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They seriously must do joint meetings with conservative media and politicians to agree on what to say word for word. And the quote “Biden Crime Family” was actually used LMAO…
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/20/house-republicans-hunter-biden-00102666
Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Tuesday quickly vowed to push forward with his months-long investigation, accusing the Justice Department of cutting a “sweetheart deal” that would have “no impact” on his investigation.
“Let’s be clear: the Department of Justice’s charges against President Biden’s son Hunter reveal a two-tiered system of justice. Hunter Biden is getting away with a slap on the wrist when growing evidence uncovered by the House Oversight Committee reveals the Bidens engaged in a pattern of corruption, influence peddling, and possibly bribery,” Comer said in a statement.
“We will not rest until the full extent of President Biden’s involvement in the family’s schemes are revealed,” he added.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, speaking to reporters Tuesday, called the deal an example of the “two-tier” system of justice, but one that “does nothing” to ongoing GOP investigations.
“It actually should enhance our investigations because the DOJ should not be able to withhold any information now. ... They should be able to provide Chairman Comer with any information that he requires,” McCarthy said.
In addition to Comer’s probe, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has been investigating GOP claims of political bias against conservatives within the federal government, with a particular focus on the FBI and Justice Department. Spokespeople for the Ohio Republican didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on whether he would expand his investigation to dive into the Justice Department’s decisions in the Hunter Biden case.
Jordan, in a tweet, called the plea deal a “double standard of justice.” And the GOP’s Judiciary Committee Twitter account, which is run by Jordan’s staff, said Hunter Biden “should be looking at a minimum of five years in prison. But since he’s a Biden, he gets a slap on the wrist.”
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), the No. 4 House Republican and a member of the sub-panel investigating the GOP claims of a politicized government, called the plea deal the “epitome of the politicization and weaponization of Joe Biden’s Department of Justice.”
“House Republicans will not rest until the full illegal corruption of the Biden Crime Family is exposed. Joe Biden must and will be held accountable,” Stefanik said in a statement.
A number of other Republicans were quick to embrace a familiar rallying cry on Tuesday: That Hunter Biden is benefiting from a two-tier system of justice within the country. The conference offered the same criticism after former President Donald Trump’s recent indictment in a federal classified documents investigation — and one that the former president echoed Tuesday in reaction to the plea deal.
“Hunter Biden pleading guilty to a gun charge and misdemeanor tax charges with no jail time is a stunt to make him look like he is just cooperating with the DOJ,” tweeted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a member of the Oversight Committee, calling the Justice Department “pathetic and weaponized.”
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), a former chair of the Oversight Committee, called the plea deal “only the first crack in the Biden corruption cover-up”
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