Say what you want about Sen. Ted Cruz, but the man is a star at cross-examination. It really is something to watch him go into beast mode on someone, as he did Tuesday with FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate. Abbate refused to answer if the FBI is in possession of a form FD-1023 alleging that Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe from a Burisma executive. Abbate also refused to say if the FBI is in possession of 17 audio recordings made by that executive with Hunter Biden and Joe Biden. Cruz said that's why the FBI has no credibility anymore and accused Abbate of stonewalling, which he denied.
Here's the exchange:
Heated Exchange During Judiciary Committee Hearing Between Senator Ted Cruz And FBI Deputy Director Abbate Over The Biden 1023
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Senator @tedcruz: “Last month, a whistleblower brought to light the existence in the FBI of a report, an FD-1023 in which the informant alleges that… pic.twitter.com/rVubCEtQuk
Heated Exchange During Judiciary Committee Hearing Between Senator Ted Cruz And FBI Deputy Director Abbate Over The Biden 1023
Senator @tedcruz: “Last month, a whistleblower brought to light the existence in the FBI of a report, an FD-1023 in which the informant alleges that President Biden and his family members engaged in a $5 Million bribery scheme during his time as VP. Deputy Director Abbate, is it true that the FBI has a report making those allegations?"
Deputy Director Abbate: "I'm not going to comment on that, Senator."
Cruz: "And why is that?"
Abbate: "I'm just not going to comment on information we've received investigations or other matters."
Cruz: "You don't owe the American people an obligation to be candid about evidence of corruption by the President of the United States?"
Abbate: "This is an area that I'm not going to get into with you, Senator."
Cruz: "Well I understand you don't want to, and that's why people are mad at the FBI. Because you are stonewalling and covering up serious allegations of evidence of corruption from the President."
How long does the FBI figure it can cover for Biden with the revelation that there are audio recordings of the president backing up the bribery claim? We're sure Biden will call the recordings "malarkey" as well, but we bet their reveal put a dent in his Pride Month celebrations.
"The FBI is stonewalling!"
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) June 13, 2023
FBI Deputy Director Refuses To Answer Whether There Are 17 Recording Of Joe & Hunter Biden
Sen. Cruz: "If the allegations are false, you know who could disprove them? Joe Biden. He could call for this to be released publicly." https://t.co/e7Nd0xDo9i pic.twitter.com/b5e4seIhWc
Come on, Biden … if it's malarkey, call them out.
Senator @tedcruz: "You are sitting there happily erecting a wall to protect Joe Biden!" pic.twitter.com/EjRJG6WfbW
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) June 13, 2023
Senator @tedcruz: "Did you investigate in any way shape or form these allegations?"
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) June 13, 2023
FBI Deputy Director Abbate refuses to answer.
Cruz: "So you're not going to say whether you did your job?"
Abbate: "We do our job to the very best of our ability."
Cruz: "Well not here! You're… pic.twitter.com/AA38dKbvcu
"We do our job to the very best of our ability." So he's not just stonewalling but lying … either that, or they just suck at their jobs.
The FBI is not in the Constitution. Congress created it and can reorganize or even abolish it. Congress needs to reassert their authority.
— NetRaider (@netraider) June 13, 2023
This whole administration can’t answer, won’t answer, don’t have the documents, don’t have the data. They all should be fired on the spot. Unethical embarrassment
— SudosMom (@SudosMom) June 13, 2023
This reveals the impotence of the legislature facing executive branch intransigence. If that persists we are in a dictatorship.
— David Condon (@ucanreadgood) June 13, 2023
The intelligence community did all it could to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story, and now it's doing the same thing with the Biden corruption charges. Whoever wins in 2024 (please don't let it be Biden) needs to clean house starting on Day 1.
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