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Press Secretary @OversightDems Previously: @GretchenWhitmer , @SpeakerPelosi

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Joseph Costello
8 months
. @JamesComer I'm gonna start to collect these:
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.⁦ @SpeakerMcCarthy doesn’t have the votes because he doesn’t have any evidence of wrongdoing. In fact, the evidence shows there was no wrongdoing.
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. @JakeTapper —"Transcript leaked... Comer had promised to release full transcripts of interviews to everyone at the same time. "So why are only select portions of select interviews somehow getting out to MAGA media?" Comer hides the facts because the facts undercut his lies.
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. @RepNancyMace has lied relentlessly over the past couple of days (and all Congress). Reporters, if you speak to this person, please do not let her lie to your face. Since I have a day job, just gonna undercut a few of her most egregious distortions:
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Comer admits his own witnesses have no evidence of wrongdoing by Joe Biden.
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Comer to Hannity: "All of the people that we brought in for depositions, they had a hard time remembering the bad things."
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Comer is the easy scapegoat for the GOP's failed impeachment, but Jim Jordan is really making the case that he is just as culpable for building an inquiry entirely dependent on lies.
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BARTIOMO: Do you want to detail the most egregious evidence that Joe Biden participated in all of this? JIM JORDAN: *rehashes Burisma allegations that were debunked 5 years ago*
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15 months of GOP 'investigation' have definitively cleared Biden of any wrongdoing.
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Bacon says there's no evidence of Biden committing a high crime or misdemeanor
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Every single one of Republicans’ witnesses has undercut the GOP impeachment allegations, but instead of accepting the evidence, Nancy Mace falsely accuses every witness of "absolutely lying” to Congress. Fittingly, Nancy Mace has no evidence to backup her lies.
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BARTIROMO: You say Rob Walker is lying. Do you have evidence? NANCY MACE: Well ...
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6 months
Russian agents were key instigators—alongside Trump & Giuliani—in promoting the lie now at the center of James Comer's sham impeachment. They were sanctioned by Trump’s own Treasury Department for interfering in the 2020 elections & are now being prosecuted in Ukraine. But…
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New in Public Notice: Rudy’s Ukraine caper looks even worse now
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It’s month 14 of “investigation.” R’s cannot articulate an inkling of any wrongdoing by Biden. They’re wasting millions of tax dollars to recycle the lies Trump peddled 5 years ago. They’ve succeeded only in adding evidence that discredits their lies. Dangerous & embarrassing.
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BARTIROMO: Can you identify policy changes that Joe Biden made as a result of taking in money? REP. MCCLAIN: Well, I expect to hear the truth (That's a no)
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GOP’s sham probe has reached its “natural conclusion”—NO wrongdoing by Joe Biden, much less an impeachable offense. 14 months of “investigation,” tens of thousands of pages of bank records & ten GOP witnesses affirm Biden did NOT profit from his family’s business. Case closed.
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WELKER: Do you think it's responsible to continue the impeachment inquiry given charges against the FBI informant? TURNER: Absolutely. I'm not surprised a business associate of the Bidens might be untruthful. WELKER: He was an FBI informant, not necessarily an associate.
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This Burisma conspiracy theory at the heart of Republicans’ sham impeachment is the same lie peddled by US sanctioned Russian agents, Rudy Giuliani, and Donald Trump. This false narrative has been thoroughly debunked, but Comer and Jordan continue to lie to smear the President.
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Rep. Jim Jordan
6 months
It’s a good time to remind people that Four Facts will never change: 1. Hunter Biden sat on Burisma’s board. 2. He was unqualified to do so. 3. Burisma pressured him to get D.C. to act on policy issues in Ukraine. 4. Joe Biden did just that.
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3 months
Even Laura Ingraham is poking holes in Jordan and Comer’s impeachment case. “They say Joe Biden—there’s no evidence that Joe Biden received any financial benefit personally.”
