DOJ being evasive on whether FISA was used in Hunter Biden related investigation

 Washington Examiner:

Senate Republicans believe Attorney General Merrick Garland is misleading them about whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was used against Hunter Biden’s convicted Chinese business associate Patrick Ho.

Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin have repeatedly asked the Justice Department and intelligence community to hand over to Congress any and all intelligence records tied to Chinese government-connected foreign nationals who had business dealings with Hunter Biden, and they say the DOJ is giving them the run-around.

“Based on the extensive relationships between and among Hunter Biden and individuals connected to the communist Chinese regime, our letter requested ‘all intelligence records, including but not limited to, all Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act-derived information’ relating to Patrick Ho and other individuals, including Gongwen Dong,” Johnson and Grassley told Garland in a Tuesday letter. “Our request was based, in part, on reporting and a federal court filing by the Department that said it had obtained at least one Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant relating to Patrick Ho, indicating his potential counterintelligence threat to the United States.”

Concerns about President Joe Biden’s son gained broader attention last year after multiple outlets reported that he is being federally investigated in connection with his taxes and potentially related to his overseas business with China and other countries. Grassley sent a March letter to Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines asking for answers about Hunter Biden’s financial ties to Chinese businessmen, and they say DOJ is not being forthcoming.

When Ho, one of Chinese energy tycoon Ye Jianming’s lieutenants, was charged by DOJ in 2017, the first call he reportedly made after his arrest was to Joe Biden’s brother, James, who has said he thought the call was meant for Hunter Biden . Ho was indicted and convicted under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for his role in a global money laundering and bribery scheme aimed at government officials in Africa. The Justice Department also accused Ho of helping with Iranian sanctions evasion and working to use the Chinese company’s connections to sell weaponry to Chad, Libya, and Qatar. Ho was sentenced to three years in prison in March 2019 and was deported to Hong Kong in June.

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This looks like more evidence of a politicized DOJ trying to cover up the conduct of the Biden family.  When you consider that the FBI just raided Project Veritas over an alleged diary of Biden's daughter that suggested inappropriate conduct by the President they are starting to look like a Biden protection racket.  Garland is also looking like one of the most politicized AG in recent memory.

See, also:

DOJ Inspector General Says Department Must Address Concerns About Politicization

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