Former FBI agent Timothy Thibault refuses to cooperate with House GOP - New York Post

Disgraced erstwhile FBI cause Timothy Thibault is refusing to cooperate with GOP members of the House Judiciary Committee arsenic portion of their planned probe into the FBI’s behaviour surrounding Hunter Biden, The Post has learned.

The stonewall could acceptable up showdown should Republicans retake the House adjacent year.

In an Oct. 7 missive from his attorney, Thibault said, “Concerning the petition for an interview, due to the fact that the taxable substance pertains to delicate instrumentality enforcement accusation and/or pending investigations, our lawsuit is not successful a presumption to judge this invitation astatine this juncture.”

Thibault besides said that helium would not comply with an earlier letter sent by Republican committee members demanding helium sphere documents from his days with the FBI.

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“Our lawsuit is present retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation … As such, helium nary longer possesses an FBI laptop oregon mobile device, and helium nary longer has entree to the FBI’s records and materials,” the missive said.

Thibault is facing scrutiny from Republicans for his relation successful allegedly suppressing the FBI’s Hunter Biden probe earlier the election.

“Thibualt tin garbage to cooperate now, but can’t fell from a Congressional subpoena successful the future,” said a idiosyncratic adjacent to committee Republicans.

Post columnist Miranda Devine reported wrote past period that Thibault had been assigned arsenic the bureau “point man” to negociate Hunter Biden’s concern spouse Tony Bobulinski — whose revelations astir the archetypal son’s shady dealings went ignored by the agency.

In October 2020, Thibault ordered that a probe into Hunter Biden’s alleged “criminal fiscal and related activity” beryllium closed, an bureau whistleblower told Sen. Chuck Grassley successful July.

Thibault antecedently ordered that a probe into Hunter Biden’s alleged “criminal fiscal and related activity” beryllium closed.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the allegations against Thibault were “deeply troubling.” The agent resigned from the FBI successful August.

In a effect to Thibault sent connected Friday, apical GOP members of the committee — including Reps. Jim Jordan, Darrell Issa and Mike Johnson — called the reasons for his denials “baseless” and reiterated their intent to grill him.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the allegations against Thibault were “deeply troubling.” AP

“There is nary rationale oregon ineligible ground for your refusal to cooperate with our enquiry for the reasons articulated successful your attorney’s October 7 letter,” they wrote. “Your grounds is indispensable for our oversight, and you tin beryllium assured that Committee Republicans volition proceed to prosecute this substance into the 118th Congress.”

Thibault’s lawyer Charles Duross said it “is not the lawsuit that our lawsuit is unwilling to cooperate,” but that the erstwhile FBI cause had “continuing obligations related to his anterior work, which impacts his quality to voluntarily supply specified information.”