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3 months
INGRAHAM: But they saw there's no evidence that Joe Biden received any financial benefit personally. And to that you say? TRUMP: Well, he's got a lot of houses all over the place.
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Comer: You’ve had a hard time understanding what a shell company is Goldman: Well, you would know, wouldn’t you?
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Even Fox News acknowledges impeachment has failed. Jordan and Comer’s investigation has succeeded only in delivering exculpatory evidence clearing Joe Biden.
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2 months
"Nobody really cares" -- Fox News correspondent Kevin Corke on the Republican impeachment push
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6 months
Two weeks ago, James Comer committed to testifying, alongside Hunter Biden, about the Comer family “shell companies:” "I will be happy—I will sit with Hunter Biden and Jim Biden, and we can go over our LLCs. [...] Let's do that. Let's do that. We'll be transparent."
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Jared Moskowitz
6 months
Chairman Comer subpoenaed Hunter Biden. Hunter has agreed to testify in Public. The Chairman wants to do this in a dark closed room not open to America.
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Putting aside the GOP lies with Russian ties for a moment— 14 months of “investigation,” tens of thousands of pages of bank records & 10+ GOP witnesses make clear that Biden was *not* involved in & did *not* profit from his family’s business. A mountain of exculpatory evidence.
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FOX & FRIENDS: Do you agree that this ex-FBI informant that was arrested could have tainted this? REP. RUSSELL FRY: No, I do not
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Comer, Smith & Jordan’s sham probe relies on the same thoroughly debunked lie peddled by Trump, Giuliani & Russian agents sanctioned by the Trump Admin. As VP, Biden led bipartisan efforts to confront corruption in Ukraine—case closed. From Public Notice:
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Aaron Rupar
4 months
Rep. Jason Smith is on Fox Business pushing conspiracy theories about Joe Biden and Burisma that were debunked five years ago. He certainly knows better at this point.
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Fact check tru
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Trump: Joe Biden was totally exonerated last week
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James Comer in markup: "I got time to use the bathroom?" I thought I heard someone crying in there...
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Alan Dershowitz last week on Comer and Jordan’s sham Biden inquiry: “Drop the impeachment.” “It’s not an impeachable offense because it didn’t occur while he was president, and they haven’t been able to point the finger at him rather than at his children.”
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Dershowitz calls on Republicans to drop impeachments of Biden & Mayorkas, saying "we should not be using impeachment unless the House can demonstrate clearly treason, bribery, or other high crimes & misdemeanors, & I think they're way short of that." Maria can barely believe it.
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Front-page of ⁦ @RecordEagle ⁩ this morning: 'She Fights For Us' @GretchenWhitmer
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"The Russian disinformation campaign, whoever that involves." @JamesComer —you, Comrade Comer, that's who it involves. The Russian disinformation campaign involves you willfully promoting their same lies.
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Comer accuses Goldman and Raskin of being hypocrites before also accusing them of colluding with the media to create a disinformation campaign
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6 months
James Comer & the GOP's impeachment theater centers on the same thoroughly debunked lie long peddled by Trump, Giuliani & US sanctioned Russian agents. As VP, Biden led bipartisan efforts to help Ukraine confront corruption. That's it. From Public Notice:
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House Republicans
6 months
🚨4 KEY Facts That Will Never Change 🚨 1. Hunter Biden sat on Burisma’s board 2. He was NOT qualified to 3. Burisma pressured him to get Joe Biden’s help on getting a Ukrainian prosecutor fired 4. Joe Biden did just that
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Comer accusing Dems of creating a disinformation campaign about a Russian disinformation campaign is peak Comer nonsense. Multiple Trump Admin officials, including Mnuchin & Pompeo, warned that Russians are in fact doing exactly what Comer says is fake.
