House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has struggled mightily in recent months, desperately trying to make a case against President Joe Biden, but at least so far, failing spectacularly. The Kentucky Republican’s troubles seemed to go from bad to worse over the weekend, though, when the committee chair pointed to an “informant” he can’t find.
To briefly recap, Comer, undaunted by failure, suggested on Fox News that he had an important anti-Biden witness, but the congressman can’t seem to find him. “We’re hopeful that the informant is still there,” he said on the air. Asked if his anti-Biden informant “is now missing,” the Republican replied, “Well, we’re hopeful that we can find the informant.”
Yesterday, Rep. Tim Burchett, another Republican member of the Oversight Committee, appeared on Fox Business and was asked, “Do you know the whereabouts of the informants?” The Tennessee congressman replied, “No, ma’am, I do not.”
When the host pressed on, asking whether the person is missing, Burchett added, “Apparently, yes, according to Chairman Comer.”
Did they check between the couch cushions? Maybe they left the informant on top of the car before driving away?
The smart move for GOP lawmakers would be to start lowering expectations, but another Republican member of the House Oversight Committee — Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene — appeared on Steve Bannon’s podcast yesterday and did the opposite:
“[O]ther whistleblowers, yes, they are missing. They’re either in court, they’re in jail, or we cannot talk with them at this time because they can’t be found. This is a very real situation that we’re talking about. And our investigation is so important, Steve, that this will bring down the president of the United States.”
I suppose anything’s possible, but given the evidence that House Republicans have been able to present against the president — which is to say, literally nothing — Biden’s critics…
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