FBI Director Faces Intense Grilling From GOP Lawmakers Denouncing ‘Politicized’ Agency and Hunter Biden ‘Shakedown’ of Chinese Associate

Under a harsh spotlight, Wray strenuously denies he is protecting the Biden family.

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The FBI director, Christopher Wray, is sworn in before testifying at a House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill. AP/Patrick Semansky

House Republicans spent hours on Wednesday grilling the FBI director, Christopher Wray, for what they say are clear demonstrations of political bias and violations of Americans’ civil liberties by the storied agency. They also lambasted the director for what one lawmaker called his “suspiciously incurious” reaction to the various allegations against President Biden’s troubled son, Hunter.

The House Judiciary Committee, which hosted the event and is led by a combative congressman, Jim Jordan, has spent months attacking the FBI and other federal agencies for “interference” that allegedly affected the investigation of alleged financial misconduct and self-dealing by Hunter Biden and the Biden family. Mr. Jordan’s committee, as well as his subcommittee on the “weaponization” of the federal government, has also gone after what it calls broader abuses of power and persecution of conservatives by the FBI.

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