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BACK TO THE FUTURE: JAMES COMER CRASHES INTO A PILE OF CONSPIRACY THEORY MANURE

By August 18, 2023No Comments

James Comer Gets “Three Pinocchios” For His Time Traveling Performance

JAMES COMER KEEPS TIME TRAVELING BACKWARDS TO RECYCLE DEBUNKED CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Huffington Post On House Oversight Committee James Comer’s Investigation: “The Main Allegation Of Corruption, So Far, Is The Same One That Donald Trump Lodged In 2019.” “The main allegation of corruption, so far, is the same one that Donald Trump lodged in 2019 ― that as vice president, Biden pushed for the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor because his son sat on the board of a sketchy Ukrainian company. During Trump’s first impeachment, State Department officials said Biden was just doing his job as vice president.” [Huffington Post, 8/16/23]

  • Huffington Post’s Arthur Delaney: “Republicans Are Basically Doing The Investigation That Donald Trump Tried To Extort Ukraine Into Announcing In 2019.” [Twitter, Arthur Delaney, 8/17/23]

WASHINGTON POST FACT CHECKER GAVE JAMES COMER “THREE PINOCCHIOS” FOR HIS HYPERBOLIC CLAIMS ABOUT HIS INVESTIGATION INTO HUNTER BIDEN

Washington Post (Fact Checker): “How Republicans overhype the findings of their Hunter Biden probe”

Washington Post Fact Checker Gave House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer “Three Pinocchios” For His Hyperbolic Claims About His Investigation. “Hunter Biden’s decision to pursue business deals that at the time overlapped with his father’s policy brief as vice president was ill-advised and has caused political headaches for his father. Republicans are pursuing the case with vigor, but Comer undercuts the findings of his investigation by hyping what has been found. He claims there were more than 20 ‘shell companies,’ but upon inspection most of the companies named had legitimate business transactions or investments. He claims the Bidens received more than $20 million from foreign sources, leaving off the caveat in the staff reports that two-thirds of the payments went to Hunter Biden’s business partners.  Comer would have more credibility if he stuck to documented facts — such as saying precisely that Hunter Biden received $7 million from foreign sources. He earns Three Pinocchios.” [Washington Post, Fact Checker, 8/17/23]

  • Washington Post Fact Checker Wrote House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer’s Memos Are Written In A Partisan Way That Ignores Or Downplays Contrary Information. “The memos are written in a partisan manner — ignoring or playing down contrary information — but an interesting pattern has emerged. The memos themselves have careful language that is often hedged. Then Comer and other GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), go on Twitter or speak to conservative media using hyperbolic language that goes well beyond what the memos say. Over time, the reporting on the memos in conservative media becomes untethered from the documentation in the reports.” [Washington Post, Fact Checker, 8/17/23]
  • Washington Post Fact Checker Wrote That House Oversight Committee GOP Memos Contain Careful Language That Is Hedged, But Then House Republicans Go On Twitter Or Conservative Media Using Hyperbolic Language That Goes “Well Beyond” What The Memos Say. “The memos are written in a partisan manner — ignoring or playing down contrary information — but an interesting pattern has emerged. The memos themselves have careful language that is often hedged. Then Comer and other GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), go on Twitter or speak to conservative media using hyperbolic language that goes well beyond what the memos say. Over time, the reporting on the memos in conservative media becomes untethered from the documentation in the reports.” [Washington Post, Fact Checker, 8/17/23]

Washington Post Fact Checker: “No Evidence Has Emerged That Any Of These Funds Can Be Traced To Joe Biden Himself.” “As for the $20 million in payments, Comer and other Republicans invoke this figure often. A close reading of the memos, however, finds that only about $7 million can be directly attributed to Biden family members, mostly Hunter, while the rest went to ‘associates,’ according to the memos. Yet Comer and other lawmakers misleadingly suggest all of the money went to the Biden family or, as some label it, ‘the Biden crime family.’ No evidence has emerged that any of these funds can be traced to Joe Biden himself.” [Washington Post, Fact Checker, 8/17/23]

