about the conduct of both the Department of Justice and the FBI particularly in the last three years during the Biden Administration I think the Department of Justice has been profoundly politicized under attorney general Merrick Garland and I think the FBI has as well and unfortunately I think you've been unwilling to stand up to senior career officials in the FBI who's allowed the FBI to be politicized I'll tell you I regularly speak with FBI agents across the country who are unhappy about the Integrity of the institution being weakened because doj as being treated as a political weapon I want to talk in particular about the investigation into multiple allegations of corruption concerning Hunter Biden and Joe Biden because the Department of Justice has I think from the outset tried at every step to stop investigation into corruption from Joe Biden as you're aware a WhatsApp text message was sent to Henry Zhao a senior Chinese Communist from Hunter Biden that reads as follows I sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand and now means tonight and Z if I get a call or text from from anyone involved in this other than you Zang or the chairman I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father now Democrats and those in the media trying to defend the White House repeatedly say there is no direct evidence of Joe Biden's involvement in his son's corruption well this is a text that is direct evidence that is stating that it is his father that is going to retaliate now an IRS whistleblower Gary shapley testified before the House of Representatives that the natural step he wanted to follow was to determine whether Joe Biden was in fact sitting next to his father when this threat was made to extort millions of dollars from a Chinese Communist and what the IRS whistleblower testified is that when he tried to find out whether Joe Biden was sitting next to Hunter that the doj blocked getting the GPS data on Joe Biden's phone did the FBI try to ascertain where Hunter Biden was and where Joe Biden was when this text was sent well I think the questions you're asking uh go to the ongoing investigation being led by special counsel Weiss and so I'm not going to be able to discuss what is or isn't in so look there's been testimony under oath from the IRS whistleblower that you did not seek the GPS data and you're right David Weiss the special prosecutor is in charge of it and it is David Weiss and his underlings who the according to the IRS whistleblowers have alleged that they're the ones trying to stop the investigation they allow the statute of limitations to run on many of the most serious violations not only that IR whistleblower shapley testified that on September 3rd assistant us attorney lesle wolf explicitly told investigators that despite having probable cause to search quote there is no way a search warrant would be approved when the evidence in question was located inside of Vice President Biden's Guest House wolf stated that quote the Optics prevented such a search is the FBI do they make a routine practice of allowing partisan political Optics to prevent investigating serious evidence of corruption my instructions to our people on this and on every other investigation are that we are to follow the facts wherever they lead no matter who likes it no matter what political influence then why get the GPS data on where Hunter Biden and Joe Biden were again Senator with respect I can't discuss an ongoing investigation and director Ray you and I have gone round and round on this because I understand anytime you're asked about this the answer is it's an ongoing investigation of course the investigation isn't ongoing you're not doing the work you got whistleblowers pointing out that you're not doing the work and you are hiding behind the skirts of the Attorney General look The Whistleblower also testified that the Attorney General when he came before Congress go to the next chart came before Congress lied under oath to this committee the Attorney General testified to this Committee in response to my questioning I have pledge not to interfere with the hunter Biden investigation I have carried through on that pledge the IRS whistleblower of alleged the Attorney General lied under oath a felony was the Attorney General telling the truth when he said this do we have the chart we don't have the chart was the Attorney General telling the truth when he said I have pledge not to interfere with the hunter Biden investigation and I have carried through on my pledge again I I can't speak to the attorney general's testimony I can only tell you what my instructions have been to our people has there been political interference in the investigation into Hunter Biden and Joe Biden not that I have experienced were the investigators allowed to investigate whether Joe Biden was complicit in the corruption again there is an ongoing investigation I'm asking you about corruption from doj were they allowed to investigate Joe Biden or is The Whistleblower telling the truth that doj said Joe Biden's off limits no questions about the big guy and as to what is in scope or not in scope scope of the ongoing investigation I would refer you to special counsel Whit that is not me hiding behind anything Senator that is a long-standing policy that has been in place through multiple administrations respons years responsibility to the FBI not to allow it to be a partisan tool a a a and a partisan weapon the testimony and by the way the FBI's done nothing and I have not and I will not have you opened an investigation into whether the attorney en lied under oath to Congress and whether the Attorney General obstructed Justice I'm not going to go down that road here I I know you're not that's the point nobody thinks you've opened an investigation because you're not willing to and the amazing thing is director Ray I've known you 30 years you're not a part ofan Democrat You're simply sitting blly by while career partisans in your agency allow it to be weaponized and you were damaging the FBI and you were damaging the Department of Justice let me ask you also The Whistleblower testified that investigators wanted to execute a search warrant on a storage unit used by Hunter Biden and instead they tipped off Hunter Biden's lawyer before the search warrant was carried out is it typical FBI practice to tip off the subject of a search warrant before the search warrant so they can remove any evidence that's incriminating what is typical is that when you're dealing with an individual who has a protective detail uh it is typical for agents to be in contact with detail does the protective detail guard the the storage unit again I can't speak to the storage unit specifically what I can tell you is that when it comes to why would the FBI tip off the subject of a search warrant about the storage unit that was going to be searched beforehand does that not undermine the very essence of an investigation that doj is purporting to undertake again I'm not going to be able to discuss specific investigative steps that we if you're not nobody answers these questions and it's why people are furious with the coverup because you don't believe the FBI is accountable to Congress or to the American people your time is up director Ray has requested a five minute recess five minutes I'll just let me just Senator if I might just quickly respond and then respond go to the break thank you I understand why this is frustrating I do but it is also the case that these policies that I am referring to about my inability to discuss ongoing investigations and certainly internal deliberations related to ongoing investigations are policies that have not only been in place for many many years through multiple administrations of both parties but but in fact these were policies that were actually strengthened under the last Administration and that my predecessor was faulted in a fairly scathing Inspector General report for not following it so I keep that in my mind you have an obligation to call it out engaged in this job thank have an obligation to call out corruption