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Comer accuses Goldman and Raskin of being hypocrites before also accusing them of colluding with the media to create a disinformation campaign
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Republicans have nothing on Joe Biden, so of course Smith falls back on the same Ukraine lie peddled by Trump, Russian agents & indicted liar Alexander Smirnov. Witness after witness has testified that Biden never took any official action related to his family’s business.
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Aaron Rupar
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BARTIROMO: I wonder if you can identify policy moves that Biden has made in terms of getting paid for anything. REP. JASON SMITH: *has nothing*
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Comer on 1023—“The Committee will assess the form it has subpoenaed from the FBI...we will report to you only facts when they are verified & indisputable. "This Committee will not pursue witch hunts or string the American people along for years with false promises of evidence"
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Aaron Rupar
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. @RepJamesComer last May about an FBI informant that has now been indicted for lying to the FBI: "This committee will not pursue witch hunts or string the American people along ... I trust the whistleblower."
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In the past week, NY Post & Fox reported: -Impeachment “has so far gone nowhere” -“Comer appears to be pouring cold water on the prospects of impeaching” But he whines that Dems are “trying to get their friends in the media to say the investigation is wrapping up or...stalled.”
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Aaron Rupar
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Comer is still desperately trying to make fetch happen
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. @reesejgorman look look yesterday Comer confused his star witness and the President! BONUS—Comer’s comments substantively consist of debunked lies and meaningless nonsense.
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Comer: And what I would like to know from Tony Biden is just exactly what Joe Biden's involvement was
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No no, Comer’s interpretation of the rules only restricts revealing details that undercut his lies.
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I was told by James Comer that revealing specific details from the deposition is against committee rules yet
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Comer continues to set the standard that “This investigation isn’t about the President’s son. This is about Joe Biden.”   Last week GOP aides said @JamesComer ’s impeachment hearing is “more accurately described as an Oversight hearing on Hunter Biden.”
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Aaron Rupar
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note how Comer in this clip seamlessly transitions from accusing Joe Biden of wrongdoing to in the next breath talking about Hunter Biden's alleged crimes
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Joseph Costello
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. @GretchenWhitmer rallied a fired up crowd of well over 1,000 last night “I’m glad that it’s me writing the education budget, not Betsy DeVos” Whitmer delivered the biggest K-12 investment in MI history 4 yrs in a row, 3x reading coaches, expanded tutoring, reduced class sizes
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American Jewish Committee on QAnon:
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Aaron Rupar
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as Republicans try to pin rising antisemitism on Dems, worth noting that not long ago James Comer and the GOP Oversight Committee shared video from an antisemitic QAnon account.
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. @RepRaskin : @RepMoskowitz has “mastered not only parliamentary rules but the fine art of debunking Russian propaganda while getting under Chairman Comer’s skin.” "A spokesperson for Comer declined to comment."
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Power Of The Pest: How Jared Moskowitz Helped Wreck The Impeachment Inquiry
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More from @TheMessenger —House Republicans "are questioning whether the release of the first American freed as a Hamas hostage happened because the child’s aunt is a Democratic donor who bought artwork from Hunter Biden." James Comer: "We wanna find out."
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Maria Bartiromo suggests an American toddler who was taken hostage by Hamas after her parents were murdered was released because her family has connections with Biden
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. @RepNancyMace “I want to hear from every witness.” False. You voted twice against hearing from two key fact witnesses, Giuliani and Parnas. Clearly, you do not want the American people to hear the truth about the lie at the heart of your sham impeachment.
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. @RepNancyMace do you believe Trump should be held accountable if he is convicted by a trial of his peers? On Thursday, @RepCasar exposed that Committee Republicans do not believe in the rule of law:
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. @RepNancyMace lies about SARs. None of the SARs reviewed by Committee staff allege, refer to, or even suggest, any potential misconduct by the President— Nor do they show any involvement by Biden in Hunter Biden’s financial or business relationships.
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About to fact check the hell outta Comer in this ⁦Chipotle.