Rep. Matt Gaetz Said The Quiet Part Out Loud, House GOP Impeachment Pushes Are Just Political Theater To Boost Their 2024 Election Chances

New Republic: “Matt Gaetz Admits Biden Impeachment Is Really About Helping Republicans In 2024”

Huffington Post: “Matt Gaetz Says Biden Impeachment A ‘Platform’ To Tarnish President Before 2024”

Rep. Matt Gaetz Said The Point Of An Impeachment Was Not For The Sake Of A Conviction, But For House Republicans To Be Able To Put On A Performance In The Senate. “But Gaetz said that Republicans should go straight to impeachment proceedings, not just an inquiry. ‘The purpose of that impeachment, from my standpoint, is not to force a vote that loses,’ he said during a Twitter Space on Monday night. ‘It’s to put on a trial in the Senate, and by the way, not for the sake of conviction.’  ‘There’s no conviction and removal of Joe Biden coming on impeachment. I know that. You know that,’ Gaetz said, although he blamed that on the Senate being controlled by Democrats, not the utter lack of proof.” [New Republic, 8/16/23]

Rep. Matt Gaetz: “If We Had The Senate As The Stage And The Platform For James Comer To Put On His Evidence And Advance This Impeachment, It Will Not Result In A Conviction.” “Gaetz argued that Republicans should impeach Biden in order to put him on trial. But ‘the jury is the American people.’ ‘If we had the Senate as the stage and the platform for James Comer to put on his evidence and advance this impeachment, it will not result in a conviction,’ Gaetz said, referring to the chair of the House Oversight Committee, who has been leading the charge against Biden.  ‘But the true verdict can still be rendered by the American people.’” [New Republic, 8/16/23]

  • Matt Gaetz: “There’s No Conviction And Removal Of Joe Biden Coming On Impeachment. I Know That. You Know That.” “But Gaetz said that Republicans should go straight to impeachment proceedings, not just an inquiry. ‘The purpose of that impeachment, from my standpoint, is not to force a vote that loses,’ he said during a Twitter Space on Monday night. ‘It’s to put on a trial in the Senate, and by the way, not for the sake of conviction.’ ‘There’s no conviction and removal of Joe Biden coming on impeachment. I know that. You know that,’ Gaetz said, although he blamed that on the Senate being controlled by Democrats, not the utter lack of proof.” [New Republic, 8/16/23]

FLASH BACK TO WHEN JAMES COMER ADMITTED HIS INVESTIGATION IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS…

HEADLINE: “House GOP Chairman Links His Investigation To Biden’s Poll Numbers” [Washington Post, 5/22/23]

  • James Comer Suggested That His Investigations Were Responsible For Former President Trump Being Ahead Of President Biden In Some Polls. FOX NEWS ANCHOR: “So do you think that because of your investigation, that is what’s moved this needle with the media?” REP. JAMES COMER: “Absolutely. Absolutely. There’s no question. You look at the polling, and right now Donald Trump is seven points ahead of Joe Biden and trending upward; Joe Biden’s trending downward. And I believe that the media is looking around, scratching their head, and they’re realizing the American people are keeping up with our investigation.” [Fox News, Fox & Friends First, 5/22/23] (video)

HEADLINE: “GOP Rep. James Comer Implies Biden Family Probe Is Really About Helping Trump In 2024” [Huffington Post, 5/23/23]

HEADLINE: “”Look At The Polling”: James Comer Brags That GOP’s Biden Crusade Is Boosting Trump’s Numbers” [Salon, 5/22/23]

HEADLINE: “White House Memo Says GOP Was Caught ‘Telling The Truth’ On Motive For Hunter Biden Probe” [NBC News, 5/24/23]

HEADLINE: “House Oversight Chair Links Biden Investigation To Trump Polling, Drawing Outrage From Top Democrat” [TIME Magazine, 5/22/23]

