[
Consultant Jamie Raskin (D-MD), rating member of the Home Oversight Committee, delivered a scathing account of the Biden impeachment failure with James Comer seated subsequent to him.
Consultant Raskin mentioned:
With a bit of luck right this moment marks the tip of maybe essentially the most spectacular failure within the historical past of congressional investigations, the hassle to seek out Joe Biden dedicated a excessive crime or misdemeanor after which impeach him for it. Within the first hilarious episode of this loopy long-running sequence, America received to see the next:
- One, practically 20 reality witnesses who couldn’t determine a single wrongdoing by President Biden, not to mention a significant crime or misdemeanor, and who testified extensively that Biden was not concerned in any of his household's enterprise adventures. Weren’t included.
- The 2, three professional witnesses referred to as by the bulk didn’t say something that they’d seen within the hundreds of pages of paperwork ready by the bulk, even reaching the excessive felony and misdemeanor degree.
- Financial institution information present precisely what all of the witnesses informed us, that Joe Biden was not concerned in his members of the family' companies.
- The repeated voyeuristic show of pornographic photos by the bulk is totally irrelevant to any conceivable legislative or investigative goal.
- A key witness, Gal Luft, seems to be a Chinese language agent and an unlawful arms smuggler on the run from American justice.
- And the primary a part of the proof base that began the entire zany chase, and the FD-1023 type, by which the FBI recorded a very imaginary tip a few $5 million bribe given by Alex Smirnov to Vice President Biden, which remained legal The Trump-appointed U.S. legal professional, Particular Counsel David Weiss, has been charged with critical costs of systematically mendacity to the FBI in falsifying information about Joe Biden and is now sitting in jail in California as a flight danger, whereas The world is learning his lengthy standing and intensive ties to Russian intelligence.
At this time, the nice Chairman and his high MAGA detectives have lastly caught the shark. The comedy of errors involves an finish, as Home Republicans in additional than a dozen Biden districts beg for mercy and the committee throws a weak Hail Mary go three weeks after the Tremendous Bowl is over. So right this moment, we revisit the futile testimony of two extra fading star witnesses who didn’t testify to any wrongdoing by the President, not to mention proof of excessive crimes and misdemeanors.
Subscribe to our publication The Day by day for extra tales like this.
Video:
Jamie Raskin's impeachment opening assertion was livid, “With a bit of luck right this moment marks the tip of maybe essentially the most spectacular failure within the historical past of a congressional investigation. Try to seek out Biden dedicated a excessive crime or misdemeanor.” pic.twitter.com/3skO97i9hb
-Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) 20 March 2024
Ruskin's evaluation of Comer's failures was brutal, and this occurred whereas Chair Comer was sitting proper subsequent to him and staring straight forward as if he was having an out-of-body expertise and pretending to be. As if he was not there.
Hopefully, Consultant Raskin is true, and right this moment would be the final day the American folks must face a sham investigation of President Joe Biden.
The nation has critical enterprise that should be taken care of, together with the potential of a partial authorities shutdown in 4 days.
As a substitute of coping with the necessary points, Home Republicans are taking part in impeachment, and pretending they know they're going nowhere.
A particular message from PoliticsUSA
In case you are ready to make a full donation to assist us maintain the doorways open at PoliticsUSA throughout an important election 12 months, please accomplish that right here.
We're honored to have the ability to put your pursuits first for 14 years as a result of we reply solely to our readers and we received't compromise on that elementary, core PoliticsUSA worth.

Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a member of the White Home Press Pool and Congressional Correspondent for PoliticsUSA. Jason has a bachelor's diploma in political science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage with a specialization in social reform actions.
Awards and Enterprise Memberships
Member of the Society of Skilled Journalists and the American Political Science Affiliation