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. @RepNancyMace 'I REALLY want to hear from the bookkeeper… & how [Biden] got paid.' Lie. Schwerin (did bookkeeping tasks '09-17) told the Cmte he never saw any transactions into/out of Biden's bank accnt related to biz cnducted by any family mmbr—his lwyer confirmed that fact.
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Joseph Costello
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. @RepNancyMace dishonestly talks about “connecting the dots with Joe Biden.” As Michael Gerhardt testified on Thursday, “The problem is that the dots are not connected.” Under Newt Gingrich, Gerhardt was invited by Republicans & Democrats to testify on impeachment.
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BARTIROMO: Have you been able to identify specific policy decisions Joe Biden made that he was paid for? NANCY MACE: I have not had the ability to research that
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. @RepNancyMace , “Will they support Joe Biden if he is indicted for bribery?” This is utter nonsense, and there is no evidence that this is even in the realm of possibility. Will the Lowcountry support @RepNancyMace if she is indicted for bribery?
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Joseph Costello
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.⁦⁦ @HuffPost ⁩ - “GOP Lawmaker Scorched For Her 'Mental Gymnastics' About Biden Impeachment Inquiry” ⁦ @RepNancyMace ⁩ and ⁦ @SpeakerMcCarthy ⁩ have no regard for the truth nor the Constitution.
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Joseph Costello
2 years
NEW AD: @GretchenWhitmer is bringing people together to deliver for working families – growing Michigan’s economy, expanding health care coverage, cutting the cost of higher education/skills training, & fighting to end “the retirement tax, saving seniors thousands” #MIGOV
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7 months
Comer & Republicans are grossly distorting bank records that clearly show Joe Biden as a private citizen loaned money to his brother who repaid him. Many reporters & fact checkers have already discredited R’s false claims & confirmed there’s no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden:
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Tom Emmer
7 months
Joe Biden’s disturbing pattern of corruption continues to be exposed. Once again, House Republicans are delivering on our promise to provide much-needed transparency and accountability regarding the Biden family’s corrupt business dealings.
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New from @RepRaskin —"Eric Schwerin today told the Committee that he never saw evidence of any wrongdoing by President Biden and that President Biden was not involved in, did not profit from and took no official actions in relation to any of his family members' business dealings."
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Joseph Costello
3 months
Fox News & The Wall Street Journal already discredited Bobulinski’s recycled claims in 2020, when he first made them in collaboration with Trump, the Trump WH & the Trump campaign.
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Max Cohen
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Democrats have tried to preemptively discredit Bobulinski’s testimony >>>
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. @RepStefanik — lies. The check literally says “Loan Repayment” and the Oversight Committee has the bank record of the incoming loan from Joe Biden, 48 days earlier, exact same amount. But @JamesComer is hiding that bank record so he can distort the truth.
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Rep. Elise Stefanik
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Joe Biden asked, “Where’s the money?” Under the leadership of Chairman @RepJamesComer , @GOPOversight has found a bombshell $200,000 going to the Big Guy, Joe Biden, directly from the illegal Biden family influence peddling scheme. Accountability is here, and the @HouseGOP will
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Comer continues to distort facts that undercut his lies. Everyone from @DailyMail & @DCExaminer to @NYTimes & @USATODAY affirm that bank records show Biden—when he was not in office—made 2 short-term interest-free loans to his brother who repaid him. Joe's a good guy—bombshell!
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Rep. James Comer
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🚨Joe Biden received a $40,000 check originating from China. 🚨Joe Biden also received a $200,000 check from James Biden. The White House is attacking @GOPoversight for having the audacity to seek information on the payments. Americans deserve the truth.
