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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate GOP chairman abruptly shifts course on subpoena targeting Bidens.
The decision by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, comes as Democrats have attacked the probe as politically motivated, especially as Biden surges in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and the chance to face President Trump. Some have warned it could play into Russian efforts to spread disinformation ahead of the presidential election in November.
In a message Wednesday to members of the panel, sent roughly an hour before a planned vote, Johnson said he would indefinitely postpone the subpoena for documents and testimony from Andrii Telizhenko, a Ukrainian national who worked for a U.S. lobbying firm that acted on behalf of Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company that employed Hunter Biden as a board member.
Johnson said he was doing so [o]ut of an abundance of caution and to allow time for [senators] to receive additional briefings.
But Johnson indicated that the investigation would continue. He said in an interview Wednesday that he would instead seek to directly subpoena the lobbying firm, Blue Star Strategies.
My concern is they have not been cooperative, he said. If we can get all the records, get all the answers, thats great. If not, were going to have to continue and use other measures.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-gop-chairman-abruptly-shifts-course-on-subpoena-targeting-bidens/ar-BB113hXx
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)No one has patience for Johnson's bullshit.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Todd look good.
superpatriotman
(6,232 posts)Convenient memory loss
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)subpoenas will still happen, or be attempted to be issued
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Plus many of these Republicans have had personal quid pro quo dealings with shithole over Ukraine and the Bidens. They are guilty just like that jerk in the WH.
usaf-vet
(6,092 posts)Bloomberg and The Lincoln Project might be two sources of ads focusing on them.
It can't happen soon enough as far as I am concerned.
Here's hoping!
PRETZEL
(3,245 posts)to shine those bright lights on the spawn's grifting.
As to the Johnson subpoena, I really don't think he really had any intention of issuing any subpoena's.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Bloomberg should unleash his ads regardless
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)Actually, Bloomy should time and target Trump ads as the election season progresses.
You, know, timed release, kind of like emails only true.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth