In an influence peddling scheme. Its a stunning allegation that raises a number of questions. Who is the whistleblower making this claim . Is that person credible . And what are authorities doing about it . The white house says the president has an unprecedented level of transparency and calls this a political attack. Senior National Correspondent rich edson is here with our top story. Good evening, rich. Rich good evening, bret. House Oversight Committee chairman james comer claims the fbi likely has a document describing this alleged Criminal Activity involving then Vice President joe biden. Comer has issued a subpoena for the purported document. He and senator Chuck Grassley have been investigating the biden family and their business conduct. They sent a letter this afternoon to attorney general Merrick Garland and fbi director chris wray claiming, quote a highly credible whistleblower maintains the Justice Department and fbi likely have a form that, quote describes an alleged Crimi
in an influence peddling scheme. it s a stunning allegation that raises a number of questions. who is the whistleblower making this claim? is that person credible? and what are authorities doing about it? the white house says the president has an unprecedented level of transparency and calls this a political attack. senior national correspondent rich edson is here with our top story. good evening, rich. rich: good evening, bret. house oversight committee chairman james comer claims the fbi likely has a document describing this alleged criminal activity involving then vice president joe biden. comer has issued a subpoena for the purported document. he and senator chuck grassley have been investigating the biden family and their business conduct. they sent a letter this afternoon to attorney general merrick garland and fbi director chris wray claiming, quote: a highly credible whistleblower maintains the justice department and fbi likely have a form that, quote: describes an
bret: yeah. and we will continue to follow it and look for the facts as they come. i want to turn to the economy. the federal reserve raising key interest rate by .25. here is the chairman jerome powell. the case of avoiding a recession is in my view more likely than that of having a recession. but it s not that the case of having a recession is i don t rule that out, either. it s possible that we ll have, what i would hope, would be a mild recession. bret: you always have to read between the tea leaves there when the fed chair talks, morgan. but, there s at least a chance of a recession here and some pumpy winds ahead. gold man sak s 65% of the economists they spoke to in their poll did predict a a recession. we will see. it s important to remember why we are in this situation today. why jerome powell is having to raise the interest rate by another 25 bases points and that s because of the