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Joseph Costello
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After announcing the launch of Republicans for Whitmer, ⁦ @GretchenWhitmer ⁩joined hundreds of supporters in Grand Rapids to continue to share her message of bringing people together to create opportunity in every community #MIGOV
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Bank records don’t lie, but James Comer does. When asked about bank records that discredit his false allegations against Biden, Comer lied to reporters: “That doesn’t say shit…You don't know that [the loans] came from Joe Biden.” Here are the facts @DailyMail & @dcexaminer 👇
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Freedom Caucus Republican: "Republicans in the House who are itching for an impeachment are relying on an imagined history. Their inquiry...rests heavily on a fictitious version of Shokin’s career, with the alleged investigation of Burisma at the center."
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Joseph Costello
2 months
“🚨 FULL STEAM AHEAD 🚨”
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@JudiciaryGOP
House Judiciary GOP
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🚨 FULL STEAM AHEAD 🚨 “Impeachment inquiry: GOP threatens to subpoena Biden official who led Ukraine anti-corruption efforts”
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Joseph Costello
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"Bank records don’t lie." James Comer sure does.
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Rep. James Comer
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🚨👀 Bank records don’t lie. I have news coming at 10amET. Stay tuned.
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Joseph Costello
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Sounds a lot like Comrade Comer.
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Aaron Rupar
1 month
RNC Chair Michael Whatley says the quiet part loud on Maria Bartiromo's show and portrays Ukraine as an "aggressive" adversary of the US
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Yet again Comer’s lies are debunked. This reinforces the importance of Raskin’s calls for Comer to provide info on the origins of his allegations, which all too often prove to be lies tied to Russian and Chinese intelligence.
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Annie Grayer
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First on CNN: House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were dealt their latest blow this week when the CIA informed them that an allegation they pushed was false But, House Republicans are doubling down
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Joseph Costello
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Erroneous! Tens of thousands of pages of bank records and ten of Republicans’ own witnesses affirm that Joe Biden did not profit from his family’s business dealings. GOP lies disproven, sham impeachment failed.
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HANNITY: Jason, what impeachable offenses are you looking at? REP. JASON SMITH: Well Sean, if you just look, um, Joe Biden, the Biden family, has been cashing in his position of power in government
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Bobulinski’s lawyer just agreed with Ranking Member Raskin that Bobulinski testified that Joe Biden was not part of Hunter, James & Bobulinski’s business structure. He was Trump WH counsel, so perhaps this is just an embarrassing blunder? The transcript will confirm the facts!
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Benjamin Weingarten
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Tony Bobulinski fires back at Democrats in letter from his attorney to Ranking Judiciary Committee Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), which reads in part: "Minority assassination of Mr. Bobulinski’s character and grotesque mischaracterizations of his words will only serve to highlight
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James Comer lies. A mountain of evidence, including +36k bank records & repeated witness statements, shows Joe Biden was *not involved in* and *did not profit from* his family’s business. By contrast:
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@RepJamesComer
Rep. James Comer
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🚨The Bidens and associates made over $24 million by cashing in on the Biden name in China, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, & Romania. No goods or services were provided other than access to Joe Biden. @POTUS must be held accountable for this corruption & abuse of public office.
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Joseph Costello
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Jim Jordan last month: “The most corroborating evidence we have is the 1023 form”
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Kyle Cheney
3 months
JUST IN: Feds say in a detention memo that Alexander SMIRNOV — charged with fabricating claims that Joe Biden was bribed by Ukrainians — had high-level contacts with Russian intelligence operatives.
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Joseph Costello
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Hmm that's odd
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Max Cohen
3 months
Hunter Biden deposition breaking for lunch. Top Rs like Comer and Jordan wouldn’t respond to questions on how the deposition was going
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Joseph Costello
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Fact check true!
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Craig Mauger
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President Biden refers to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as the best governor in the country.
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Joseph Costello
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. @TheMessenger —Today, Comer went down "one of the deepest rabbit holes in the GOP’s impeachment." "While [Comer] tried to draw a connection between Morris’ loans and the White House, the witness himself poured cold water on the idea that he acted to benefit the Biden campaign."
