I expect there will be more GOP witnesses indicted for lying to the FBI. Nearly all will have Russian connections. GOP scrubbing their website of these indicted witnesses will not change the stench that their impeachment committee is full of horseshit. This is also a reminder to everyone the "FD-1023s are forms that the FBI uses to record anonymously sourced, unverified information". The claims by these people in these forms regularly turn out to be complete batshiat nonsense and the forms are filed deep in the backroom after investigation. Nothing found in a FBI From-1023 should be considered true (as the GOP should know) -- there are other forms used by the FBI for verified investigative information. Guess What Just Disappeared From GOP’s Biden Impeachment Website It’s not going great for House Republicans after their star Biden impeachment witness was indicted. https://newrepublic.com/post/179225/james-comer-scrubs-fbi-informant-biden-impeachment-site House Oversight Republicans have yanked a reference to their major flop of an FBI informant on the committee website, where it previously had pride of place as part of the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. Republicans have hinged their Biden investigation on accusations from a supposedly credible but confidential FBI source that Biden and his son Hunter accepted bribes from a Ukrainian oligarch. But the Justice Department has since charged that source, former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, with making false statements and revealed his accusation may have been Russian disinformation. As of Thursday, the House Oversight website displays a list of key evidence in the committee’s Biden family investigation, including an error-ridden timeline of the president’s supposed corruption, the family’s bank records, and a transcribed interview with a witness who actually debunked all of the Republicans’ claims. But an archived version of the website shows the key evidence list used to include a link to “FBI Form 1023 alleging then-Vice President Joe Biden engaged in a bribery and extortion scheme and ultimately received $5 million from a Burisma executive.” FD-1023s are forms that the FBI uses to record anonymously sourced, unverified information. The form in question alleges that a source reported Biden and his son Hunter each accepted a $5 million bribe from an executive at Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company on whose board Hunter served. Republicans have repeatedly cited this form as concrete proof that Biden is guilty of corruption, despite the fact that the FBI could not prove the information was credible. GOP leadership was warned as much, but it still pushed forward with the investigation into the Bidens. As it turns out, the story was totally made up. Last week, the Justice Department charged the source, businessman Alexander Smirnov, with making a false statement and creating a false record related to the bribery allegation. And on Tuesday, the department revealed Smirnov confessed that Russian intelligence officers helped him smear Hunter Biden. With the investigation going up in smoke around them, Republican leaders have started to erase references to Smirnov. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan and Oversight Chair James Comer, who have spearheaded the probe, sent a letter Tuesday evening to former State Department official Amos Hochstein requesting an interview. The GOP has accused Hochstein of advising Hunter Biden at Burisma. The original letter, which was obtained by The New Republic, included a section explaining the reason for the Biden investigation, with a paragraph that described a credible, confidential source’s accusation that a Ukrainian gas company executive had bribed the president. This background information has been standard for Republicans’ interview request letters during the impeachment inquiry thus far. But an hour later, Republicans sent out a second version of the letter, also obtained by TNR. This time, the entire paragraph about the informant had been deleted.
Look at the next crackpot who is going to be arrested for lying - Bobulinski Another 'star' GOP impeachment witness may have lied under oath: Cassidy Hutchinson lawyer https://www.rawstory.com/republican-biden-impeachment/ House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, which was already on shaky ground, may have just suffered another blow. At issue is the testimony of Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter Biden who has made allegations of corruption against President Joe Biden. While talking with House Republican investigators last week, Bobulinski accused former White House official Cassidy Hutchinson of lying about him after she claimed in her book that she saw him secretively talking to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in Rome, Georgia. According to Hutchinson's recollection, Bobulinski appeared to be wearing a "ski mask" and she said that she saw Meadows "hand Tony what appeared to be a folded sheet of paper or a small envelope." Bobulinski completely denied this account and labeled Hutchinson "an absolute liar and a fraud," adding that "[Meadows] didn't hand me a single thing." But now ABC News reports that William H. Jordan, an attorney representing Hutchinson, has produced a photo of Meadows and Bobulinski in Rome, Georgia, in which Bobulinski is clearly wearing a mask covering his face. Additionally, the two men are talking while standing in between two cars, which matches Hutchinson's recollection that she "observed Mark and Tony Bobulinski's interaction through a gap in the vehicles." "Mr. Bobulinski claims under oath that he was not wearing a mask, that Mr. Meadows did not hand him anything, and that Ms. Hutchinson was 'fabricating facts,'" Jordan said in a letter defending his client. "Perhaps Mr. Bobulinski's memory is impaired about the meeting, and a picture would help refresh his recollection." The new questions about the veracity of Bobulinski's testimony comes as another "star" witness in the GOP impeachment inquiry, longtime FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, was indicted last week for allegedly lying to investigators about bribes received by President Joe Biden.
Bobulinski sounds like exactly the kind of person who would be a 'business associate' of Hunter Biden.
Right-wing media before Alexander Smirnov was arrested: This brave whistleblower breaks the case of Biden family corruption wide open. Right-wing media after his arrest: Meh, who's this loser Smirnov anyway. Right-wing media figures touted Alexander Smirnov's Biden claims. After his indictment and arrest, many are suddenly saying he was never that important. https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-ne...mirnovs-biden-claims-after-his-indictment-and
House Oversight Committee releases transcript of Hunter Biden interview (PDF) https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Hunter-Biden-Transcript_Redacted.pdf
Seeing the allegations he is facing, Matt Gaetz really should keep his mouth shut about drug use. Otherwise he will land up being virtually spanked in public like Hunter did to him here. Hunter Biden turned the tables on Matt Gaetz when asked about drug use https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-use/
LOL ‘Excuse Me, What Did You Say?’ Eric Swalwell Asked James Comer If He’d Release Hunter Biden Transcript ‘In English or Russian’ https://www.mediaite.com/biden/excu...unter-biden-transcript-in-english-or-russian/
Swalwell Trolled the Hell Out of Donald Trump During Hunter Biden Deposition: ‘Has Your Father Ever… Been Fined $355 Million?’ https://www.mediaite.com/biden/swal...-has-your-father-ever-been-fined-355-million/