The GOP says the report of their investigation into Hunter Biden is coming soon – and the results are not going to be pretty for the son of the former VP, or his father!
A top Republican has announced to the press that he will release an interim report on his findings connected to his investigation of Burisma Holdings and its connection to Joe and Hunter Biden.
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who heads the Senate Homeland Security Committee told reporters earlier this week that the public can expect an interim report on the committee’s investigation into Burisma within one or two months. Johnson argued that Democrats should want to have some answers about Hunter Biden’s role on the board of Burisma before casting their votes for Joe Biden.
“These are questions that Joe Biden has not adequately answered,” Johnson said. “And if I were a Democrat primary voter, I’d want these questions satisfactorily answered before I cast my final vote.”
The elder Biden surpassed Sen. Bernie Sanders in the delegate count after a strong Super Tuesday performance and seems to now be the clear frontrunner. Johnson said that Biden’s surge makes his committee’s investigation into Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings all the more significant, but denied that he is investigating the situation solely because of the election.
“My investigations are not focused on the Bidens. They’re just not,” the senator insisted. “But I can’t ignore them because they’re part of the story. They made themselves part of the story. If there’s wrongdoing, the American people need to know it. If there is no wrongdoing or nothing significant, the American people need to understand that as well.”
Republicans have questioned why Burisma gave Hunter a high-paying position on the company board despite him having little experience in the energy sector and a well-documented problem with drug use. At the time, Joe Biden was leading the Obama administration’s diplomatic efforts in Ukraine, leaving critics, including President Trump, to wonder if the company used the younger Biden to leverage the former vice president.
Prior to making the announcement of the impending interim report, Johnson sent a memo to his committee announcing that they would be considering a subpoena against employees of Blue Star Strategies, which represented Burisma’s interests in the United States while Hunter Biden was on the board. Johnson said the subpoena would investigate the claims that Burisma “sought to leverage Hunter Biden’s role as a board member of Burisma to gain access to, and potentially influence matters at, the State Department.”
Several Democrats have criticized Johnson for escalating the investigation into the Bidens just as the vice president’s campaign takes off.
“I am concerned to see that in the Senate there seems to be a renewed interest in furthering these bogus Russian narratives through the use of their investigative powers. I just think it’s so deeply destructive to be effectively working in a concert with Russian propaganda artists,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said.
Joe Biden’s campaign told Politico that Johnson had done the campaign a “favor” by “admitting that he is abusing” his position to investigate Burisma and the Bidens.
Johnson argued that such an investigation was standard for the committee, saying, “I don’t know why any member of my committee would vote against a subpoena that’s just looking for records from a U.S. consulting firm.”
Johnson and fellow GOP Senators, on and off the committee, insist that the timing of this probe has nothing to do with the election calendar. But the renewed focus on Biden, coinciding with his surge to frontrunner status, has alarmed House Democrats as they brace for an all-out GOP assault on Biden and his son over an issue that was litigated at length during President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), stood by the investigation, saying in a brief interview that the probe isn’t related to Biden’s candidacy, “this has nothing to do with the election” because the committees have been investigating Ukraine’s alleged role in the 2016 election since 2017.
“They may be coming together now, but that’s not how it started,” Grassley said.
Christmas is coming too.
So it’s an Abuse of Power when Trump is the target but it’s irrelevant when Slow-Joe is the target. Right Shiffty?
The question is, do we want a crook for our next president who has admitted his quid-pro-quo himself in a video?
You people are such liars and cowards after a Senate trial with not allowing witnesses you continue to show how corrupt the republicans people really are and I thank you for that people aren’t as gullible as you all think and stating that this isn’t about Biden running for president…right!!!
Are we going to get justice or is it going to be Hillary part two? I know which way I’m leaning….
Republicans-Put up or shut up! Where’s the beef? Are you kidding me?….Hillary and the Clinton Foundation, Hillary’s Pay to Play at State Department, Transfer of missles not an inflammatory video as part of Libyan dealings costing four innocent lives/Ambassador, …what of the Uranian deal?
You want to see justice, Announce to Haitian public that Hillary will be available for questions next Thursday at 1st and Main in Port au Prince and see how long it takes for the crowd to rip her limb from limb. Time to git’ter done! Time to aim high or go home!