by DCWhispers | Mar 6, 2020 | DC Whispers
Longtime swamp rat and current Utah senator, Mitt Romney, came out this week against any and all Senate investigations into alleged corruption by the Biden family in Ukraine and elsewhere. Mr. Romney is now claiming such investigations should be “independent.” This is a remarkable statement given how strongly he supported Democrats fake impeachment fiasco against President Trump, going so far as demanding the Senate call potential anti-Trump witnesses to help the Democrats’ anti-Trump crusade.
It should also be noted that a former top Romney aide, Joseph Cofer Black, who is also a former member of the CIA, joined the Burisma board in 2017 – the very same board Hunter Biden was once a member of. Mr. Black’s role with Burisma was reported to focus on the scandal-plagued energy company’s “security and strategic development efforts”.
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Via Fox News:
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who faced the scorn of President Trump and fellow Republicans over his vote last month to convict at the Senate impeachment trial, questioned the motivation behind a Republican effort to issue a subpoena related to Hunter Biden and his dealing with Ukraine.
“I would prefer that investigations are done by an independent, non-political body,” Romney told the Washington Post. “There’s no question the appearance is not good.”
Republicans are gearing up for a vote next week in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that would approve a subpoena aimed at gathering information related to a former Ukrainian diplomat with ties to the consulting firm Blue Star Strategies, Reuters reported. The allegation is that the company used Hunter Biden for access to the State Department. His father was vice president at the time.
The Bidens have denied any wrongdoing.
Romney’s vote is pivotal. Republicans maintain an 8-to-6 majority in the committee, and if Romney sides with Democrats the result would be a 7-7 tie.
“There’s no question but that the appearance of looking into Burisma and Hunter Biden appears political. And I think people are tired of these kinds of political investigations,” Romney said.
The committee has been pursuing its investigation into the Bidens since at least November. The vote is expected next Wednesday.
“Joe Biden has never adequately answered these questions,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told “The Story with Martha McCallum” this week.
“I’ve said repeatedly, if there’s wrongdoing the American people need to understand that. If there is no wrongdoing, or if it’s not significant, the American people need to understand that,” the chairman of the committee said.
