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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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John Bowden

UNCOVERED: Fbi secretly recorded joe biden s brother decades ago - The Untold Story

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FBI agents investigating a Mississippi attorney for bribery secretly recorded his conversations with Joe Biden’s brother James in the late 1990s, The Washington Post has revealed.

A report from the Post revealed on Monday that James Biden’s conversations with Richard Scruggs became part of a criminal investigation when Scruggs came under suspicion of bribing a local judge. Though Mr Biden was not directly involved in those accusations, his conversations with Scruggs about potentially starting a legal and consulting firm were nevertheless swept up in the recording of his would-be partner’s communications.

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