‘Ah, Yes!’ Jake Tapper Mocks James Comer to His Face For Saying DOJ ‘Indicted Hunter Biden to Protect Him’
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) claimed that prosecutors charged Hunter Biden with an additional nine tax counts that could earn him years in prison, all to protect the First Son from a congressional subpoena.
The chair of the House Oversight Committee made the claim to CNN’s Jake Tapper’s astonishment Friday evening.
“What he got charged with, with that indictment last night, that had nothing to do with all of the so-called loans that the Bidens have taken,” Comer maintained. “We’ve identified, it appears, with the president’s son and brother, over $14 million in loans where it doesn’t look like they made any payments on — principal or interest. And what point do those loans, if you’re not going to pay ’em back, become income?
“So, we think this is just the tip of the iceberg. We think there’s many more crimes. and my concern is that [David] Weisse may have indicted Hunter Biden to protect him from having to be deposed in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.”
“Ah, yes! Yes!” Tapper exclaimed. “He indicted him to protect him. Yes! The classic rubric. He indicted him to protect him. I got it!”
Comer alleged the Biden administration is engaged in a “coverup”:
COMER: Well, look, this whole — Jake, you know, this whole thing’s been about a coverup. You know you’ve got two serious—
TAPPER: That’s why he indicted him, to protect him? To cover it up?
COMER: Look, you indict him on the least little thing, the gun charge and not paying taxes —
TAPPER: He’s facing like 17 additional years in prison! These are felonies!
COMER: Yeah, but look at what he’s done! Anybody else in America would already be in prison.
Hunter Biden is set to be deposed by Congress on Dec. 13 in the impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden.
House Republicans voted Thursday to formalize their impeachment inquiry into President Biden. They allege that he was inextricably linked to nefarious business dealings with Hunter and his brother, James.
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