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House Democrats this week dismissed allegations that President Biden improperly took money from a Ukrainian company during the Obama administration, but defended his administration for accusing his likely 2024 rival, former President Donald Trump, of crimes.
“I have seen many allegations made against President Biden by MAGA Republicans, but the truth is they have come to nothing. … I don’t think they have much credibility. But look, they can knock themselves out,” Representative Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said when asked if there should be an investigation into Biden’s allegations.
“All I want them to do is pay America’s bills, fund the government, and keep Ukraine in the fray. And if they want to waste their time on worthless investigations, they’re going to have to answer to the American people why they did it. have chosen.” That.”
But he defended Biden’s Justice Department for suing Trump for alleged mishandling of classified documents and attempts to hinder officials’ efforts to recover them.
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House Democrats spoke out about the allegations of impropriety surrounding Donald Trump and President Biden. (James Devaney/GC Images | Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“I think the former president put the Justice Department in an impossible position. I think if they wanted the documents back when it was clear that not only would he not get them back, he would have others lie on his behalf .” There really was no alternative,” Swalwell said. “I think if you cut out politics, you can’t have top secret documents protecting our troops outside of a protected area.”
Congressional Republicans have seized an FBI document they say shows Biden snatched $5 million from Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company that gave his son Hunter a seat on the board when he was vice president. A whistleblower also reportedly came forward to congressional Republicans claiming that there are audio recordings of a Burisma executive bribing Biden.
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Those allegations come as Trump, the frontrunner for the GOP nomination to run against Biden in 2024, entered a not guilty plea in a Miami court while facing 37 criminal counts. A grand jury voted on the charges after a months-long investigation by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Rep. Eric Swalwell suggested that an investigation into the bribery allegations surrounding Biden would be “worthless”. (Fox News Digital/Elizabeth Elkind)
Both Rep. Ritchie Torres, DN.Y., as Jason Crow, D-Colo., had little to say about Biden’s allegations, while sounding off about Trump.
“I have no reason to think any of that is true,” Torres said when asked if Biden’s bribery allegations were well founded and should be investigated. However, he supported Garland’s nomination of Smith as an “apolitical decision”.
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“The Attorney General followed an apolitical process to appoint a special prosecutor who made the decision independently of the president to indict former President Trump,” Torres said. “If former President Trump had never obstructed justice and simply handed over the documents upon request, there would never have been any charges.”
Crow said he does not “believe there is merit” to Biden’s bribery allegations before turning to Trump.
Representative Ritchie Torres (Jon Michael Raasch/Fox News Digital)
“You know, there are a lot of counterfacts that people try to generate themselves. But the fact is, you know, I’ve spent my adult life serving this country and advancing American national security,” Crow, a former army guard, said. “And I was totally shocked when I saw these pictures of boxes of documents in Donald Trump’s bathroom. You know, I had to spend my life getting security clearances, and be very careful about that.
“Now I’m on the Intel committee. I understand the risk that our intelligence officers, our military men and women run every day when information is leaked,” he added. “And the very cavalier way that President Trump handled that, even admitting on record and in tapes that he wasn’t supposed to show things to certain people that weren’t approved. It’s really appalling to me.”
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He also pointed out that Trump had been indicted by a jury of Americans.
“That’s how it works in America. It’s not a political process and we just have to let it happen,” Crow said.
Elizabeth Elkind is a political reporter for Fox News Digital.
