Another day means more bad reviews for House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer. First, Comer did not put up any evidence showing that President Biden has acted improperly as Republicans allege. Then, Senator Ron Johnson admitted there wouldn’t be any “hard proof” and Republicans have to “infer” wrongdoing. Now, more reviews are in, and even Fox News has had enough of Comer’s antics.
More Bad Reviews For James Comer’s Embarrassing Press Conference
MSNBC: “Facing ‘make-or-break moment,’ GOP’s Comer fails spectacularly”
- MSNBC Reported James Comer “Has Managed To Do Little More Than Annoy His Colleagues” And “Make An Excessive Number Of Appearances On Conservative Media Outlets.” “It’s no secret that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has struggled this year. The Kentucky Republican, convinced that he’ll uncover evidence of serious wrongdoing on President Joe Biden’s part, has managed to do little more than annoy his colleagues, make an excessive number of appearances on conservative media outlets, and demonstrate an extraordinary ability to connect Hunter Biden to just about anything.” [MSNBC, Maddow Blog, 5/11/23]
Washington Post Column: “The Wider House Oversight’s Net, The More Often It Catches Trump”
- Washington Post’s Philip Bump Said Trump’s Business Structure Was “A Web Of LLCs. Lots Of Shell Companies. Easy Pickings On One’s Way To A Pulitzer.” “That line about LLCs — limited-liability corporations — stuck out for me because three years ago I tried to document the cascade of companies that made up Trump’s personal web of pass-throughs and tax-avoidance structures. There are scores of them, loosely clustered as ways of splitting corporate ownership that only a tax accountant could love. This diagram shows how those companies and trusts flow into and out of one another and where the Trumps benefited. It is obviously lacking a layer of information, but you get the point. A web of LLCs. Lots of shell companies. Easy pickings on one’s way to a Pulitzer.” [Washington Post, Philip Bump, 5/10/23]
- Washington Post’s Philip Bump Said James Comer’s Press Conference Reinforced That “He And His Allies Aren’t Really Interested In The Trumps.” “The news conference on Wednesday reinforced Comer’s two primary interests when it comes to investigating foreign businesses and presidential families: First, that he and his allies aren’t really interested in the Trumps; second, that there’s no development too incremental to not warrant media attention.” [Washington Post, Philip Bump, 5/10/23]
SENATOR RON JOHNSON ADMITTED THERE WAS NO “HARD PROOF” IN THE REPUBLICAN INVESTIGATIONS
Daily Beast: “GOP Senator Admits Biden Probe Lacks ‘Hard Proof’ to Support Hype”
- Senator Ron Johnson: “You Have To Infer These Things. You’re Not Necessarily Going To Get Hard Proof.” “SENATOR RON JOHNSON: “You have to infer what’s happening here […] You have to infer these things. You’re not necessarily going to get hard proof, but there is such a huge body of evidence.” [Fox Business, Mornings with Maria, 5/10/23] (video)
- Senator Ron Johnson: “We’re Going To Have To Infer An Awful Lot.” SENATOR RON JOHNSON: “We’re going to have to infer an awful lot and we’re going to need more bank records.” [Fox Business, The Evening Edit with Elizabeth Macdonald, 5/10/23] (video)
Even Fox News Has Had Enough Of James Comer’s Antics
Rolling Stone: “‘You Don’t Actually Have Any Facts’: Even Fox Isn’t Buying GOP’s Claims About Biden’s Foreign Business Dealings”
Huffington Post: “Fox News Host Trashes House GOP Probe Of Biden”
- Fox News’s Steve Doocy To James Comer: “You Don’t Actually Have Any Facts To That Point. You’ve Got Some Circumstantial Evidence And The Other Thing Is, Of All Those Names, The One Person Who Didn’t Profit, There’s No Evidence That Joe Biden Did Anything Illegally.” FOX NEWS’S STEVE DOOCEY: “Your party, the Republican investigators say that that’s proof of influence peddling by Hunter and James but that’s just your suggestion, you don’t actually have any facts to that point. You’ve got some circumstantial evidence and the other thing is, of all those names, the one person who didn’t profit, there’s no evidence that Joe Biden did anything illegally.” [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 5/11/23] (video)
Geraldo Rivera Said Chairman James Comer’s Committee “Has Been A Bust” And Comer’s “Endless Repetition Of Allegations, However Angrily, Does Not Make Them True.” “This is wishful thinking by Chairman Comer, whose Committee has been a bust. Endless repetition of allegations, however angrily, does not make them true.” [Twitter, Geraldo Rivera, 5/11/23]