‘Nonsense!’ Dan Abrams Torpedoes New Biden Probe ‘Bombshell’ — That Even Fox News ‘Largely Steered Clear Of’

Mediaite founder/owner, NewsNation host, and veteran legal expert Dan Abrams delivered a blistering analysis of the latest supposed “bombshell” to emerge from the GOP’s probe of President Joe Biden and his family — and hit Fox News and other outlets with the backswing.

At issue is the latest to emerge from the investigation that House Republicans have expanded into an impeachment inquiry despite widespread acknowledgment by journalists and even other Republicans that there is “no evidence” of wrongdoing by President Biden.

Last week, Comer presented the latest bit — a canceled check from Jim Biden — the then-former VP’s brother — repaying Biden for a loan in 2018. That revelation was the subject of Comer’s 200th Fox News hit of the year.

On Monday night’s edition of NewsNation’s Dan Abrams Live, Abrams broke down the “bombshell” news in a piece of analysis with a jury summation-style conclusion that prompted a re-post and a citation from White House Spokesman for Investigations Ian Sams:

I’ve said all along that many of James and Hunter Biden’s dealings look bad. It sure seems like they were trading on the Biden name, but that doesn’t mean that Joe Biden was benefiting financially and they know that they have not been able to show that. Comer went on and on about Biden’s family members being flush with cash.

“The bottom line is that the committee has shown the Bidens alone have brought in over $15 million in their foreign influence peddling,” Comer said.

James Biden had a major stake in a $15 million influence peddling scheme, and yet somehow, he had to go crawling to his brother Joe, who was making money on a book and speaking gigs. And he had to borrow $200,000. I know it doesn’t fit the narrative that Comer has been selling, and the right-wing media has given him every chance to push that narrative.

Friday’s interview with Comer marked the Oversight Committee chairman’s 200th appearance of the year on Fox. That’s right, just this year. That’s almost every single day that James Comer has popped up on Fox to present his “smoking guns” and his “bombshells,” which have been consistently hyped up by the network.

But after Comer’s appearance on Hannity, Fox News largely steered clear of the latest bombshell. Usually these supposed Biden bombshells get regular play on Fox for days and come with dozens of segments. But, maybe this one’s too far-fetched for them.

Since Saturday, the James Biden check was only discussed in three segments on Fox News and only Jesse Watters mentioned it Monday.

If this were really anything close to a bombshell, we’d be hearing about it hour after hour on every single Fox News show.

Look, we’ve devoted many segments on the show to the Biden investigation. We are not ignoring it, like many in the left-leaning media. But every time Comer runs to Fox News or Newsmax with flimsy, so-called evidence and tries to sell it as a smoking gun or bombshell, it simply does not help his cause.

Comer has repeatedly called this the greatest political scandal of his lifetime. If that’s true, he ought to treat it that way and not spend so much time hyping up nonsense.

I take this investigation very seriously. It could lead to an impeachment vote. I think many people in this country do too, but it’s time that Comer does, as well.

Watch above via NewsNation’s Dan Abrams Live.

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