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Stephen Neukam
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NEW: Kevin Morris told investigators today that he never sought favors from the White House or the Biden camp for his ~$5 million loan to Hunter Biden. 'I just, for the life of me, cannot figure out what we’re doing here,' one top Democrat told me
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Joseph Costello
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Only Chairman Comer can make or authorize representations on behalf of the Committee. So either Comer is lying or Trump’s attorney is lying. Per many, many, many independent fact checks, James Comer is known to lie!
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Stephen Neukam
4 months
NEW: A Trump accounting firm last year stopped providing Congress with docs in the Democratic probe of his businesses — just as Republicans took over the House. But James Comer denies to me that he ever cut off the flow of docs. So who made the call?
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Joseph Costello
2 years
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, CADILLAC, TRAVERSE CITY - Getting Things Done Road Trip continues "We are fixing those damn roads. We put 170k Michiganders on tuition-free paths to skills so they can get into better paying jobs. We secured the future of the auto industry" @GretchenWhitmer
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Joseph Costello
4 months
This is exactly why James Comer hides the evidence from the American people: the evidence continues to undercut the lies that define his failed impeachment. "We're waiting for those transcripts, Chairman Comer. Release 'em."— @JakeTapper after yesterday’s interview with Morris.
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Jordain Carney
4 months
New: Kevin Morris' attorney sent a letter to Oversight Chair James Comer saying he's misrepresenting Morris' testimony from a closed-door deposition yesterday, per a copy of the letter obtained by POLITICO. Also asking Comer to release the transcript:
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Joseph Costello
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. @EricTrump , Donald donated $459,050—a drop in the bucket of the millions & millions he took from foreign regimes. @RepRaskin —“The Constitution in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 doesn’t mention profits...It says you can’t take anything of value at all from foreign governments.”
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Eric Trump
5 months
What a joke! All foreign government profits, for stays at our hotels and other properties while my father was in office, were voluntaraly donated to the United States Treasury. Just another example of @MSNBC counter-narrative for the most corrupt family in political history - The
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Joseph Costello
8 months
.⁦ @SpeakerMcCarthy doesn’t have the votes because he doesn’t have any evidence of wrongdoing. In fact, the evidence shows there was no wrongdoing.
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Joseph Costello
29 days
. @axios : "Trump has vowed retribution against his enemies if he wins in November. House Republicans have struggled to show Biden has done anything illegal, but people close to Trump are still plotting to use the Justice Department against Biden and his family."
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Stephen Neukam
29 days
I wrote about the inside details on Trump’s Biden threats:
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Joseph Costello
7 months
. @JamesComer fundraising off of his grossly dishonest probe. Bank records show Joe Biden was not involved in & did not profit from his family members’ business ventures. Comer is hiding the loan that Biden gave his brother 6 weeks before his brother repaid him, interest-free.
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Max Cohen
7 months
The money game >>> here’s how Comer is fundraising off his Oversight announcement
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Joseph Costello
2 years
KALAMAZOO: tonight @GretchenWhitmer joined +325 Michiganders - Democrats, Republicans & Independents - to discuss her historic progress creating jobs, improving K-12 ed & cutting cost of skills training/higher ed as well as share her vision to keep moving Michigan forward #MIGOV
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Joseph Costello
4 months
Schwerin testified that Joe Biden was not involved in, did not profit from & took no official actions in relation to any of his family members' business. Republicans wriggle, say that's not what they're looking for. But that's precisely the info they sought in their subpoena:
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Annie Grayer
4 months
A source familiar with Schwerin's testimony said "Schwerin had no visibility on key foreign payments to the Bidens" and his opening statement "is very narrowly tailored and does not cover" what GOP is seeking info about
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Joseph Costello
4 months
It’s great to see James Comer get scapegoated by his Republican colleagues, but Jim Jordan—Dr. Burisma—is the one actually participating in these closed-door interviews where witness after witness after witness has discredited the GOP impeachment lies. Failure across the board.