HEADLINE: “GOP’s Comer Says A Bit Too Much About The Point Of Anti-Biden Probe” [MSNBC, 5/23/23]

…THEN HE LIED AND CLAIMED HE’D NEVER SAID HIS INVESTIGATION WAS ABOUT HURTING PRESIDENT BIDEN POLITICALLY

HEADLINE: “James Comer Now Falsely Claims He Didn’t Link Biden Probe To Trump Poll Numbers” [Daily Beast, 5/24/23]

  • James Comer Claimed When He Said His Investigations Were Being Reflected In Polling It Had Nothing To Do With Donald Trump. REP. JAMES COMER: “So he’s not credible in this investigation, he’s just an unnecessary obstacle along the way. Look, when I was referencing poll numbers, it had nothing to do with Donald Trump. It had to do with the fact that the American people overwhelmingly believe that public corruption is a problem, and they’re concerned about how Joe Biden’s family got this money from foreign nationals, that’s what I was referencing in the polling, the polling shows the American people are keeping up with our investigation, it has nothing to do with Donald Trump.” [Fox Business, The Bottom Line, 5/23/23] (video)

House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Blasted Chair James Comer For Using His Authority To Play Defense For Trump

JAMIE RASKIN SAID JAMES COMER WAS ON A “LOST-IN-THE-WILDERNESS FISHING EXPEDITION” THAT HAS YIELDED NO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING BY PRESIDENT BIDEN

Huffington Post: “Republicans Using Hunter Biden As Distraction From Trump, Democrats Say”

House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Said Witness Testimony Has Undercut Republican Accusations Of Corruption And Chair Comer Was On A “Lost-In-The-Wilderness Fishing Expedition Yielding No Evidence Of Wrongdoing Of Any Kind By The President.” “In their Wednesday memo, the committee’s Democratic staff said the witness testimony received so far actually undercut accusations of corruption by Biden, even if the material was supposed to distract from Trump. The report calls the investigation a ‘complete and utter failure’ and a ‘lost-in-the-wilderness fishing expedition yielding no evidence of wrongdoing of any kind by the President.’” [Huffington Post, 8/16/23]

JAMIE RASKIN ACCUSED JAMES COMER OF TIMING TRANSCRIPT RELEASES TO TRY TO DISTRACT FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INDICTMENTS

House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Accused Chair James Comer Of Using Their Investigation Into Hunter Biden To Distract From The Indictments Of Former President Trump. “Republicans have repeatedly claimed that the Biden administration has wielded the Justice Department to distract from their investigation into the Biden family.  On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), released a report arguing that actually, it’s Republicans who are using their investigation of Hunter Biden to distract from news about former President Donald Trump’s crimes. The Democratic staff memo suggests Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) released the transcript of an interview with a former FBI agent on Monday because a district attorney in Georgia was preparing to announce an indictment against Trump.” [Huffington Post, 8/16/23]

  • House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Accused Chair James Comer Of Releasing The Transcript Of The Committee’s Interview With A Former FBI Agent To Distract From Former President Trump’s Impending Indictment By A Georgia District Attorney. “The Democratic staff memo suggests Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) released the transcript of an interview with a former FBI agent on Monday because a district attorney in Georgia was preparing to announce an indictment against Trump.” [Huffington Post, 8/16/23]
  • House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Accused Chair James Comer Of Timing The Release Of A Transcript Of The Committee’s Interview With Hunter Biden’s Former Business Partner To Distract From News That Former President Trump Was Arraigned On Federal Charges Related To January 6th. “Earlier this month, the memo notes, Comer released a transcript of the committee’s interview with a former business partner of Hunter Biden’s ‘on the very same day that Donald Trump was arraigned on federal charges of conspiring to defraud the United States’ and obstructing congressional proceedings to certify the 2020 election.” [Huffington Post, 8/16/23]