Catherine Herridge has a bit of a scoop that’s sure to be ignored by the rest of the mainstream media, but it interests us. It looks like Sen. Ron Johnson has written a letter seeking to subpoena a witness tied to Burisma.
SCOOP: Chairman Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee @RonJohnsonWI wants to subpoena witness tied to US firm and Burisma where the former Vice President’s son sat on the board. Letter obtained @CBSNews says government records indicate concerns warranted pic.twitter.com/BBoTB0lGh0
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) March 2, 2020
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler thinks something is up for a letter to be sent just a day after Joe Biden’s campaign sprung back from the dead in South Carolina.
Hmm, Joe Biden suddenly comes back from the political dead on Saturday and the very next day the Ron Johnson pens a letter seeking subpoenas on Burisma. Must be a coincidence! https://t.co/KTsjDY2IYZ
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) March 2, 2020
Much less coincidental than, for instance, a major newspaper running a phony puff-piece on a major democrat candidate's crooked son who's central to a major scandal involving said candidate on the eve of a major primary and days before #supertuesday2020.
— Sheik Yerbouti (@YerboutiSheik) March 2, 2020
If you read the letter, though, Johnson says he notified the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Feb. 24 of his intent to issue a subpoena and enclosed a copy of the letter. In other words, this was in the works well before March 1.
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Sen. Ron Johnson’s letter to the HSGAC ranking member announcing his plans to seek a subpoena for information regarding a single Burisma associate is dated February 24, which for those who can’t read a calendar was 5 days before the South Carolina primary. https://t.co/AbXzjvxaGI
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— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 2, 2020
They make it so easy, it's not even fun.
— The Captain's Blog (@williamnyy23) March 2, 2020
He's a fact checker. Oh, the irony.
— Jean (@JeanD312) March 2, 2020
Touché
— eve-o Proud Patriot Trump2020 & Beyond! (@eveo1159) March 2, 2020
Not enough layers of fact checkers?
— Rob Ives (@Prosqtor74) March 2, 2020
When do little facts like that matter
— Mari ✝️ ?? #MAGA #KAG (@52poolgrl) March 2, 2020
So Glenn went to the Joe Biden School for Calender Reading?
— RedEchos (@DreddBolt) March 2, 2020
All you elitists with your calendars and stuff….
— DieHardGatorFan (@Splenda_Daddy79) March 2, 2020
um…because he didn't know biden would win SC? right! gimme a break!
— A Republic (If You Can Save It) (@ynotjones) March 2, 2020
Come on, man!
Here’s more about the subpoena from Herridge:
More on possible Senate subpoena in Burisma probe @CBSNews #OriginalReporting https://t.co/FpAFlrxyJ9
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) March 2, 2020
The top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee is seeking to subpoena a witness tied to the investigation of Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian energy firm where Hunter Biden, son of Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, sat on its board, according to a letter obtained by CBS News.
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin sent a letter to committee members Sunday informing them of his intent to schedule a meeting during which they would consider a subpoena to Andrii Telizhenko, a former consultant for the U.S.-based government affairs firm Blue Star, for documents related to his work there. Blue Star “was a U.S. representative” for Burisma, Johnson said.
Telizhenko is a former Ukrainian diplomat at the center of claims Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
Herridge adds that Republican senators have been requesting documents on Telizhenko since early December.
— Uncle Sam (@xbolt225) March 2, 2020
Finally
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#JoeBiden pic.twitter.com/3jUzgF8ZcE
— ?? Newborns for Trump ?? (@1776_DoOrDie) March 2, 2020
We are expecting them to see this through.
— KCnLA (@KCnLA) March 2, 2020
So, is this just a hit job from Johnson (and Herridge) trying to sink Biden’s revived campaign, or are the gears just turning really slowly and no one’s been paying attention?
Related:
Catherine Herridge: Justice Department has been ‘quietly’ reviewing Ukraine material for weeks https://t.co/DFkp7NYLh5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 12, 2020
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