{"id":10700,"date":"2023-10-26T13:58:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/26\/ex-us-attorney-tasked-with-investigating-biden-ukraine-information-was-limited-by-doj-transcript\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:58:40","slug":"ex-us-attorney-tasked-with-investigating-biden-ukraine-information-was-limited-by-doj-transcript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/26\/ex-us-attorney-tasked-with-investigating-biden-ukraine-information-was-limited-by-doj-transcript\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-US attorney tasked with investigating Biden-Ukraine information was \u2018limited\u2019 by DOJ: Transcript"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX<\/strong>: The Justice Department \u2018limited\u2019 a former U.S. attorney\u2019s 2020 investigation into Biden family business dealings in Ukraine, according to testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

Former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott Brady appeared for a transcribed interview behind closed doors at the House Judiciary Committee this week, Fox News Digital has learned.<\/p>\n

Brady was tasked in 2020 by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to run an assessment investigating information brought to the Justice Department related to Ukraine. Some of that information was brought to the DOJ by former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani related to Hunter Biden\u2019s business dealings in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Brady told House investigators that his review of that material was limited to accepting information from any member of the public, and vetting the information through open-source databases, publicly available resources and pre-existing FBI records.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was limited by both the scope of what we were to look at and the tools that were available to us,\u2019 Brady said. \u2018It was really a vetting to assess credibility. It was not to make determinations about whether there was evidence sufficient to open criminal investigations, anything like that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital first reported that Brady\u2019s investigative work was limited and lacked subpoena power since they had no authorization for a grand jury. That information was revealed in a letter Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland which was exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Brady stressed that he did not have tools that \u2018could compel testimony or the production of documents.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Witnesses, bank records, emails, we weren\u2019t able to access any of those kinds of things or compel them from third-parties,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was really to say, yes, we believe that this, again, as I said, is credibility, has indicia of credibility, and then pass it on to one of the offices with the predicated jury investigation,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Brady told House investigators the same, while noting that he would pass credible information along to other U.S. Attorneys Offices that had relevant, existing investigations.<\/p>\n

Brady said he provided briefings to U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss \u2014 now a special counsel \u2014 who has been investigating Hunter Biden since 2018. He also briefed the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Brady said that special agents from the FBI\u2019s Baltimore Field Office were present for the briefing provided to Weiss.<\/p>\n

But Brady said after he gave the briefings, his team was not involved.<\/p>\n

\u2018We had no visibility into what they did with that after we gave our briefings,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

During Brady\u2019s assessment of Ukraine information, a 2017 FD-1023 was discovered referencing Hunter Biden\u2019s role on the board of Burisma. A re-interview of the confidential human source was requested, and later completed in June 2020.<\/p>\n

\u2018A confidential human source in a previous 1023 had identified an interaction with a Ukrainian national who discussed\u2014it wasn\u2019t the focus of that 1023 form several years prior but had made reference to Hunter Biden serving on the board of Burisma,\u2019 Brady explained. \u2018At my direction, we asked the FBI to re-interview the CHS.\u2019<\/p>\n

That FD-1023 alleges a criminal bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, and the founder and CEO of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, Mykola Zlochevsky.<\/p>\n

Brady told House Judiciary Committee investigators that he had determined that source to be highly credible and worked with the FBI in other investigations dating back to the Obama administration. Fox News Digital first reported that earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Brady also told investigators that Giuliani was not the source for details included in the FD-1023 in question.<\/p>\n

That FD-1023 is currently in the hands of Weiss, whose investigation is ongoing. Brady told investigators that his office corroborated information, by obtaining the source\u2019s travel records which matched the dates of the foreign meeting. contained in the FD-1023 before sharing it with Weiss.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Brady said that even \u2018simple\u2019 requests to the FBI and DOJ, like \u2018extending the assessment,\u2019 required a renewal every 30 days. Brady said it required \u201917 different people, including mostly at the headquarters level to sign off on it before the assessment could be extended.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We were told by the special agents that they had to go pens down sometimes for 2 or 3 weeks at a time before they could re-engage and take additional steps because they were still waiting on, again, someone within the 17 chain signify to approve,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

When asked if he had ever seen a \u201917-person signoff required by the FBI,\u2019 Brady replied: \u2018Never in my career.\u2019<\/p>\n

Brady testified about a September 2020 report he sent to the Justice Department about his findings, which Fox News Digital first reported earlier Wednesday. In that report, Brady recommended further investigative steps be taken related to the findings, including on the FD-1023.<\/p>\n

Brady then told investigators he briefed U.S. attorneys at SDNY, EDNY and Delaware in October 2020.<\/p>\n

Brady\u2019s interview comes as part of the House Judiciary Committee\u2019s investigation into the alleged politicization of the Justice Department and FBI, and on whether politics influenced the federal investigation\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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