Cotton calls for special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Tom Cotton (Ark), a Republican with his eye on a potential White House run in 2024, on Thursday said a special counsel should be appointed to investigate Hunter Biden, President-elect Joe Biden’s son.

Cotton alleged during a Fox News interview that Hunter Biden appears to be the subject of a far-ranging investigation and cited allegations of securities fraud, money laundering and “a crooked hospital deal with Jim Biden, Joe Biden’s brother” in Western Pennsylvania.

“These investigations span multiple jurisdictions and if Joe Biden becomes president then all of those prosecutors are in line to be fired next month. If there were ever circumstances that created a conflict of interest and called for a special counsel, I think those circumstances are present here,” Cotton said.

“The Biden family has been trading on Joe Biden’s public office for fifty years,” he added. “Do we really think that that will change if Joe Biden becomes president, the highest office in the land?”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/529643-cotton-calls-for-special-counsel-to-investigate-hunter-biden

[Lonestarblue]

1. Cotton is a despicable human being.

We should be wary of him because he is smarter than Trump and has the same authoritarian goals.

[IADEMO2004]

10. Last person I would ever want to be president. Blood thirsty SOB.

[LonePirate]

2. Dems should sign on if we can also investigate Ivanka, Don and Eric.

[IcyPeas]

18. yes, I agree. but for some reason the dems won't

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. And Trump Org . is LEGIT, Tom?

Gag me with a spoon.

The elder Trump kids are no innocents.

[DeminPennswoods]

4. It indicates to me that

someone at DoJ thought it would please Trump to dig around for dirt on the Biden family.

[muntrv]

5. Right after investigating Trump's kids.

[Voltaire2]

6. Hunter is a private citizen. Why would a special counsul be involved?

[MANative]

7. My thought exactly. NT

[PoliticAverse]

12. You don't think this falls under either "conflict of interest" or "extraordinary circumstances"?

Last edited Thu Dec 10, 2020, 03:50 PM - Edit history (1)

28 CFR § 600.1 - Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel.

§ 600.1 Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel.

The Attorney General, or in cases in which the Attorney General is recused, the Acting Attorney General, will appoint a Special Counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted and -

(a) That investigation or prosecution of that person or matter by a United States Attorney's Office or litigating Division of the Department of Justice would present a conflict of interest for the Department or other extraordinary circumstances; and

(b) That under the circumstances, it would be in the public interest to appoint an outside Special Counsel to assume responsibility for the matter.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.1

[BadgerMom]

37. Came to make the same comment.

[rickyhall]

8. When I voted I wanted to pick out the Cotton but no Democrat ran against him.

I'm a little peeved with the DNC for that but what do I know?

[TomSlick]

9. There was a Democratic candidate but he "pulled out" too late for the party to replace him.

The story about the withdrawal was unclear. I have a theory - unencumbered by any evidence - that there was something shady about the whole thing.

[rickyhall]

11. Interesting...

[TomSlick]

36. I don't know that it much mattered.

Arkansas is a ruby red state. Cotton would have easily beaten any Democratic candidate - much less some guy no one had heard of before. Nevertheless, it chafed not to have the chance to vote for a Democrat.

[Beacool]

13. Ridiculous!!!

Is Hunter in public office? Let the IRS and the FBI investigate. If he's found guilty of anything, then let him pay the consequences. He's not his father. As for Cotton, F.O., you partisan weasel!!!

[Rebl2]

24. No he

is not the last I knew. It is not their business to be investigating this. It is the IRS who should be looking in to this.

[pfitz59]

14. These 2024 wannabes using Government resources to raise their profile

Need to be shut down, ASAP.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. They lost so they should just "get over it".

Biden is going to start doing the work of THE PEOPLE and NOT the bullshit CT nonsense of the GOP.

In other words, he is going to MAKE AMERICAN GOVERNANCE AWESOME.

[mwooldri]

16. I'm calling for a special investigation into...

Tom Cotton's arse. Apparently it's able to talk and I wanna know when an arsehole became sentient.

[Behind the Aegis]

17. And this, among THOUSANDS of other things, is why there should be NO "reaching across the aisle"!

They HAVE TO learn...the hard way.

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Cotton presents his own conflict of interest

Quite an accusation "trading on Joe Biden's public office for fifty years" then asks if it will change as if he's established a fact. Pure speculation.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Cotton is trying to strengthen his authoritarian credentials for 2024.

[musclecar6]

21. Yep

Definitely another authoritarian asshole.

[stillcool]

22. My god, how much pasta is

left in the pot? The Republican cacophony is ear shattering. They really need to face some consequences, but people keep voting for them. It's soooo pathetic.

[sinkingfeeling]

23. Just as soon as one is appointed to investigate the GOP's

attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.

[Retrograde]

25. We can save some time and money by investigating Jared and Ivanka

at the same time. And unlike Hunter Biden, they're actually government officials (when it suits them)

[George II]

26. Why would there be a special counsel to investigate a private citizen who has never run for office?

[still_one]

31. Exactly George. It is an abuse of power

[PoliticAverse]

32. Because the Trump administration has a "conflict of interest" in investigating Biden's son...

which is grounds for appointing a "special counsel"...

28 CFR § 600.1 - Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel.

§ 600.1 Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel.

The Attorney General, or in cases in which the Attorney General is recused, the Acting Attorney General, will appoint a Special Counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted and -

(a) That investigation or prosecution of that person or matter by a United States Attorney's Office or litigating Division of the Department of Justice would present a conflict of interest for the Department or other extraordinary circumstances; and

(b) That under the circumstances, it would be in the public interest to appoint an outside Special Counsel to assume responsibility for the matter.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.1

[Demsrule86]

27. Fuck you Cotton...Trump's spawn made huge bucks...and we will not go back to letting you decided

what is right...no fucking special prosecutor except maybe for some of you.

[sakabatou]

28. OFFS...

[Mc Mike]

29. Giraffe-necked right wing repug bircher says what?

[still_one]

30. I call for Cotton to drop dead. I really hope we win the Georgia runoffs, and we can tell these POS

rethugs to go f**k themselves

[Initech]

33. This horse has been beaten, shot, steamolled, beaten again, set on fire, and thrown off a bridge.

[manicdem]

34. Go along with it

Let the investigatiin go on and they will find nothing. Then we blame them for going on a witch hunt.

[cstanleytech]

35. I said they were going to pull a Benghazi in another post earlier like they did on Hillary to try

and use Joe's son to smear him as well as other Democrats and it looks like I was right.

[Ilsa]

38. Ilsa calls for Tom Cotton to be investigated.

No way is someone this evil morally or politically "clean."