US Senator Lindsey Graham and Attorney General Bill Barr are handling the dirty work….
This continued mentioning of Biden to the media is a political move that Donald Trump is using to do a ‘Hillary Clinton email move’ on Joe Biden who is evidently VERY AFRAID of….
There has been no such concerted effort against any other Democrat running for the Democratic Presidential nomination….
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that he spoke to Attorney General Bill Barr on Sunday and that the Department of Justice has “created a process” to receive and verify information that Rudy Giuliani gathered about the Bidens in Ukraine.
Why it matters: The House impeached Trump for allegedly abusing his power to coerce Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. Graham’s suggestion that the Justice Department may now be receiving information on the Bidens from Giuliani — whose activities in Ukraine helped set off the impeachment inquiry — would be a significant development.
- Graham also said on “Face the Nation” that while he intends to look into potential conflicts of interest involving Joe and Hunter Biden’s activities in Ukraine, he’s “not going to be the Republican Christopher Steele” — referring to the British operative whose dossier about the Trump campaign played a leading role in the 2016 Russia investigation.
- Graham said that any information coming from Ukraine could be Russian disinformation, which is why Giuliani should turn it over to the Justice Department for vetting. The department did not immediately respond to a request for comment….
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Robert Reich
So let me get this straight: Rudy Giuliani, who is under a DOJ investigation that has led to charges against two of his associates, has a direct line to the DOJ to funnel dirt about one of Trump’s main political rivals?
Our slide toward authoritarianism continues.
I have my very serious doubts that Trump will ever leave office voluntarily. And Republicans will only applaud.