Playing in Joe Biden's team can be risky even for the FBI. The head of the bureau, Christopher Wray, went beyond all the deadlines set by the Republicans. Now, according to the summons to Capitol Hill, they are preparing to summon him. Instead of the most important document, which Ray refused to provide.

Republican Chairman of the Oversight Committee James Comer is confident that Form FD-1023, created in the bowels of the FBI, which became known thanks to an informant, is something like a Koshchei needle for Biden. The document, drawn up on June 30, 2020, is known to contain an accurate description of a criminal scheme involving Biden and a certain foreign citizen. The keywords are "five million dollars". However, since May 4, the FBI has been playing cat and mouse with Republicans.

It was on May 4 that Comer first requested the document. The FBI got out, replying that the bureau should protect confidentiality. After that, the oversight committee changed the parameters of the request so as not to accidentally offend someone not involved in the Bidens. However, the agents ignored the new deadline. And here is another round. Speaker Kevin McCarthy joins the scandal around the FD-1023 form for the first time.

He said he would personally bring charges of contempt of court against the FBI director if he did not provide the document.

McCarthy is trying for himself personally. He has increasingly strained relations with the most conservative wing of the Republicans. Because of the deal to increase the debt ceiling, one of the congressmen, Dan Bishop, is even ready to start the procedure of a vote of confidence in the speaker. So on this side, Biden should definitely not hope for protection. In the meantime, the circle closes.

As part of an investigation into the corruption of the "noble family" (12 members of the Biden family are suspected of suspicious transactions), Republicans have already studied the documents of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and reports on suspicious financial activity. This is how a picture of widespread corruption and influence peddling around the world unfolded.

In response, Biden began to press all the levers. The FBI's refusal to provide an official document that is not even classified is not the only stick in the wheel of the congressional investigation. An IRS whistleblower recently claimed that he was forcibly suspended from investigating possible tax violations by Hunter Biden when he revealed that the president's son was receiving benefits. As a result, the agent who had been "leading" Hunter since 2018 was simply fired. And not him alone.

The US Department of Justice then cleaned up the entire team investigating Biden Jr.'s tax returns. This was reported by another whistleblower, who last week gave detailed testimony in Congress. They were interviewed for six hours. Not only Republicans were present, but also Democrats. By the way, the left wing of Biden's party is increasingly negative towards him.

Everything is classic. The chain of offenses is twisted into a noose.

The question is who, how and for what will pull. The ends stick out in all directions. The ties of the then US vice president with Chinese business are also woven into a complex tangle of Biden's corruption. Somewhere out there, obviously, there is a clue to Biden's obsession with Ukraine.

The mechanics, by the way, are the same. First, corrupt ties, and then escalation. To hide the initial violations behind increasingly shocking events.

In general, the topic of corruption of the Biden family is becoming both a common place in the United States and one of the key topics of the election race. So presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, during the first rally in Iowa after being nominated, saying that Biden should be sent to his basement long ago, draws attention to the fact that Hunter would have been in prison long ago if he had been a Republican. DeSantis said - Trump will repeat it exactly.

Bringing Biden Sr. to impeachment, or at least Biden Jr. in the dock, are two roadmaps, based on which the main Republican politicians will move towards the 2024 elections.

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