The stupid House impeachment inquiry just started and I’m already tired of it. There are some very serious things that Congress needs to address right now—the wars in Ukraine and Israel, funding the government, etc.—and instead they are now going to spend their time on this giant nothing burger.
The impeachment leaders’ conduct is a fascinating study of how much humiliation people can take in service of doing TFG’s bidding. They have nothing on Joe Biden, and they’re not smart enough to make up something even vaguely plausible.
They can’t even make a case for their inquiry even when they are drowning on TV and Sean Hannity throws them multiple life preservers:
Not ideal when you can’t directly answer a softball question from Hannity on what crime are you investigating pic.twitter.com/JmLiTMEY32
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 14, 2023
I can’t wait for the actual impeachment and trial. The Democrats are going to make the Republicans dance on command, and it’ll all feed into useful material for 2024 congressional campaigns. And let me make this clear: I would MUCH rather have a functioning Congress that would do the actual work of government that they are being paid, by us, the taxpayers, to do. But since that’s not possible with the Clown Caucus in town, we might as well get as much entertainment out of it as we can.
The new twist in all of this is that James Comer appears to be working out some of his personal problems through this impeachment inquiry. The AP has this story:
But as Comer works to “deliver the transparency and accountability that the American people demand” through the GOP’s investigation, his own finances and relationships have begun to draw notice, too, including his ties to prominent local figures who have complicated pasts not all that dissimilar to some of those caught up in his Biden probe.
Comer declined to comment through a spokesman, but has aggressively denied any wrongdoing in establishing a shell company.
After Democrats blasted him for being a hypocrite following the Daily Beast ’s disclosure of the company last month, Comer countered by calling a Democratic lawmaker a “smurf” and saying that the criticism was the kind of thing “only dumb, financially illiterate people pick up on.”
The AP found that Farm Team Properties functions in a similarly opaque way as the companies used by the Bidens, masking his stake in the land that he co-owns with the donor from being revealed on his financial disclosure forms. Those records describe Farm Team Properties as his wife’s “land management and real estate speculation” company without providing further details.
Wait, there’s more:
It’s not clear why Comer decided to put those six acres in a shell company, or what other assets Farm Team Properties may hold. On his most recent financial disclosure forms, Comer lists its value as being as much as $1 million, a substantial sum but a fraction of his overall wealth.
Ethics experts say House rules require members of Congress to disclose all assets held by such companies that are worth more than $1,000.
“It seems pretty clear to me that he should be disclosing the individual land assets that are held by” the shell company, said Delaney Marsco, a senior attorney who specializes in congressional ethics at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center in Washington.
Marsco and other experts were perplexed as to why Comer would place such assets in a shell company, especially since he disclosed his other holdings and does not appear to have taken other efforts to hide his wealth.
It’s always projection with Republicans. Always.
I think Comer is looking for himself. It’s a job for Lionel Richie:
