Last fall, the day House Republicans learned that they’d secured a majority in the wake of the 2022 midterm elections, Rep. James Comer held a press conference for a specific reason: The GOP congressman, who’d soon lead the House Oversight Committee, saw an opportunity to talk about his Hunter Biden conspiracy theories.
When reporters on hand for the event tried to ask about other pressing issues, Comer brushed them off. “If we could keep it about Hunter Biden, this is kind of a big deal, we think,” the Kentucky congressman said.
It was never altogether clear what the “big deal” was or why Comer seemed so excited about it, but the press conference was in keeping with the House Republican’s general m.o.: Comer has been so preoccupied with President Joe Biden’s son that the Oversight Committee chair has cultivated an odd talent for connecting Hunter Biden to all sorts of unrelated controversies.
This week, Comer managed to temporarily aside put his preoccupation with the president’s son. That seemed to offer a refreshing change of pace. Unfortunately, however, as The Washington Post reported, Comer merely shifted his attention to the president’s other son.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) criticized a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for not prosecuting President Biden’s late son when he was still alive, a notion the White House slammed as “despicable.”
The underlying story is a little convoluted, but it involves U.S. Attorney David Weiss — who was appointed by Donald Trump — who prosecuted a Biden donor who made illegal contributions. There’s no evidence that the president or his team knew anything about the donor’s efforts, but Comer nevertheless appeared on a far-right podcast this week to argue, for reasons unknown, that Beau Biden — the former Delaware attorney general who died of brain cancer in 2015 — was caught up in the controversy.
“This U.S. attorney had had dealing, had an opportunity to go after the Bidens years ago. In fact, it…
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