The GOP – the party of revenge and violence and well…
personal destruction of their political enemies… cite this latest and promised
GOP inquiry into the Biden family for being a “crime family” reported on here from the BBC
with this their story headline:
“Republicans release
probe into Biden family finances”
House Republicans have unveiled what they say are records
of $10m in payments to members of the Biden family from foreign entities.
Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said President Joe
Biden's relatives had used the family name to enrich themselves, and the
president was involved.
The report itself does not
substantiate these claims or implicate President Biden. It does not allege
illegal conduct.
The White House called the report “baseless innuendo.”
Republican leaders pledged to aggressively investigate Mr.
Biden, his administration, and his family when they took over control of the House
of Representatives after last year's midterm election that gave them the House
majority.
Comer has faced pressure
from within his party to release findings from the House Oversight Committee's
ongoing inquiry into the Biden family when he said in January: “He would investigate influence peddling by
the entire Biden family.”
This Comer report is the most detailed accounting yet of what House Republicans say they have uncovered which is roughly a 30-page report detailed what lawmakers say are various companies and financial records tied to family members of Mr. Biden, including his son, Hunter Biden, and daughter-in-law Hallie Biden (wife of President Biden’s son Beau Biden, who died on May 30, 2015).
The report contains
records of bank transactions, obtained through subpoenas, that Republican
lawmakers allege are linked to Romania and China.
Comer said in his remarks: “We believe that the president has been involved in this from the very
beginning. Obviously, we're going to continue to look.”
However, and noteworthy is
that the report does not show payments to President Biden himself by name, and
neither does it provide explicit evidence to back up the Republican lawmakers'
central claim that President Biden's family sought to enrich itself using the
family’s name, or that these business dealings influenced him in any way.
Rep. Comer and his
colleagues all stopped short of alleging illegal activity overall, too.
White House spokesman Ian Sams told the BBC in a statement:
“Congressman Comer has a history of playing fast and loose with the facts and
spreading baseless innuendo while refusing to conduct his so-called
“investigations with legitimacy.”
Sams then added: “Comer has hidden information from the
public to selectively leak and promote his own hand-picked narratives as part
of his overall effort to lob personal attacks at the President and his family.”
Republicans have vowed to aggressively investigate President Biden and his family after congressional Democrats investigated and impeached Donald Trump twice during his presidency.
They wrested control of the House
from the Democrats in last year's midterm election, which granted them power
over committees and the ability to conduct investigations and oversight of the
Biden administration like now.
Republicans mostly have focused on Biden's youngest son,
Hunter Biden, and his foreign business dealings.
FYI: Federal prosecutors are investigating Hunter
Biden over issues with his past taxes and lying for a gun
purchase application ever since 2018.
It is well-known publicly that Hunter Biden has struggled
with addiction and has faced scrutiny for his personal business dealings.
The White House maintains his father was not involved in and
did not benefit from his work.
House Republicans escalate
attacks on the Biden family, alleging business with foreign nationals reported on by NBC News.
The Republican chairman of
the House Oversight Committee mounted more attacks Wednesday against President
Joe Biden and his family, alleging that
relatives of the president engaged in business with foreign nationals, but NOT
against Mr. Biden himself.
Chairman James Comer (R-KY)
described information that the committee had recently received from subpoenas
from four different banks. The memo said the subpoenas were “tailored to
specific individuals and companies that engaged in business activities with
Biden family members and their business associates.”
It does not detail a specific allegation of a crime committed by the
family or relative of the president. Why not?
Simple: THERE AIN’T NONE THERE…
Now some facts – and the truth of the matter with this update
(May 11) from RAW STORY
with this updated headline:
“GOP allegations against Biden fall flat,
and even Fox News seems annoyed”
The key points from
the article:
House Oversight Chairman
James Comer (R-KY) during a news conference Wednesday morning touted the
findings of a congressional probe linking President Joe Biden to millions of
dollars in payments from China and Romania to members of his family.
But despite his proclamations to the contrary, Comer didn’t
produce any damaging evidence against the president, and he heard about it
during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” Thursday.
For example: Fox’s show host Steve Doocy told Comer: “You don’t actually have any facts to that point. And
the other thing is, of all those names, the one person who didn’t profit is —
there’s no evidence that Joe Biden did anything illegally.”
Then columnist Eugene Robinson writing for The Washington Post wrote: “That wasn’t the reaction
Comer had hoped to get in a GOP-friendly venue.”
Robinson contends: “That Comer’s committee was supposed to
be the principal instrument by which House Republicans made good on their
pledge to dig up some kind of dirt on Biden. With the leading candidate for the
2024 GOP presidential nomination, Donald Trump, facing felony charges in
Manhattan, a civil verdict holding him responsible for sexual abuse, and the
possibility of soon being hit with more state and federal charges, Republicans
would love to be able to tar Biden with at least the appearance. But Comer’s
committee has yet to deliver. The GOP has come up with a whole lot of nothing. Biden
has had every right to perform the “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” gesture that Barack Obama
borrowed from Jay-Z.”
Finally, Robinson noted that the theory advanced by Comer about
the Biden’s was incoherent.
My 2 Cents: All the above speaks
for itself and it shows just how pitiful this “new GOP – totally owned and operated
by Trump” has gone down the proverbial drain (or toilet if you prefer).
Rep. Comer is the most-pathetic
chairman of the Oversight committee I’ve seen in decades. And the proof as they say
is in the pudding which has been served above I strongly believe.
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