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Former Prosecutor: Jordan May Be ‘In League’ With FBI Informant Arrested For Russia Ties 

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) may be part of a larger conspiracy to spread Russian lies about President Joe Biden as part of a campaign to benefit Donald Trump, according to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner.

Speaking with MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin, Kirschner was asked about the recent arrest of Alexander Smirnov, who was taken into custody after being accused of lying to the FBI.

“Were the Republicans in league or incompetent?” Kirschner asked. “It’s one or the other. And here’s the thing. There’s a lot to dislike, sort of every link of the chain here. First of all, the FBI writes down lots of things that human informants and confidential informants say. That doesn’t mean it is necessarily true. Yes, they record it in a form, 1023, but they write it down. It doesn’t mean it’s verified, it doesn’t mean it’s accurate, it doesn’t mean it’s reliable. Once they receive it, they have to go about the hard work of corroborating it, or debunking it. And it sounds like the FBI never corroborated, and indeed, ultimately debunked this disinformation.”

Kirschner added:

“So why this debunked Russian disinformation would then be handed off to Republican members of Congress to be used as the basis to impeach an American president is mystifying, Ayman. And look, let’s use Jim Jordan as an example. You played a clip of him appearing to double down, even though he now knows it’s Russian disinformation, and Smirnov has been indicted for lying to the FBI about the Bidens. Jim Jordan is a serial abuser of his position and his authority. This is the guy who refused to comply with a lawfully issued congressional subpoena because had he complied and testified he might have incriminated Donald Trump.”

Everywhere you look, the GOP has ties to Russia and Russian propaganda which they have tried to use to destroy President Joe Biden and boost Donald Trump. Is it really so hard to believe the Kremlin owns and controls them?

 

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‘Demoralized’ House Republicans Trying To Recover After Their Biden Impeachment Debacle

Six months ago, House Republicans announced they were starting an impeachment inquiry into alleged “high crimes and misdemeanors” committed by President Joe Biden which they claimed would result in his removal from office.

Now, however, it appears Republicans have nothing to show for their efforts except a hell of a lot of egg on their faces, with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) making it clear this week that he has no interest in bringing the matter to the floor of the House for an impeachment vote that would fail in humiliating fashion.

According to McKay Coppins of the Atlantic, the mood of GOPers in Congress has grown exceedingly dark.

Coppins was a guest on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” earlier today, and he explained,  “I think the White House smelled blood in the water, right? They saw Republicans were losing their will to continue with this.”

“I mean, you talk to Republicans on the Hill and they know that this is over, right?” he continued. “A lot of them knew it was a farce from the beginning but they were going along and saying what we can we dredge up? It was a fishing expedition on how to hurt President Biden during an election year but their star witness has fallen apart.”

Coppins added, “The impeachment has fallen apart in pretty embarrassing fashion. That’s why you see people like Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) just kind of completely demoralized. By all accounts, the [GOP] House conference was especially demoralized and embarrassed. You see Republicans wanting to retire and leave. I think the White House saw that.”

Just like everything they do in lieu of actually governing, today’s Republican Party is nothing but a vehicle for petty grievances, political payback, and childish whining. In other words, they’re just like the clown they’ve allowed to hijack their party and are preparing to nominate as their presidential candidate for the third time.

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Hunter Biden Has A Devastating Comeback When Matt Gaetz Asks Him About His Drug Use

Hunter Biden’s closed-door testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday led to sparks between Biden and committee member Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) when the Florida congressman asked about drug usage by the president’s son, according to a transcript of the hearing.

Gaetz began by asking Biden, “Were you on drugs when you were on the Burisma board?”

Biden responded, “Mr. Gaetz, look me in the eye. You really think that’s appropriate to ask me?”

Gaetz, “Absolutely.”

“Of all the people sitting around this table,” Biden said, “do you think that’s appropriate to ask me?”

Biden’s comment was a reference to an ongoing House Ethics Committee investigation of Gaetz for alleged drug use and sex with underage girls who were reportedly transported across state lines.