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Melanie Zanona
4 months
NEW: Serious doubts growing inside GOP that they'll end up impeaching Biden. Official decision won't be made until after Hunter Biden deposition. But blame game already heating up behind the scenes. “It’s a jumbled mess," says GOPer. w/ @AnnieGrayerCNN
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Joseph Costello
2 years
. @GretchenWhitmer speaking with hundreds of Yoopers tonight in Marquette about her work bringing people together -- "people that want government to work just as hard as they do, who want to know this is a state where every person has a real opportunity"
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Joseph Costello
4 months
. @BretBaier —“Schwerin told lawmakers he is not aware of any financial transactions or compensation" benefiting Joe Biden "related to the business conduct of any family members or their associates." “He says Mr. Biden was not involved in their businesses.”
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Joseph Costello
7 months
. @SteveScalise — false. The bank records show that on 1/12/18, while he was a private citizen, Joe Biden made a loan to his brother James. James paid it back 48 days later, no interest. The docs show that Joe Biden did not profit from his family members’ business ventures.
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Steve Scalise
7 months
🚨🚨 BREAKING → @GOPoversight has uncovered a $200,000 DIRECT payment to Joe Biden. The money trail of the Biden Family corruption scheme leads directly to Joe himself. There’s no denying it now.
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Joseph Costello
7 days
. @RepMoskowitz knows how to cut through the Russian propaganda!
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Joseph Costello
8 months
Is @BreitbartNews ' left-leaning coverage fueling the wave of Republicans, MAGA to 'moderate,' who admit there is precisely *zero* evidence to justify an impeachment effort?   Or are @JamesComer 's near daily lies (the defining hallmark of his failed investigation) to blame?
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Joseph Costello
4 months
Damn, yet ANOTHER one of Republicans’ own witnesses—required under law to tell the truth—discredited Comer and Jordan’s lies about Joe Biden. But Republicans continue to waste millions of taxpayer dollars on this sham probe because Trump demanded it (& Comer wants to fundraise).
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Stephen Neukam
4 months
NEW: Joseph Langston, a former business associate of James Biden, told impeachment investigators today that Joe Biden was not involved in and did not profit from he and James Biden's business affairs, per source familiar. He hasn't spoken to Joe Biden in more than 15 years.
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Joseph Costello
3 months
Question: “Joseph, in 2015, did you do xyz?” Normal response: “hmm 2015, let me think, was I in college at that point?”
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Reese Gorman
3 months
Special counsel report states that BIDEN “did not remember when he was Vice President” and did not remember “when his son Beau died.”
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Joseph Costello
6 months
Johnson lies. 36k bank records, repeated witness statements affirm Joe Biden was *not involved in* & *did not profit from* his family’s business. Joe—when he was not POTUS nor VP—loaned his brother money. This has been fact checked to no end. The facts:
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Speaker Mike Johnson
6 months
Here are the straightforward facts:   - $15 million flowed to the Biden family from countries like Russia and China - 22 times President Biden talked to his son’s business associates - 16 times President Biden lied about it to the American people - And we have checks made out to
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Joseph Costello
2 years
.⁦ @gretchenwhitmer ⁩ with some of the hardest working people in this state, talking about the issues facing them and their families, and her work to deliver on the fundamentals that make a difference in people's lives
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Joseph Costello
3 months
Newsmax keeps poking holes in Jordan & Comer’s impeachment. On Hunter Biden’s business ventures—“Is that a crime…unless there is some sort of quid pro quo with his father when his father is in office?” (There definitively is no QPQ) & Donalds is batting a thousand, obviously.
