Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) pressured the GOP to name the crime they are accusing President Biden with as they proceed with their impeachment inquiry.
Ocasio Cortez noted the recent arrest of a former FBI informant for lying to the agency, fabricating the claim that Biden accepted a bribe while vice president to take actions to benefit the Ukrainian energy company where his son served on the board.
“At this point, the story isn't the fact that the basis of this impeachment inquiry is wrong. The story is why it is proceeding anyway?” she asked, saying Republicans have “no charges.”
“I have yet to hear in the chairman's opening the allegation that they are specifically charging the president of the United States with. I am hearing about the ‘Biden family.’ I am hearing about this and that. I am not hearing the specific allegation by this committee. What is it? It is not here. And that is the problem," she said.
"The story is when this committee knew they were working with falsified evidence? That is the story.”
Wednesday’s hearing comes as a number of Republicans have become more openly critical of the probe, expressing doubt over whether it will lead to a formal impeachment trial.
Republicans on Wednesday invited two witnesses with little connection to Hunter Biden’s business dealings.
Tony Bobulinski briefly worked with Hunter Biden, though the deal the two were working on never came to fruition. He later became aligned with allies of former President Trump, attending a presidential debate at his invitation and he is now represented by an attorney who represented numerous Trump White House aides before the Jan. 6 committee.
Jason Galanis, who is currently incarcerated related to fraud charges brought in an indictment alongside Hunter Biden’s former business partner, has said he worked with the president's son, but that is in dispute.
Hunter Biden said he only briefly met Galanis several years ago.
Ocasio Cortez demands GOP unveil specific crimes in Biden impeachment inquiry
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) pressured the GOP to name the crime they are accusing President Biden with as they proceed with their impeachment inquiry.
Ocasio Cortez noted the recent arrest of a former FBI informant for lying to the agency, fabricating the claim that Biden accepted a bribe while vice president to take actions to benefit the Ukrainian energy company where his son served on the board.
“At this point, the story isn't the fact that the basis of this impeachment........
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