FBI informant charged with giving false information about Hunter Biden in 2020 - 1010 WCSI

Feb 16, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

11% Positive

  •   Conservative
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"We will continue to follow the facts to propose legislation to reform federal ethics laws and to determine whether articles of impeachment are warranted."
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-2% Liberal
"The Biden administration must show its work."
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18% Conservative
"Comer said the bureau informed him that the source was credible and trusted, had worked with the FBI for over a decade, and have been paid six figures."
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10% Conservative
"Grassley has sought to ensure the DOJ and FBI investigated the FD-1023."
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6% Conservative
"CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPGrassley's spokesperson told Fox News Digital that after withholding information from Congress and the American people, and hiding behind the guise of protecting 'sources and methods,' the Department of Justice has now exposed their own source."
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4% Conservative
"House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley were approached by a whistleblower last summer who alleged that the FBI was in possession of a document -- an FD-1023 form, dated June 30, 2020 -- which explicitly detailed information provided by a confidential human source alleging Biden, while serving as vice president, was involved in a multi-million-dollar scheme with a foreign national in exchange for influence over policy decisions."
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0% Conservative
"House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley were approached by a whistleblower last summer who alleged that the FBI was in possession of a document -- an FD-1023 form, dated June 30, 2020 -- which explicitly detailed information provided by a confidential human source alleging Biden, while serving as vice president, was involved in a multi-million-dollar scheme with a foreign national in exchange for influence over policy decisions."
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0% Conservative
"House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley were approached by a whistleblower last summer who alleged that the FBI was in possession of a document -- an FD-1023 form, dated June 30, 2020 -- which explicitly detailed information provided by a confidential human source alleging Biden, while serving as vice president, was involved in a multi-million-dollar scheme with a foreign national in exchange for influence over policy decisions."
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0% Conservative
"But, when presented with information from a source the agency so trusted, the FBI - as exposed by Senator Grassley - sat on the document for years, without performing due diligence."
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2% Conservative
"Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Grassley told Fox News Digital that the indictment confirms several points Senator Grassley has made repeatedly."
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0% Conservative
"Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Grassley told Fox News Digital that the indictment confirms several points Senator Grassley has made repeatedly."
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0% Conservative
"The FBI had this form for years and it appears they did nothing to verify the troubling claims contained within the record until Congress became aware of and demanded access to them, Comer said."
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-6% Liberal
"The impeachment inquiry, he said, is based on a large record of evidence, including bank records and witness testimony, revealing that Joe Biden knew of and participated in his family's business dealings.Just this week, we had another witness confirm Joe Biden was the brand being sold by the Bidens around the world."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"The impeachment inquiry, he said, is based on a large record of evidence, including bank records and witness testimony, revealing that Joe Biden knew of and participated in his family's business dealings.Just this week, we had another witness confirm Joe Biden was the brand being sold by the Bidens around the world."
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-12% Liberal
"Special Counsel David Weiss has charged an FBI informant with giving false information after he alleged that Joe Biden and Hunter Biden were paid millions in exchange for their help firing the Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings, according to court documents unsealed Thursday."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"During this meeting, the indictment alleges that Smirnov said the executives paid $5 million to each of the Bidens while Joe Biden was still in office."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Today's indictment makes clear that, without Senator Grassley's oversight and exposure of the FD-1023, the agency would have continued neglecting its duties and failing to provide the transparency the American people deserve, the spokesperson said."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The informant behind the FD-1023 was, indeed, a long-serving, trusted FBI source used by the agency for criminal investigations since the Obama administration."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Comer said Thursday that FBI Director Christopher Wray refused a request from him and Grassley last summer for the public release of the form because the bureau claimed it would jeopardize the safety of a confidential human source who they claimed was invaluable to the FBI."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Comer said Thursday that FBI Director Christopher Wray refused a request from him and Grassley last summer for the public release of the form because the bureau claimed it would jeopardize the safety of a confidential human source who they claimed was invaluable to the FBI."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Comer said Thursday that FBI Director Christopher Wray refused a request from him and Grassley last summer for the public release of the form because the bureau claimed it would jeopardize the safety of a confidential human source who they claimed was invaluable to the FBI."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Comer said the FBI's FD-1023 form is not being used in an impeachment inquiry against the president."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"The indictment alleges that Smirnov transformed his routine and unextraordinary business contacts with Burisma in 2017 and later bribery allegations against Joe Biden after expressing bias against him and his presidential candidacy."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Prosecutors say Smirnov did have contact with Burisma executives in 2017, but when Joe Biden was out of public office and had no ability to influence U.S. policy and after the Ukrainian Prosecutor General had been fired in February 2016."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"President Biden continues to lie to the American people about this matter and the American people demand the truth and accountability for any wrongdoing."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"The spokesperson added: It's clear that only after Senator Grassley made the FD-1023 public did the FBI investigate the allegations in the document."
Negative
-38% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : We will continue to follow the facts to propose legislation to reform federal ethics laws and to determine whether articles of impeachment are warranted.

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