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Joseph Costello
2 years
Now @GretchenWhitmer sharing her appreciation for @MiLaborers for their tireless work to strengthen MI's economy, build our roads/bridges. Whitmer also discussing historic progress made together, reinstating prevailing wage & making infrastructure investments supporting +80k jobs
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Joseph Costello
7 months
. @GOPoversight is promoting a false narrative while they hide the bank record showing that on 1/12/18, then a private citizen, Joe Biden made a loan to his brother James. @JamesComer has the bank record for that loan coming from Joe—same amount as James’s 3/1/18 “Loan Repayment”
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Joseph Costello
2 years
. @GretchenWhitmer spoke with voters in Pontiac today about her progress fixing the roads and improving education, including the biggest K-12 investment in Michigan history, closing the school funding gap, helping reduce class sizes, & tripling the number of reading coaches.
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Joseph Costello
2 months
Comer is down so bad that he didn't even show his face on Hannity tonight 🤔
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Philip Bump
2 months
Still offline today but thought it was useful to note that the only point to today’s “impeachment inquiry” hearing is for House GOP to try to demonstrate that the whole thing wasn’t a bust. So look for them to try to come up with some capstone that will sell to Hannity viewers.
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Joseph Costello
2 years
. @GretchenWhitmer -- another 4 years of bringing people together to get things done. #MIGOV
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Joseph Costello
2 years
. @GretchenWhitmer in Fraser tonight: “None of you are made of sugar right? Who’s gonna melt in the rain?” “Tough times call for tough people. The people of Michigan deserve leaders who care about them, who will fight for them, who will fight for our rights" →
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Joseph Costello
6 months
What “stonewalling?” DOJ, FBI, IRS & NARA made 9 witnesses available to discuss ongoing investigations. Treasury provided 2,000+ pages of SARs. The WH & Archives are following the law and standard practice in releasing the President's records. More lies from House GOP...
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Jake Sherman
6 months
🚨 BREAKING NEWS -- TOM EMMER says in a closed House GOP meeting that a vote to officially begin an impeachment inquiry could come up in the next few weeks. He says, in his view, the BIDEN administration is stonewalling and not sending information.
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Joseph Costello
7 months
Johnson claims he’s "not predetermined" but on the House floor he falsely concluded "Biden has engaged in bribery schemes"—that's a lie. Comer, months ago: "I would vote to impeach right now." Neither can show any evidence of wrongdoing by Biden, much less impeachable offenses.
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The Recount
7 months
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), when asked if there's enough evidence for the House to draft articles of impeachment against President Biden: “As we stand here today, I'm not predetermined that, but I do believe that very soon we are coming to a point of decision on it.”
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Joseph Costello
2 years
MT. PLEASANT & SAGINAW: @GretchenWhitmer joined hundreds of fired up Michiganders today & discussed the historic progress she has made to put Michigan first – creating good-paying jobs, cutting costs for working families & investing in education. #MIGOV
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Joseph Costello
4 months
Comer hides facts b/c facts undercut his lies. Vampire inquiry—can't handle sunlight. "Comer told CNN’s Jake Tapper last month he planned to release the transcripts of any interview his committee does." "But, Republicans have yet to release the transcript of" a Dec. interview.
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Annie Grayer
4 months
What to know this week on Biden impeachment inquiry Tues: Oversight committee interviews art dealer who worked with Hunter Weds: Committees vote on Hunter contempt Oversight not planning to release Dec intv w/Americore trustee about James Biden so far
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Joseph Costello
2 years
. @GretchenWhitmer celebrating Labor Day with @IbewMichigan this morning. Whitmer heard from members and shared her progress putting tens of thousands of Michiganders on a path to good-paying jobs with affordable skills training through MI Reconnect & Going PRO.
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Joseph Costello
3 months
PBS ⁦ @NewsHour ⁩: Witness after witness has testified that there is no evidence that President Biden was involved in any of Hunter Biden’s business dealings.
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Joseph Costello
2 years
. @GretchenWhitmer calling for commonsense gun safety at #MarchForOurLives , joining hundreds of Michiganders here in Lansing and thousands more around the state today. Doing nothing is not an option.
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Joseph Costello
4 months
People (Republican Members of Congress) are saying impeachment is an utter failure, driven by lies… 👀🤥
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