It’s no secret that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has struggled this year. The Kentucky Republican, convinced that he’ll uncover evidence of serious wrongdoing on President Joe Biden’s part, has managed to do little more than annoy his colleagues, make an excessive number of appearances on conservative media outlets, and demonstrate an extraordinary ability to connect Hunter Biden to just about anything.
But, we were told, yesterday would be the day that changed everything. The Democratic president would, at long last, face a “judgment day” as House Oversight Committee Republicans unveiled new evidence for all the world to see. For Biden’s critics, it was going to be awesome.
Charlie Hurt, an editor at the conservative Washington Times, warned on Fox News that it would be “disastrously humiliating“ for Comer if the committee chairman failed to deliver the evidence. A Politico headline yesterday morning described it as a “make-or-break moment” for GOP congressman and his anti-Biden crusade.
So, how’d it go? The headline on The New York Times’ report summarized in just 11 words just how badly Comer failed: “House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden.” From the article:
After four months of investigation, House Republicans who promised to use their new majority to unearth evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden acknowledged on Wednesday that they had yet to uncover incriminating material about him, despite their frequent insinuations that he and his family have been involved in criminal conduct and corruption.
To be sure, Comer and his GOP colleagues pointed to all kinds of materials related to the president’s relatives, and it’s increasingly easy to believe Hunter Biden shouldn’t try to run for elected office anytime soon, but Republicans were forced to concede that, despite their best efforts, they still didn’t have any evidence of corruption on Joe Biden’s part.
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