...positing that the SC who declined to bring charges on Burisma, and charged the guy who made the accusations, did that to keep it going is just fantastical, at best.
And I posted that to emptywheel.
Whatever he chased, he didn't charge Hunter with anything Burisma, so whatever he was looking into either didn't rise to what people say he wanted against the Bidens, or it simply satisfied him that there wasn't anything credible in the accusations to charge him with.
FFS, Scot Bradley closed the investigation into Smirnov in 2020, despite Barr claiming it was handed over to Weiss. He didn't get back on the case until 2023.
FBI released the unredacted FD-1023 to Comer, under congressional threats to hold Wray in contempt, warning him as they released them that the raw data contained unproven and unsupported allegations.
Grassley gave Comer an unredacted one which he says he got from a 'whistleblower.' Comer and other House republicans never got anything of substance from Weiss who was actively resisting complying with their demands for documents and other things they claimed incriminated the Bidens.
House republicans were repeatedly told by Weiss they couldn't get the investigative product from him, and it was, in fact, the SC appointment which shielded Weiss from having to report to Congress until his final report.
Weiss who brought zero Burisma charges, doesn't actually look like the shitshow here. I see the indictment of Smirnov as Weiss's way of showing why there are no charges based on the initial reason for his appointment over Hunter and Burisma.
The culprits here are still House republicans and everyone else who tried to turn the Russian intelligence lies into an impeachment of the president.
So far, there's zero evidence that Weiss has done something nefarious, instead of these nothingburger tax charges and his arrest of the person spreading Burisma lies.
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