The Hunter Biden gang still shooting blanks....wonk...wonk...time to move on.

[DBP66]

House Republicans issue new report on Joe Biden corruption… that again offers no evidence

Josh Meyer, USA TODAY

Wed, August 9, 2023 at 6:17 PM EDT·5 min read

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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee issued another report Wednesday criticizing President Joe Biden and his family for allegedly corrupt international business dealings, but critics – including the White House – said the report is a political hatchet job that offers no proof that Biden was involved.

The committee, led by Chairman James Comer, said in the report that it plans to continue to investigate Biden to find evidence of corruption, even as it acknowledged that it had no evidence that he financially benefited from the myriad foreign business dealings of his son Hunter.

“During Joe Biden’s vice presidency, Hunter Biden sold him as ‘the brand’ to reap millions from oligarchs in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine,” Comer said in a statement accompanying the release of committee report. “It appears no real services were provided other than access to the Biden network, including Joe Biden himself. And Hunter Biden seems to have delivered.”

The 19-page report was titled, “Third Bank Records Memorandum from the Oversight Committee’s Investigationinto the Biden Family’s Influence Peddling and Business Schemes."

 

Devon Archer, Hunter Biden's former business partner, passes through the security checkpoint as he arrives on Capitol Hill to give closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee in the Republican-led investigations into President Biden's son, in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ORG XMIT: DCSA101More

Critics said the report, and Comer’s statement, marked a clear shift in strategy by the committee from one claiming it had the goods implicating Biden in corrupt schemes while he was vice president to one in which it says the lack of any such evidence must mean that he was involved.

“This stunt from Comer is just more of the same – no evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden, no new information to tie him to Hunter Biden’s business, and another desperate attempt to keep this bogus investigation alive” said Kyle Herrig, executive director of the non-partisan Congressional Integrity Project. “Comer’s fishing expedition continues to reel in nothing in a desperate attempt to distract from Trump.”

The White House said the new Comer committee report is part of a continuing effort by Republicans to smear Joe Biden without any evidence or even information suggesting wrongdoing.

“Today House Republicans on the Oversight Committee released another memo full of years-old ‘news,’ innuendo, and misdirection – but notably missing, yet again, is any connection to President Biden,” said Ian Sams, White House spokesperson for Oversight and Investigations. “Perhaps that is because – as recently as last week – the House Republicans’ own self-proclaimed “hero” witness who was “going to be able to come under oath and tell us exactly what role Joe Biden played” testified that President Biden never discussed these business dealings and was not involved.”

The 19-page memo released by House Oversight Republicans is based on bank records highlighting millions of dollars that Hunter Biden and his business associates received from a wide array of business arrangements overseas while his father was serving as vice president to President Barack Obama.

Few of the details appear to be new. But the memo details what it describes as new and damaging information, including “payments from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan” that occurred during Biden’s vice presidency. “The Committee has now identified over $20 million in payments from foreign sources to the Biden family and their business associates,” the report said.

The report also rehashes prior claims of corrupt dealings related to how Hunter Biden and former business partner Devon Archer allegedly used the business development and policy advisory firm “Rosemont Seneca Entities to bring in millions from oligarchs in Europe and Asia.”

And it mentions other business relationships between Hunter Biden and Archer that it claims were suspicious or corrupt, including payments by a Ukrainian oligarch while they were on the board of directors of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings LLC.

The new report is full of references to Archer, and says his recent congressional testimony “supports the Committee’s findings,” which have repeatedly alleged that Joe Biden himself was personally involved in – and benefitted from – Archer’s and Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings.

But after months of describing him as a smoking gun who would prove deep corruption within what Republicans described as the “Biden Crime Family,” Archer’s testimony July 31, if anything, appears to exonerate Joe Biden.

For instance, Archer testified that Hunter Biden put his father on the phone with clients before his father was elected president, but that they did not discuss business. He also told lawmakers the vice president was not involved in their financial dealings, despite the contacts, and that he had no knowledge of wrongdoing by Joe Biden.

And while Joe Biden at times has said he had no involvement with his son's business dealings at all, Archer testified that he did reach out and call his son -- but only to check up on him, especially when he was grappling with drug addiction and other problems.

"But, you know, Hunter spoke to his dad every day, right? And so in certain circumstances, when you're in -- you know, if his dad calls him at dinner and he picks up the phone, then there's a conversation," Archer testified. "And the, you know, the conversation is generally about the weather and, you know, what it's like in Norway or Paris or wherever he may be. But that was -- yeah, that happened."

In their new report, the House Oversight Committee didn’t mention those kinds of details from Archer’s testimony. Instead, it said, “No one in the Biden Administration or in the (House Democratic) Minority has explained what services, if any, the Bidens and their associates provided in exchange for the over $20 million in foreign payments.”

“The Committee plans to gather additional bank records in the near future and continue following the money trail,” it said.