“I will answer it this way,” Biden told Gaetz. “I have been absolutely transparent about my drug use. Was I an addict? Yes, I was an addict. What does that have to do with whether or not you’re going to go forward with an impeachment of my father other than to simply try to embarrass me?”

It remains to be seen if the House Ethics Committee will release the results of its investigation of Gaetz before the November election. The report could result in the congressman being booted from Congress.

A federal criminal investigation of Gaetz for sex trafficking ended in 2023 when the Justice Department declined to charge him with any crimes related to his actions, NBC News reported at the time.

Prosecutors had spent months investigating Gaetz’s personal conduct and, specifically, allegations that he was part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. At the core of their investigation was testimony from a former Gaetz associate, Joel Greenberg, who worked as a Florida tax collector.

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Comer And Jordan Are in ‘Deep Sh*t’ And Could Be Facing Criminal Charges: Report

Now that their bogus impeachment inquiry has been exposed as little more than a political stunt, Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) may soon find themselves under investigation and charged with crimes for using witness testimony from a Russian agent in their zeal to damage President Joe Biden.

Mary Trump, the niece of failed one-term former president Donald Trump, notes on Substack that Comer and Jordan appear to have known from the beginning that their allegations against Biden were nothing but lies.

“It’s becoming increasingly clear that the sham impeachment of President Joe Biden was a sham from beginning to ignominious end, as it appears much of the information upon which it was based originated from the Kremlin,” she writes.

The ex-president’s niece adds that she recently spoke with an attorney friend who told her Comer and Jordan are in “deep shit.”

Additionally, Mary points to comments made by New York State assistant attorney general Tristan Snell, who says Comer and Jordan were “duped by Smirnov and the Kremlin — or they were in on it.”

The final result could be censure or criminal charges, she concludes.

“I would say it’s hard to think of any other Republicans in Congress more deserving, but the truth is it would be extremely easy to come up with dozens of them.”

Why do Comer, Jordan, and others in the GOP seem to always rely on Russia as the foundation for the bullshit they throw at their opponents? Why does Donald Trump constantly praise Russian president/war criminal Vladimir Putin? Is the Republican Party completely compromised by our enemies? And if so, how can this danger be dealt with?

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GOP ‘Circling The Drain’ As Biden Impeachment Crashes And Burns: Former Prosecutor

The Thursday indictment of an FBI source by the U.S. Department of Justice who provided House Republicans with information used as part of an ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden not only means that impeachment is now off the table, but it also signals that Republicans are “circling the drain” as the 2024 election draws closer, according to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner.

Kirschner was a guest on MSNBC Friday morning, and he labeled House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) and his cohorts in the GOP as “irretrievably incompetent.”

Alexander Smirnov was hit with two counts of allegedly giving the FBI false information about the president and his son, Hunter Biden, during the 2020 presidential campaign, which led Kirschner to note, “Any time you’re dealing with a source, the three most important words are corroboration, corroboration, and corroboration. The fact that the Republicans would rely on somebody like this, who has now been criminally indicted for providing false information about Hunter Biden and potentially, by extension, President Biden, the fact that Republican members of Congress would rely on this raises the question, you know, are they sort of irretrievably incompetent, or do they just turn a blind eye to the credibility of the evidence that they’re using in what is one of the most consequential moves: an impeachment hearing against a president of the United States.”

Kirschner added, “You know, it just shows that the Republican Party, or at least certain factions, continue to circle the drain. You have to wonder, is there anybody in the Republican Party that’s willing to do the hard work of pulling them out from this nosedive?”

“This is beyond embarrassing, it is just not governance. It is, you know, inexcusable”

The Republican Party cannot govern. They’re too busy trying to create smokescreens in a desperate attempt to distract from the 91 felony counts their likely presidential nominee, Donald Trump, is facing. And now their subservience to the Donald is coming back to bite them squarely on the ass.