{"id":1977562,"date":"2023-07-19T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-raskin-blasts-inquiry-as-quest-for-something-that-doesnt-exist\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:04:45","slug":"hunter-biden-investigation-raskin-blasts-inquiry-as-quest-for-something-that-doesnt-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-raskin-blasts-inquiry-as-quest-for-something-that-doesnt-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Raskin criticizes Hunter Biden probe as a fruitless pursuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-biden-investigation-raskin-blasts-inquiry-as-quest-for-something-that-doesnt-exist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977562&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House \u2062Oversight\u2062 Committee Ranking \u2062Member Accuses Republicans\u200d of \u2064Pursuing\u200d Nonexistent Crimes<\/h2>\n<p>In a fiery opening statement at a \u2064congressional hearing on\u200b Wednesday, House \u200bOversight Committee \u200branking member Jamie Raskin\u200c (D-MD) accused Republicans of relentlessly \u200cpursuing\u2063 nonexistent crimes. \u200cRaskin claimed\u2062 that the Republicans \u2064had \u2063presented faulty evidence\u2064 in their\u2063 investigation\u2064 of the Biden\u200b family&#8217;s\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">business dealings<\/a> and President Joe Biden&#8217;s alleged involvement.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u200dTheater of the Absurd<\/h3>\n<p>Raskin described the Republicans&#8217; quest \u2063as\u200d an \u200b&#8221;Inspector\u200d Clouseau-style&#8221; endeavor that \u200dhas turned \u200cthe \u2064committee into a theater \u200dof \u200dthe absurd. He characterized \u2063it as an exercise in futility and \u2064embarrassment.<\/p>\n<h3>A Fugitive Witness<\/h3>\n<p>Raskin pointed\u2064 out that one of the committee&#8217;s witnesses,\u200c Gal Luft, had recently been federally indicted on \u2063multiple charges, including\u200d failure to register \u200bas a foreign\u2062 agent \u200cand arms\u2062 trafficking.\u200d He \u200bemphasized \u2064that the Republicans&#8217; &#8220;long-promised star\u200b witness&#8221;\u2063 turned out to be\u200d a \u200dfugitive\u2062 from American justice.<\/p>\n<h3>A Letter from Lev Parnas<\/h3>\n<p>Raskin then discussed\u200c a \u206410-page letter he and \u200cOversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) received\u200b from Lev Parnas, who had also been federally indicted on several charges\u200d in the past.\u2064 Despite Parnas&#8217;s conviction \u200band \u2064prison\u2062 sentence, Raskin \u200bsummarized the letter \u2064during the\u2064 hearing, \u200dwhich\u2064 detailed \u200dan alleged Trump \u200ccampaign &#8220;crusade&#8221; to \u2064&#8221;smear&#8221; Biden before the 2020 \u200delection. Raskin\u200d advocated\u200c for summoning Parnas as a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-pushes-congressional-witnesses-to-disclose-foreign-influence\/\" title=\"Top Republican Pushes Congressional Witnesses To Disclose Foreign Influence\">congressional witness<\/a> \u2064in the Biden \u2062inquiry.<\/p>\n<h3>Baseless \u200cConspiracy Theories<\/h3>\n<p>Raskin challenged the committee Republicans to address the alleged crusade to smear President\u2062 Biden \u200cby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-raskin-blasts-inquiry-as-quest-for-something-that-doesnt-exist\/\" title=\"Raskin criticizes Hunter Biden probe as a fruitless pursuit.\">promoting\u2063 baseless \u200dconspiracy\u2064 theories<\/a>. He \u2064accused them of \u200crelying on \u2064&#8221;failed SARS\u2063 reports, bank records,\u200d [and]\u2063 form 1023,&#8221; \u2064the \u200dinfamous \u2063FBI form that contained \u200can allegation of Biden&#8217;s involvement in a \u200bbribery scheme when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Response\u2062 from Oversight GOP<\/h3>\n<p>An Oversight GOP spokesperson responded to Raskin&#8217;s remarks, accusing him of lying about the \u200dFD-1023 form and aiding \u2063in \u2062covering up \u2062for the Bidens. \u2064The spokesperson\u200c emphasized that Raskin \u2064had dismissed the form as no longer under federal investigation, but former Attorney General William Barr\u2064 contradicted this claim, stating that the\u200b investigation \u200bhad \u200dbeen sent to Delaware \u200bfor\u200c further \u2062examination.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u2062to read more\u2062 from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a congressional hearing, Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, accused Republicans of chasing non-existent crimes. He criticized Oversight Republicans for presenting flawed evidence in their investigation into the Biden family&#8217;s business affairs and President Joe Biden&#8217;s alleged involvement. 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