AusGeoff wrote on Nov 18
th, 2022 at 1:23pm:
Republicans handed President Biden two political gifts this week.
The first was Trump’s announcement of a third presidential run.
Whatever they might say publicly, Democrats are confident that
they could beat Trump again.
Even if Trump doesn’t win the Republican primary, there is a good
chance he will damage whoever becomes the GOP nominee in his
stead. Many Republicans evidently agree, and are distancing themselves
from Trump’s bid.
The second gift, perhaps a counterintuitive one, is Republicans taking
control of the House. For those focussed on progressive policy goals,
it’s a disaster. But given how the midterm picture appeared entering
this year, keeping the Senate and narrowly losing the House are both
huge accomplishments and an extraordinary stroke of political luck
for Democrats.
Every Republican lawmaker from a deep-red district now essentially
wields veto power—a dynamic that threatens to send the party down
politically unproductive rabbit holes.
"It’s a totally nonfunctional majority", Representative Adam Kinzinger
of Illinois, who is one of two Republicans on the 6 January committee
and is leaving Congress next year, said.
—Excerpted from The NYT Newsletter, 17 November.
Yeah, right. The question is, will the moth-eaten old sockpuppet be impeached or will he resign?
House Republicans announce investigation into Biden, accuse him of direct involvement in Hunter's business affairs
GOP members of the Oversight and Reform Committee held a news conference Thursday in which they alleged, among other things, that President Biden “personally participated in meetings and phone calls” regarding his son’s business exploits and that there was personal business conducted on Air Force Two while he was vice president.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who is poised to chair the panel beginning in January, called the president “chairman of the board” and a “partner with access to an office.”
Republicans, who released an interim report Thursday, said they identified more than 50 countries where the Biden family, often led by Hunter Biden, sought business transactions.
“To be clear, Joe Biden is the big guy,” Comer said. “This evidence raises troubling questions about whether President Biden is a national security risk and about whether he is compromised by foreign governments.”
Comer made it clear the investigation will focus on the president, not his son.
“We're not trying to prove Hunter Biden is a bad actor,” he said. “He is. If anybody wants to disagree with that, there's nothing we have to talk about. Our investigation is about Joe Biden. And we already have evidence that would point that Joe Biden was involved with Hunter Biden on this.”
Comer said Republicans on the committee have uncovered evidence of federal crimes by the Biden family or benefiting them, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Trafficking Victims Protection Act, tax evasion, and money laundering.
House Republicans said their findings are based on accounts from multiple whistleblowers, the contents of Hunter Biden’s purported laptop and financial documents.
Comer said that, according to a media report, the Biden family’s financial activity generated more than 150 suspicious bank activity reports. He said committee Republicans have obtained and verified two of them, one involving Hunter Biden allegedly paying an escort service.
Comer has renewed his call for the Treasury Department to turn over all suspicious activity reports for accounts involving the Biden family or businesses they’re connected to. His previous attempts have been rebuffed.
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2022/11/17/house-republicans-announce-investigation-into-biden--accuse-of-him-direct-involvement-in-hunter-s-business-affairs