Ted Cruz accuses FBI deputy director of 'covering up' details of alleged of $5M Biden bribery scheme

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Ted Cruz urges FBI to turn over potential evidence Joe Biden was involved in $5M Ukrainian bribery scheme

Sen Ted Cruz questioned FBI deputy director Paul Abbate June 13 at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, slammed the FBI for refusing to answer questions regarding their possession of evidence relating to an alleged multi-million dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden.

Fox News Digital recently learned that in 2020, the FBI was reportedly informed that then-Vice President Biden was allegedly paid $5 million by an executive of the Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, where his son Hunter Biden sat on the board.

During the Senate Judiciary hearing Tuesday, Cruz pressed FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate on whether the bureau is currently in possession of the report on the Biden family bribery allegations, if they investigated the allegations, and whether they would provide the Senate with the requested recordings and documents to verify their credibility, but Abbate refused to comment.

"I'm just not gonna comment on information we've received, investigations…this is an area I'm not going to get into," Abbate told Cruz when asked about the bribery allegation.

JOE BIDEN ALLEGEDLY PAID $5M BY BURISMA EXECUTIVE AS PART OF A BRIBERY SCHEME, ACCORDING TO FBI DOCUMENT

President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, step off Air Force One, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Cruz slammed the director for avoiding the question, accusing the FBI of "stonewalling and covering up serious allegations of evidence of corruption from the president."

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The FBI is reportedly in possession of a FD-1023 form - the FBI's interview with a "highly credible" confidential source on the alleged meetings with a top Burisma executive - according to sources familiar with the document. There are also reportedly 17 voice recordings between the Burisma informant and Joe and Hunter Biden. 

Sen Ted Cruz grills FBI deputy director in a senate hearing (Screenshot/Judiciary committee)

When asked if the FBI would be willing to provide the Senate committee with the FD-1023, as well as 17 voice recordings, Abbate again said he would not be commenting.

"This is why you are damaging the institution," Cruz said. "The American people have a right to know whether there is serious credible evidence the president of the United States took a $5 million bribery."

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"The Democrats don't want a hearing on these allegations. And to be clear, if the allegations are false, do you wanna know who can disprove them, Joe Biden," Cruz said Tuesday.

Fox News' Brooke Singman contributed to this report.