"Republicans Admit They ‘Don’t Know’ if Biden Bribery Tapes ‘Really Exist’
‘JUST A BLUFF’
Amid Trump’s legal woes, right-wingers have run wild with claims of “audio tapes” proving Biden took bribes. But Republicans now confess they have no clue about it."
"In recent weeks, and especially since former President Donald Trump was arraigned on federal charges of willfully mishandling classified
documents, Republicans and right-wing media have been running wild with unsubstantiated claims about a foreign bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden.
The story really grew legs in the conservative media ecosphere this week
when Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) hyped up the potential existence of
“audio tapes” proving Biden accepted a $5 million bribe from a Ukrainian energy company while he was vice president. Citing an FD-1023, an FBI document memorializing a tip from a confidential source, Grassley noted
that a source told the feds in 2020 that a Burisma executive claimed to
be in possession of 17 recordings of Biden and his son Hunter discussing
the criminal scheme.
“According to the 1023, the foreign national possesses two audio
recordings of phone calls between him and then-Vice President Joe Biden,” Grassley said from the Senate floor on Monday. “These recordings were allegedly kept as a sort of insurance policy for the foreign national in
case he got into a tight spot. The 1023 also indicates that then-Vice President Joe Biden may have been involved in Burisma employing Hunter Biden.”
He added: “So, as I’ve repeatedly asked since going public with the existence of the 1023, what, if anything, has the Justice Department and
FBI done to investigate?”
Yet, while top GOP lawmakers have breathlessly promoted these purported
tapes as an absolute bombshell proving the corruption of the president
and his family, they’ve simultaneously acknowledged that these recordings may not exist at all and could be “just a bluff.”"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-admit-they-dont-know-if-biden-bribery-tapes-really-exist
No tapes? Nothin' but hot air? I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya.
TB
"Republicans Admit They ‘Don’t Know’ if Biden Bribery Tapes
‘Really Exist’ ‘JUST A BLUFF’ Amid Trump’s legal woes,
right-wingers have run wild with claims of “audio tapesâ€
proving Biden took bribes. But Republicans now confess they have no
clue about it."
"In recent weeks, and especially since former President Donald
Trump was arraigned on federal charges of willfully mishandling
classified documents, Republicans and right-wing media have been
running wild with unsubstantiated claims about a foreign bribery
scheme involving President Joe Biden.
The story really grew legs in the conservative media ecosphere this
week when Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) hyped up the potential
existence of “audio tapes†proving Biden accepted a $5 million bribe from a Ukrainian energy company while he was vice president.
Citing an FD-1023, an FBI document memorializing a tip from a
confidential source, Grassley noted that a source told the feds in
2020 that a Burisma executive claimed to be in possession of 17
recordings of Biden and his son Hunter discussing the criminal
scheme.
“According to the 1023, the foreign national possesses two audio recordings of phone calls between him and then-Vice President Joe Biden,†Grassley said from the Senate floor on Monday. “These recordings were allegedly kept as a sort of insurance policy for
the foreign national in case he got into a tight spot. The 1023
also indicates that then-Vice President Joe Biden may have been
involved in Burisma employing Hunter Biden.â€
He added: “So, as I’ve repeatedly asked since going public with the existence of the 1023, what, if anything, has the Justice
Department and FBI done to investigate?â€
Yet, while top GOP lawmakers have breathlessly promoted these
purported tapes as an absolute bombshell proving the corruption of
the president and his family, they’ve simultaneously acknowledged
that these recordings may not exist at all and could be “just a bluff.â€"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-admit-they-dont-know-if-biden-bribery-tapes-really-exist
No tapes? Nothin' but hot air? I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya.
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