CNN Interview With GOP House Oversight Chairman On Evidence For Biden vs. Trump Investigations Goes Viral: ‘Things Can In Fact Get Stupider’
By: Alex Griffing (Mediaite)
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CNN's Pamela Brown and Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, shared a remarkable exchange on CNN Sunday night, which quickly went viral after being shared online.
In the exchange, Brown presses Comer as to why his committee will investigate "influence peddling" regarding President Joe Biden's retention of classified documents, but not in regard to former President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents, which was on a much larger scale.
"If someone can show me evidence that there was influence peddling with those classified documents that were in the possession of President Trump, then we would certainly expand that…" Comer replied to Brown after being asked about not investigating Trump.
"But do you have evidence of the classified document, influence peddling from Biden? And it sounds like you don't, you're looking into it, but why wouldn't you look into it in the same way with Trump?" Brown pushed.
"We have evidence that the Biden family has been very cozy with people from the Chinese Communist Party. We have evidence that Hunter Biden was receiving payments that were linked directly to the Chinese Communist Party through those Chinese energy companies. We're very concerned about all the money…" Comer replied as Brown interjected.
"How is that connected to classified documents?" Brown asked.
"Well, we don't know," Comer admitted.
"We want to look, we see there's one e-mail that's been identified that is suspicious that we want to look into. We want to make sure that there's one email that was on Hunter Biden's laptop wasn't one of the classified documents. So I think there's ample reason to be concerned," Comer shot back.
Independent journalist Aaron Rupar shared the clip online Sunday evening within 24 hours it had received over 2 million views.
Vanity Fair's Molly Jong-Fast shared the clip and noted, "Things can in fact get stupider."
Things can in fact get stupider https://t.co/Eaj3PiUbRZ
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 30, 2023
Robert Maguire of the non-profit Citizens for Ethics commented, "Just a stunning dereliction of duty. Trump brought in tens of millions of dollars as president from businesses he refused to divest, which were used by special interests and foreign governments to enrich him while currying favor with him and his administration."
Just a stunning dereliction of duty. Trump brought in tens of millions of dollars as president from businesses he refused to divest, which were used by special interests and foreign governments to enrich him while currying favor with him and his administration. https://t.co/IyPpSa0FwX
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) January 30, 2023
Mother Jones's David Corn brought up a $2 billion Saudi investment in Jared Kushner, replying, "I know of 2 billion reasons Comer and the House Republicans should look at the Trump family regarding influence peddling and overseas dealings. Happy to chat."
I know of 2 billion reasons Comer and the House Republicans should look at the Trump family regarding influence peddling and overseas dealings. Happy to chat, @JamesComer. https://t.co/1abo0HmdJT
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 30, 2023
Below are more replies from social media users:
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— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 30, 2023
GOP leaders are counting on Comer to preserve the credibility of a committee chock full of conspiratorial wackos. That is frightening. https://t.co/kDrThOGmou
— davidrlurie (@davidrlurie) January 30, 2023
We have no evidence? https://t.co/aqK7WV5ucY
— jim manley (@jamespmanley) January 30, 2023
Living in a post-intelligent world is a trip https://t.co/AaW5wfWlvo
— Lisa Braun Dubbels (@lisadubbels) January 30, 2023
Republican hypocrisy on full display.
How can you launch an investigation without any evidence? This is a politically-driven fishing expedition — full stop.
Lots of political stunts, not a lot of problem-solving. https://t.co/4rlW333s7w
— Rep. Jimmy Gomez (@RepJimmyGomez) January 30, 2023
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The primary reason to hold investigations is to uncover evidence. After all, all the serious allegations against Trump have been made with the flimsiest of supposed facts.
I suspect that the Republicans have enough evidence that warrants a closer look. And are you saying that all the fishing expeditions against Trump were not politically driven?
After all, if your president Biden was a crook or traitor, wouldn't you want to know.
'Flimsiest of supposed facts'?
'Fishing expeditions'?
Unreal the alternate reality.
The crook and the traitor here is trumpturd.
"the Chinese Communist Party" has become a mantra for these lunatics.
Its (Joe) McCarthy era 2.0
And likewise, the Russian Communist Party has become a mantra for the far left lunatics.
The Chi-Comms are our adversary and a threat to our nation, they are not our friends.
After 7 years and counting of Democrat bullshit on all things Trump; leftists are upset that Republicans again control the House and can conduct investigations.
How dare Republicans investigate Brandon the Human Fuck Up Machine!
"But Trruuummmmppppp!!!!!!"
Democrats control the Senate- if they want to investigate Trump so damn badly over classified documents have at it. But it seems rather redundant (and they already know it) when NARA, FBI, and DOJ are already acting as fully functioning extensions of the Democrat party. But that never stopped the Democrats from wasting tax payer money before.
I know. Now that they are no longer in power in the House, investigations are no longer acceptable and are hypocritical.
Ironic to say the least.
I hope the right wing fanatics hold these hearings every week between now and the '24 election. They will guarantee Democratic wins. Americans dont want Q Anon tinged wackos dictating the course of national events.
Sorry sir, but the adults are charge of the room now. Happy days for Dems are beginning to slowly fade away.
Vengeance and hate and ignorance and lies and projection and deflection and denial are all the repubs/gop/gqp have.
After the last 6-7 years of Dem trump hunts, it is the epitome of ignorance to believe this wouldn’t happen when Reps took over
C’est la vie and consider the source.
Lol ... talk about projection.
Epic job girl.
The main difference I see is the republicans don’t have a bitter lapdog like Garland running the DOJ like the democrats did, contempt charges will go no where with that incompetent failed judge in charge.