The White House on Wednesday jumped on that discrepancy, saying it was further evidence that House GOP members are trying to unfairly accuse Biden of wrongdoing, potentially as part of an effort to try and impeach him.

“This has been a pattern: time after time, Comer hypes up self-proclaimed bombshell findings about President Biden, and time after time, he fails to provide any actual evidence,” White House spokesman Sams said. “Today’s release is yet another flop.”

[RedZone]

In the history of the United States of America there has NEVER been a more desperate and deplorable bunch than these maga maggots!

[Crusader12-0]

Is this gonna turn into another 140 page thread?

[DBP66]

1 hour ago, Crusader12-0 said:

Is this gonna turn into another 140 page thread?

being that the Republicans stuck out I doubt it....😉

[Atticus Finch]

Special counsel charges FBI informant with lying to the bureau about Hunter and Joe Biden

The 37-page indictment alleges that Smirnov had been a confidential human source for the FBI since 2010 and "provided false derogatory information to the FBI" about both Bidens after Joe Biden became a candidate for president in 2020.

He is facing one count of making a false statement to a government agent and falsification of records in a federal investigation.

Smirnov allegedly told the FBI — falsely — that officials with Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company that Hunter Biden worked for, had told him they hired Hunter Biden because he would "protect us, through his dad, from all kinds of problems." Smirnov allegedly told the FBI — again, falsely — that Burisma officials had told him they paid Hunter Biden and Joe Biden $5 million and that it would take investigators 10 years to find the illicit payments to Joe Biden.

[Slotback Right]

What timing! Just when the investigation is warming up. And like we all know...The FBI is as trustworthy as a convent full of the Irish Sisters of Charity, right?

[Atticus Finch]

21 minutes ago, Slotback Right said:

What timing! Just when the investigation is warming up. And like we all know...The FBI is as trustworthy as a convent full of the Irish Sisters of Charity, right?

This is the same Prosecutor who is investigating Hunter Biden.

But I understand that you conveniently think that every indictment not to your liking is invalid.

[DBP66]

Looks like Jimmy Comer is winning the "Clown of the Year" prize so far....🤡

“Completely discredited”: Expert says informant’s indictment “eviscerates” GOP impeachment case

Igor Derysh

Fri, February 16, 2024 at 10:59 AM EST·2 min read

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An FBI informant was charged Thursday with making up a bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden at the heart of the Republicans’ impeachment efforts.

Alexander Smirnov in 2020 falsely reported to the FBI that executives at the Ukrainian energy firm Bursima paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016 in order to “protect” them from “all kinds of problems,” according to The Associated Press.

Prosecutors say Smirnov only had routine business dealings with the company in 2017 and made the allegation after he “expressed bias” against then-candidate Joe Biden. He was charged with making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record.

Smirnov’s claims have been central to the House GOP impeachment inquiry into Biden. An attorney for Hunter Biden, who is expected to be deposed by the House this month, told the AP the indictment shows the GOP investigation is “based on dishonest, uncredible allegations and witnesses.”

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, called on Republicans to “end their doomed impeachment inquiry,” arguing it has “always been a tissue of lies built on conspiracy theories.”

“When did James Comer know this was false and how long did he conceal that from the American people?” Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., questioned on CNN.

[DBP66]

What say you @Warrior @I AM IRONMAN @Slotback Right.....wonk....wonk.

[I AM IRONMAN]

11 minutes ago, DBP66 said:

What say you @Warrior @I AM IRONMAN @Slotback Right.....wonk....wonk.

Adam 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Schiff 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m going to need some time to catch 🤣🤣🤣🤣 my 🤣🤣🤣🤣 breath.

[DBP66]

12 minutes ago, I AM IRONMAN said:

Adam 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Schiff 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m going to need some time to catch 🤣🤣🤣🤣 my 🤣🤣🤣🤣 breath.

once get done done laughing...can you tell me about your star witness LYING about Hunter??...I think you and your fellow clowns owe Hunter an apology!!....😉

Alexander Smirnov in 2020 falsely reported to the FBI that executives at the Ukrainian energy firm Bursima paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016 in order to “protect” them from “all kinds of problems,” according to The Associated Press.

[I AM IRONMAN]

Still laughing, please stop posting TDS crap so I can catch my breath 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[GoBigBlack]

You’d have thought it was the absolutely zero evidence whatsoever outside of this one guy who lied about it after investigating for the better part of a decade that was the joke. 

[DBP66]

9 minutes ago, I AM IRONMAN said:

Still laughing, please stop posting TDS crap so I can catch my breath 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Alexander Smirnov in 2020 falsely reported to the FBI that executives at the Ukrainian energy firm Bursima paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016 in order to “protect” them from “all kinds of problems,” according to The Associated Press.

[Troll]

5 hours ago, DBP66 said:

Alexander Smirnov in 2020 falsely reported to the FBI that executives at the Ukrainian energy firm Bursima paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016 in order to “protect” them from “all kinds of problems,” according to The Associated Press.

