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submitted 1 year ago by ATQ@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world

The committee, led by Chairman James Comer, said in the report that it plans to continue to investigate Biden to find evidence of corruption, even as it acknowledged that it had no evidence that he financially benefited from the myriad foreign business dealings of his son Hunter.

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[-] Puppy@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well it worked with Hillary in 2016 with "but her emails" and now they are trying that again with Biden "but his son's laptop". It just doesn't really have the same impact.

Also, in 2016, Trump still had the benefit of the doubt. I'm confident most people, especially independents, are not interested in another 2016-2020 filled with scandals, obvious lies and another White House turning door where nothing get accomplished.

That said, these countless investigations on the Bidens are actually proving me wrong. In 2019-2020, I was disappointed that Biden was the candidate because I thought since he had been in politics for 45+ years, he had to have been corrupted at some point. But Republicans are proving me wrong. The guy is squeaky clean and I find this really refreshing.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

but her emails

Fun fact: the Republicans' email server was also hacked around the same time, but the contents of the server weren't released by the Russians like the DNC's emails were. I suspect the kompromat contained within was too good to release to the public. That would certainly explain a lot about their behaviors since then.

Also, regarding private email servers for, "unofficial communications," Republicans were using those too.

[-] Puppy@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Oh right, yeah, I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder. So much corruption in the GOP it's hard to keep track.

It's funny because we KNOW for a fact, as per the Mueller report, that the GOP is 100% compromised and infiltrated by Russian spies. We just, uh, kinda went along with it and accepted it as the new normal.

[-] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just because part of the Democratic party has a major issue with corruption doesn't mean that I don't think the entire GOP is rotted through to its racist and fascist core.

Also thank you for summarizing a part of the Mueller report that I listened to as much as a as was publicly released(thank you fuckhead weasel Barr.)

[-] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Biden was the poorest (least affluent?) senator for decades. If he was corrupt, he was very bad at it.

It's likely that Hunter was trading on his father's name (as do many children of famous/influential people). But Joe being corrupt just doesn't pass the smell test. And this time, I don't think the Republican smear campaign is going to work, President Biden isn't Hillary Clinton. I mean, it will work with some people, but they're already too deep into the GQP's alt-universe to be reachable.

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They also timed that one way better. Unless they're holding things back the chances of them having a bombshell at this point is essentially zero. Every day they come up empty makes Joe look more and more vindicated while making the GOP look more and more inept. If you can't pin a crime on a guy you call "Sleepy Joe" what the fuck can you do?

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