Didn't seem to hurt Democrats at midterms; after they wrote the book on unnecessary politically driven investigations for 6 years.
The Red Wave didn't materialize- even with every leading indicator (the economy, crime statistics, inflation, gas prices, and wide open southern border with record setting illegals crossing over yearly) pointing downwards for Democrats.
Seems dragging your opponents through the mud carries more weight than reality with the majority of US voters.
We will see how well Republicans have learned this lesson over the next two years.
I don't know how much of this could have been that the public doesn't care all that much vs that a lot of people were just tired of Trump and didn't want to vote for the hard Trump candidates. I feel confident that's what killed Keri Lake's election, her hard right to follow Trump and her continued election denier stick. I know several people who did not vote for her exactly because of that and I suspect that impacted a lot of voters around the country that also cancelled out the red wave.
You have evidence that Trump has been very cozy with people from the Chinese Communist Party. Evidenced by them excluding Ivanka's clothing line from their tariffs.
President Donald Trump’s daughter has long had her apparel and shoes made in China and thanks to a major exemption for Chinese garment and footwear in the tariffs dispute, the clothing industry looks likely to be left unscathed.
You have evidence that Trump has been very cozy with people from the Russian government Evidenced by his attempts to obtain permission to build Trump Tower Moscow.
. What we know so far about Trump Tower project for Moscow
Not to mention this little gem.
Trump makes shocking comments about trusting Putin over US ‘intelligence lowlifes’
And no, this is a new one that he just recently repeated on Truth Social.
Trumps been investigated ad nauseam by Dims the last 7 or so years.
It’s Biden’s turn now. Get used to it.
To some up the entire dem defense.
Orange man bad!
Senile old racist good.
Trump has been investigated by both Dems and Repubs for actual reasons. Like the Hillary investigations, Repubs are on another fishing expedition which will disappear once the 2024 election is over.
Yeah.. those “fishing expeditions” didn’t stop president Hillary, that’s for sure.
Lol .... Trump does it, justified. Biden does the same thing, fishing expedition. One wonders if you are being intentionally obtuse.
One wonders.
“It’s Biden’s turn now.”
Tit for tat…imagine that.
As we languish in the leadership vacuum. This just sucks with no end in sight.
Good for the pointing of fingers, good for idle conversation…but ultimately and unfortunately, good for nothing.
I agree.
It is a shitty place our politicians have led us.
If Rep don’t tit for tat, Dems will just bone them again when they get back into power. And vice versa.
It is truly FUBAR.
What has Biden done that is the same as what Trump has done???
Or are you claiming that Biden not only knowing took 100's of classified documents when he left office, that her refused to return when asked, and had a lawyer sign a knowingly false statement that they'd all been returned. Is that what you are claiming Biden did???
Republicans have a choice, they can go for "tit for tat", or they can actually do their job of governing. We can all see which they chose.
I believe they were planted by some right-wing scumbag, there are millions of them (right-wing scumbags that is).
Are you that unfamiliar with what happened? You really should do a little research before trying to imply anything.
Biden's attorneys were NOT looking for the documents, they were moving his stuff out of an old office when they found them. If it were nefarious, why in the hell would he have announced their finding?
Is this what YOU are seeing???? Does it hurt trying to stretch things this far to make your case? I also notice that you have conveniently ignored everything else that Trump did prior to the DOJ getting involved.
He has no clue what happened, but that's true about everything.
That's stupid. Saying the opposite of what I said is moronic. Makes no sense.
That's the $64,000.00 question. Perhaps they were just there to supervise and had some day worker grunts doing the actual moving.
Seems lawyers weren't the only ones
You can translate that drivel into english? Good on ya.
You don't have the ability to hurt, insult, or demean me, or the mentality.
No, you are the clueless one.
No, you don't.
Yes, that's all you have.
You don't seem to comprehend or understand how forums like this work,
Clueless.
I know it’s hard to admit when drool bucket screws up but I’ll repeat the problem. Having classified documents in unsecured/unauthorized areas is against law. Against the law for EVERYONE including drool bucket Biden.
I know it can be hard but embrace the suck ......
Dems should have investigated that when they were in charge of the House. If they want to they can investigate it in the Senate still. But with the DOJ, FBI, and IRS being their puppets anything that would have been uncovered would have been used against Trump long ago.
Democrats can't stand that investigations will be conducted against Brandon the career political criminal. That he will be held to the same standards TDS driven leftist have held Trump to for the last 7 years.
"But Trruuummmmppppp!!!!!!" The battle cry of the pathetic TDS driven.
The lunatics, morons, and Q-fans have taken over part of our government, and as we see here, the rank and file right wingers are fine with it.
This is the kind of deprecating comment that is fucking up our country.
Absolutely no value except to spread more hate.
Sad.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and Paul Gosar, all of which who have expressed pro QAnon sentiments in the past, are sitting on Comer's committee that will investigate Biden.
I think my comments above are mild all things considered.
You act as if, in the name of getting along, we should accept these clowns as national political figures. Dream on.
I’d name all the equivalent kooks and partisans on the left ending with shotgun Joe at the top but I know it falls on deaf ears.
Suffice it to say I respect each districts elected choice whether I like them or not. You see, I’m not a tyrannical megalomaniac like some on the left and right.
“…the rank and file right wingers are fine with it.”
….emphasis on rank. Something stinks and it permeates every fiber of our system of governance. The lunatic fringe will drive the narrative for the foreseeable future.
Ludicrous comment. A Ku Klux Klan grand wizard could be elected to Congress. So you would respect him being there because he won an election?
Stop trying to put words in my mouth. I said I would respect the decision made by the people who elected him. Big difference.
You comments just continue to reinforce the tyrannical nature of your thought processes.
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