so today the so-called star witness in house oversight committee chairman James Comer's sham impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden was not in Washington testifying on behalf of House Republicans that maybe would have made sense you know why he was at a hearing of his own in federal court in Las Vegas because Alexander smaroff the same in the same person who supposed to be the star witness is charged with fabricating claims about the president and his son Hunter Biden in relation to a Ukrain
ian Energy company and for that he could face up to 25 years in prison a judge did release him on bail until trial subject to some strict conditions including GPS monitoring and somewhat fittingly based on his shadowy reputation I think it's fair to say we don't even seem to know what this guy looks like we can't even show you a picture of him today also a new filing just a few hours ago release from federal prosecutors added a pretty shocking yet somewhat kind of predictable twist to all of thi
s I don't know if you're ready for this Russian spies again according to the government in this document soff quote claims to have contacts with multiple foreign intelligence agencies and had plans to leave the United States two days after he was arrested last week for a months-long multicountry foreign trip during this trip the defendant claims to be me to be meeting with foreign intelligence contacts prosecutors go on to describe one of these supposed foreign intelligence contacts a mysterious
figure described as Russian official one and wait for this quote it says smaroff has reported numerous contacts with Russian official one who has been described by smaroff in a number of ways including as the son of a former high-ranking Russ Russian government official someone who purportedly controls two groups of individuals taxed with tasked with carrying out assassination efforts in a a third party country pause for that for a moment a Russian representative to another country and as someo
ne with ties to a particular Russian intelligence service if this is all starting to seem and sound like a well scripted episode of The Americans or Homeland or a crossover episode if you're a fan of both there is more prosecutors say about this they say this is not an isolated incident smaroff is still pushing new conspiracy this is part of the urgency here as indicated in this report filed today and because he is still seeking information from foreign sources it says quote the misinformation h
e is spreading is not confined to 2020 he is actively pedling new lies that could impact us elections after meeting the Russian intelligence officials in November in other words the guy says he was still talking to Russian intelligence officials as recently as a few months ago about new ways to spread lies and misinformation to hurt President Biden re-election chances all of this while ostensibly serving as the star witness of the Republican smear campaign and impeachment effort now this is a lo
t to take in I will acknowledge that I'm trying to explain it all as clearly as I can but this report this is public all is all information is public and I certainly encourage you to read it yourself it also shouldn't be shocking and it's worth noting that Russian language sources have been pushing this nonsense about President Biden for a long long time and I'm talking like long before he was president according to a 2020 report from Democrats on the house Foreign Affairs committee Russian D's
information about the president's supposed corruption in Ukraine is almost a decade old dating back to 2015 one quote US Embassy officials in ke noticed articles in Russian language media highlighting Hunter Biden's role at brisma and using that to undercut anti-corruption efforts that were being led by Vice President Biden Hunter Biden had been associated with brisma for a year and a half at that point with no indication that he had tried to influence us policy towards Ukraine or barisma so why
this story coming up now the records provide an answer as Embassy officials immediately flagged the timing that Vice President Biden was traveling to Ukraine that same week to give an address to the Ukrainian Parliament and in that speech the vice president pledged America's support for Ukraine in its historic battle against corruption hence the state-run Russian propag and the Machine got winding up so there you have it then Vice President Biden wanted to take a stand against corruption in Ukr
aine and according to the report from foreign affairs Democrats the Russians responded with a whisper campaign to discredit Biden and his family this is important and relevant because that same disinformation effort surfaced again when then president Donald Trump tasked Rudy Giuliani with digging up dirt about the bidens in Ukraine and it's surfacing again now as James comr and and his fellow House Republicans grow I think it's fair to say increasingly desperate to fulfill Trump's demands of a B
iden impeachment but it's all the same nonsense it's always been the Kremlin by the way is always going to look for potential assets they have for decades they're always going to look for sources to help spread disinformation that's all been going on for a long time that's one of their tactics but there's an election in just over eight months so it's still pretty alarming that they are still managing to find officials in the United States who are wittingly or unwittingly helping them
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Knowingly helping Russian assets to undermine your country is called TREASON!
Comer gave Smirnov privileged information... isn't that worthy a prison sentence too ?
Aiding and abetting your country's enemies is called Treason.
I think Comer and Jim Jordan knew this Russian connection all along and should be investigated themselves. Comer and Jordan are not immune to indictment.
When are these traitors going to be brought to justice?
Time to charge Comer and Jordan for dereliction of duty, if they fight back, charge them with treason.
It sure is weird how so many people on the GOP team turns out with Russians ties. It’s almost like they’re working together.
Mike Johnson has blood on his hands. He and the GOP need to called out by the media constantly.
Reporters need to start asking republicans why they’re working for Americas enemies.
While it is tempting to laugh at Comer's naivety, in fact his easy manipulation by Russian Intelligence is a serious danger to the USA.
Perhaps Rep.Comer should be the beneficiary of an investigation into himself.
The right is truly falling apart before our eyes. It’s stunning.
Dude, the GOP and Trump are currently owned and actively working for Putin! PLEASE VOTE BLUE THIS NOVEMBER!💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Republicans in the 80's: Gorbachev, tear down that wall! Republicans in the 2020's: Putin, tear down the USA! It's wild to see how far Ratpublicans have fallen. Not surprising tho.
Never in my lifetime has the US and Russia been friends.
What exactly is the procedure if a member of Congress turns out to be a Russian operative? Or knowingly colludes with a Russian operative? Or in this case, MEMBERS of Congress? Certainly their security clearances should be revoked. And they should be, like, arrested or something, maybe?
This guy, Putin, Trump & and GOP, are all working together.
Comer's part in this scheme needs to be investigated... he sounds compromised. How many Russian assets are there in the GQP ?
Good story. Please pursue this and keep on it. I really believe Russia caused all of this. They have taken credit for it. Believe them.
GOP now stands for Good Old Putin. What the H is happening to American politics