working with Joe Biden’s legal team. Were you or your staff, did you have any communication about either the execution of the search warrant on Mar-a-Lago or the search of documents working with Joe Biden's lawyer? Was there any communication with Joe Biden of you or your team?

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With any White House staff? By you or a personnel at the FBI.

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With the White House staff about the execution of the search warrant on Mar-a-Lago or the search working with Joe Biden’s lawyers of classified information.

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What about the attorney general?

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No, was there any communication with your staff with the attorney general or you regarding the execution of the search warrant or the search of Joe Biden’s classified documents?

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I'm asking if you communicated? With the attorney general prior or after the execution of the search warrant on Mar-a-Lago

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And my last question is do you think it is a national security threat to have a federal campaign account on TikTok?

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So you don’t think it's a national security threat?

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As the Director of the FBI. I agree with you that TikTok is a national security threat. I think it’s a national security threat to have campaign accounts on TikTok. You cannot say here today that you think that’s a national security threat?

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Well we have a disagreement. I think it's a national security threat to have a presidential campaign on TikTok.”

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