Malarkey: Biden mocks corruption allegations against him

Joe Biden on Thursday mocked an accusation that he accepted a $5 million bribe while serving as Vice President of the United States. This information was drafted in June 2020 by an anonymous informant, and is contained in an FBI document that House committee members had access to this week. Some of them revealed that the whistleblower identified the Ukrainian energy company Burisma as responsible for paying this massive bribe.

“Where’s the money? I’m kidding. It’s a bunch of crap.” announce Democratic president when news from New York Post lui a posé une question sur le document du FBI mis à la disposition des membres de la commission de Surveillance et de Réforme by the directeur de l’agence, Christopher Wray, to éviter d’être accusé d’outrage au Congrès by les républicains de room.

Obviously, Biden did not use the word “bullshit,” but “malarchy” to describe the allegations against him. Recall that these allegations were among the documents provided to the FBI by Rudolph Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, three years ago. However, according to CNN, “The allegations of wrongdoing by the then vice president, many of which came from Ukrainian sources, were dubious enough that Attorney General William Barr requested that they be investigated by a federal attorney general in Pittsburgh.” , in part because Mr. Barr feared that the series of documents from Giuliani could taint the ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden, which is being overseen by the Delaware federal prosecutor.”

Never mind: In the eyes of some Republican representatives, the whistleblower’s allegations are beyond doubt. Burisma, who employed Hunter Biden at the time, had paid Barack Obama’s right-hand man $5 million so he could fire Ukraine’s then-attorney general, Viktor Schukin (Hunter Biden would have been paid the same amount).

As the site has already explained FactCheck.org And many other outlets, Shokin’s dismissal, which was demanded by the entire international community, was not linked to Burisma or Hunter Biden. Shoken has been criticized for backsliding in the face of corruption.

But don’t try to explain it to the Republican representatives on the Oversight Committee. according to Marjorie Taylor GreenFor example, information in the FBI document “indicates Joe Biden’s involvement in a bribery scheme to obtain a bribery of the attorney general who was investigating Burisma, where Hunter Biden served on the board.”

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Donald Trump released the same baseless information about why Shokin was fired. And the rebels, then, but more sinister or cynical.

And so, on Thursday, South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Made accused Biden of doing so “sold his country”. The allegations contained in this document are more serious than reported to date. She said there was overwhelming evidence that the current president of the United States sold out his country as part of an ongoing corruption scheme.

Think about it: this “definitive piece of evidence” was received in June 2020 by then US Attorney General William Barr, who never managed to verify its authenticity.

Arizona Republican Representative Andy Biggs announced Thursday morning on Fox News that there is reason to launch impeachment proceedings against Biden and to impeach the latter. Judging its credibility:

representative. Biggs calls for Biden not only to be impeached but to be indicted, and also adds that he could be guilty of treason. pic.twitter.com/X8KthjwD2N

– Arun Ropar (atrupar) June 8, 2023

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