House Republicans promised investigations that would take Biden down. They've failed in every way — except in pushing bigoted conspiracy theories. (via The ReidOut Blog)
In the memo, released Wednesday, the Democrats denounce Republicans on the committee — namely the chairman, Rep. James Comer of Kentucky — for using a probe into Biden’s possession of classified documents to push conspiracy theories about Kathy Chung, who served as an executive assistant under Biden as vice president, and try to link her to China, a frequent right-wing boogeyman.
Specifically, the 16-page memo says Comer used interviews to mislead the public about findings he said arose from the Biden probe, and it claims he “promoted false, xenophobic, and racist conspiracy theories” about Chung, who was born in South Korea. She has said she helped Biden pack documents at the end of the Obama administration but has denied intentional wrongdoing.
The Democrats appear to be borrowing a strategy in pushing back against Republican disinformation: You may recall, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committeeshowing that some of the witnesses called in to testify to the GOP’s “weaponization of government” House subcommittee were actually right-wing conspiracy theorists who embraced Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.
The new memo alleges Comer has frequently spouted false claims about Chung and her recent testimony to the committee, including that she was hired at the recommendation of Hunter Biden, the president’s son, to move the documents, as well as suggestions she may be an operative.
, a spokesperson for Republicans on the committee defended Comer’s claims, as well as the committee’s decision to not release the full transcript of Chung’s testimony.
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