Well, this is just pathetic…
Obama seems to be so desperate to undermine the GOP’s Biden/Ukraine investigation that he’s literally willing to use Russian conspiracy theories.
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According to reports, Obama’s representative wrote a letter on his behalf that stated the Republican’s investigation gave credence to a Russian disinformation campaign.
What a kook.
Johnson and Grassley eventually caught the former president’s attention. In a March 13 letter to Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, obtained by BuzzFeed News Tuesday, Obama’s representative Anita Breckenridge wrote on his behalf that the Ukrainian investigation into the Bidens lends “credence to a Russian disinformation campaign — one that has already been thoroughly investigated by a bipartisan congressional committee — is without precedent.”
The letter closed, “Nevertheless, in the interest of countering the misinformation campaign underlying this request, we are prepared on this occasion to provide the Committees access to the records responsive to this request.”
Johnson’s spokesman Austin Altenburg responded to the former president’s letter, which CC’ed both Johnson and Grassley.
“Our legitimate oversight is based on the many unanswered questions that surround potential conflicts of interest relating to the Obama administration’s policy decisions with respect to Ukraine and Burisma Holdings. Our investigation is extensive and our request for President Obama’s records is only one of many lines of inquiry,” Altenburg said to the Washington Examiner in an email.
“The accusation that our oversight gives ‘credence to a Russian disinformation campaign’ is unfounded,” he added. “The real Russian disinformation, we now know, was contained in the Steele dossier. Baseless accusations aside, our legitimate oversight will continue until we get answers for the American people.” [Washington Examiner]
This is just sad that Obama is falling back on Russian collusion as a means to undermine a credible case.
When all else fails, Democrats always seem to blame the Russians.
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This piece was written by Sophie O’Hara on May 6, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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