Pssssst....

Looks like somebody spiked yer OJ  lol...🤡

 

PS: Why you always blaming Russia Russia Russia...🤡🤡

 

BTW: If it wasn't for "protection" or "access"...then just what exactly do you think it was for ???

...did he give them some cool fingerpaintings or something? 🤡🤡🤡

 

 

 

[I AM IRONMAN]

LMAO…Welcome back to the democratic cease pool 

[GoBigBlack]

2 hours ago, I AM IRONMAN said:

LMAO…Welcome back to the democratic cease pool 

You never cess to disappoint.

[Slotback Right]

15 hours ago, DBP66 said:

What say you @Warrior @I AM IRONMAN @Slotback Right.....wonk....wonk.

Ha ha ha...Occupy Democrats ha ha ha...Adam Schiff (Pencil neck geek)...ha ha ha.

First of all, this supposed lying occurred in 2017 and 2020, and this indictment just happens to occur just as the investigation of the Bidens is heating up. Anybody who can't see through that needs a cane. Even Helen Keller could see through that, for crying out loud. Those ALLEDGED lies were 4 to 7 years ago. If they had anything to prove that, they would have indicted him long before this, but they needed to try to discredit him now, because the investigation into the "Big Guy's" family is heating up.

Second, where did this indictment occur? ...In the Demonrat state of California, that's where. Color me shocked!

[DBP66]

10 hours ago, Troll said:

Pssssst....

Looks like somebody spiked yer OJ  lol...🤡

 

PS: Why you always blaming Russia Russia Russia...🤡🤡

 

BTW: If it wasn't for "protection" or "access"...then just what exactly do you think it was for ???

...did he give them some cool fingerpaintings or something? 🤡🤡🤡

 

 

 

there was no money exchanged....just another crazy conspiracy brought to you by the Republican party....🤡

[DBP66]

52 minutes ago, Slotback Right said:

Ha ha ha...Occupy Democrats ha ha ha...Adam Schiff (Pencil neck geek)...ha ha ha.

First of all, this supposed lying occurred in 2017 and 2020, and this indictment just happens to occur just as the investigation of the Bidens is heating up. Anybody who can't see through that needs a cane. Even Helen Keller could see through that, for crying out loud. Those ALLEDGED lies were 4 to 7 years ago. If they had anything to prove that, they would have indicted him long before this, but they needed to try to discredit him now, because the investigation into the "Big Guy's" family is heating up.

Second, where did this indictment occur? ...In the Demonrat state of California, that's where. Color me shocked!

...wonk...wonk...talk about a waste of time and taxpayers money...the Republican clown show needs to fold the tents up...the show is over....😉

Alexander Smirnov in 2020 falsely reported to the FBI that executives at the Ukrainian energy firm Bursima paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016 in order to “protect” them from “all kinds of problems,” according to The Associated Press.

[Atticus Finch]

15 hours ago, GoBigBlack said:

You’d have thought it was the absolutely zero evidence whatsoever outside of this one guy who lied about it after investigating for the better part of a decade that was the joke. 

Imagine this.

The guy who's charged with prosecuting potential crimes by Hunter Biden has just indicted his main "witness" for lying to the FBI.

This has done nothing to deter these bozos though.

[Troll]

6 hours ago, DBP66 said:

there was no money exchanged....just another crazy conspiracy brought to you by the Republican party....🤡

If he did not get paid

for his fingerpaintings

he should sue then...

Amirite?

🤡

 

[15yds4gibberish]

2 hours ago, Atticus Finch said:

Imagine this.

The guy who's charged with prosecuting potential crimes by Hunter Biden has just indicted his main "witness" for lying to the FBI.

This has done nothing to deter these bozos though.

Yup.  It's even more than that.  Trump appointed David Weiss as US Attorney in Delaware.  Weiss started investigating H Biden in ~ 2018.  

Biden kept Weiss on anyway, and Garland appointed him special counsel in an effort to maintain DOJ continuity and impartiality -- Which makes no fucking difference to MAGA.  MAGA can't fail.  MAGA can only be failed... 

I kinda get the sense there may be more to come on this one...we'll see.

[Warrior]

The Biden DOJ strikes again, this time arresting FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who has been an informant for Congress in the Biden Burisma investigation and vetted for years. 

David Weiss is charging Smirnov with lying to the FBI about the details he’s presented in the Hunter Biden probe.  Smirnov faces up to 25 years in prison.  Same Weiss that the judge throw out the sweetheart deal he offered to Hunter. 

Remember, this is the same David Weiss who said the IRS whistleblowers were lying, even though it was proven that they were telling the truth, and he offered Hunter that sweetheart plea deal before the Judge rejected it.  
 

[GoBigBlack]

41 minutes ago, Warrior said:

even though it was proven that they were telling the truth

Well… can it be proven Smirnoff was lying? Or does that not matter to you, and you only care about what you think someone’s motivations may or may not be?