The top Republicans on two influential Senate committees on Wednesday demanded the U.S. Justice Department and Office of the Director of National Intelligence turn over any intelligence and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act evidence they possess about three Chinese figures reportedly tied to President Biden's family.
In the letter addressed to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Attorney General Merrick Garland, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., asked for "all intelligence records" including "all FISA-derived information" related to Ye Jianming, Gongwen Dong and Chi Ping Ho.
Grassley is the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, while Johnson is the ranking member on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, one of Congress' most powerful investigative bodies.
Their letter cites reports that after Ho's arrest in 2017 for "international bribery and money laundering offenses," his "first call was reportedly to James Biden," the president's brother. Ho was eventually convicted in 2018. The letter says the president's son, Hunter Biden, "reportedly represented Patrick Ho for a period of time and received at least $1 million in payment."
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