James Comer must probe Biden bribe claims, NOT just FBI

Rep. James Comer, Sen. Chuck Grassley and other congressional GOPers are dead right to take the fight to the FBI over its longtime interference-running for the Biden mafia, most recently seen in Director Christopher Wray’s refusal to hand over key documents around allegations that Joe Biden took a huge bribe in exchange for policy decisions as vice president. 

But what’s happening in terms of investigating the allegations themselves?

They know their full substance: that Joe and son Hunter got a total of $10 million for backing the ouster of a Ukrainian prosecutor looking into Mykola Zlochevsky, the head of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, which paid Hunter a juicy salary for a board position (though he lacked any experience in the sector or Ukraine itself).  

They know that these allegations come via a high-ranking Burisma exec, possibly Zlochevsky himself, and that this exec claims to have both Joe and Hunter on tape; they know the name and standing of the whistleblower — apparently a regular, reliable source for the FBI since 2010. 

And they know the claims don’t come via Rudy Giuliani; the FBI merely surfaced the 2017 allegations after he raised similar issues.

So while Comer & Co. need to bring the hammer down on FBI malfeasance — as they’ve been doing — they must do anything and everything possible to get at the facts of the case here. 

That includes testimony from Zlochevsky: Those tapes, if they exist, have to be heard. 

Yes, Republicans have called for a special counsel, but do they really think Joe Biden will allow one to be appointed?

They need to get involved themselves.

Smoke alone is not enough. The Congress members involved in these probes need to show America the actual fire.

A focus on process, i.e. the FBI’s shady dodging, makes it too easy for Dems like Rep. Jamie Raskin (and Biden himself, who blurted out a lame joke when asked by a reporter about the bribe allegations) to dismiss the affair out of hand — and also says nothing about the bigger public-interest story here. 

That would be whether or not the man now serving as president took an eight-figure bribe to help out an oligarch and split it even-steven with his ne’er-do-well national-security-risk son.  

The country needs to know soon. 

That same man is also the Dems’ anointed presidential candidate for 2024.

And another election where Biden’s true colors are hidden by friends in high places would be a real threat to democracy.