Fox News hyped the bogus FBI informant claims against Biden. Now it’s refusing to walk them back

Days after explosive bribery claims about President Joe Biden came ripping apart at the seams, Fox News and the broader MAGA Media universe have declined to walk back their factually-challenged narrative. Instead, unscrupulous right-wing media figures have stuck by their corruption claims against Biden, which permeated the conservative information space to such a degree that …

Russia-linked Biden accuser charged with lying? Who cares, Republicans say

Republicans were not listening. Charges against Smirnov and news of his links with Russian intelligence did not “change the fundamental facts” of the case, Jordan told reporters, rehashing claims about Hunter Biden’s work for a Ukrainian energy company and the supposed involvement of his father. [...] Comer, the leader of the impeachment effort, also showed little …

Indicted ex-FBI informant told investigators he got Hunter Biden dirt from Russian intelligence officials

The former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ dealings in Ukraine told investigators after his arrest that Russian intelligence officials were involved in passing information to him about Hunter Biden, prosecutors said Tuesday in a new court filing, noting that the information was false. Prosecutors also said Alexander Smirnov has been “actively peddling new lies …

FBI informant who lied about Bidens’ Ukraine ties had contact with Russians – prosecutors

Prosecutors revealed the alleged contact as they urged a judge to keep Alexander Smirnov behind bars while he awaits trial. He’s charged with falsely reporting to the FBI in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and the president $5m each in 2015 or 2016. The claim has been central to …

Opinion: Smirnov indictment pushes GOP impeachment probe of Biden off the edge

Politicians like Comer and GOP Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, could learn something from Arendt and from capable prosecutors about tossing aside facts and truth. Unfortunately, the MAGA committee chairs seem to have neither time nor interest in thought, care, competence or real evidence. All that seems to matter to …

Former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ role in Ukraine business, undercutting GOP impeachment inquiry

Special counsel David Weiss charged a former FBI informant with lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s involvement in business dealings with Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, undercutting a major aspect of Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the president. [...] Congressional Republicans have championed Smirnov’s now-discredited allegations for roughly a year, though not by name. They fought …

President Biden Guilty Of Helping Hunter Biden Buy Ford Raptor With Dirty Chinese Money Or Something

If you’re not glued to your television screen and mainlining Fox News 24 hours a day, it can be hard to keep up with all the nefarious things that President Biden is accused of doing. Apparently, he’s incredibly corrupt, and, in fact, he’s so corrupt that no one can even find actual evidence of his corruption. Don’t …

House GOP eyeing bribery, abuse of power for impeachment articles against Biden based on debunked Ukraine conspiracy theories

Most, if not all, of the claims about Joe Biden and Burisma were refuted in 2019, but they gained major traction in the right-wing media ecosystem, where they are often presented as facts. Almost every element of the GOP claim is untrue. Biden did push for the prosecutor to be fired, but that was consistent with bipartisan US …

Takeaways from President Biden’s first impeachment hearing by House Oversight panel

House Republicans kicked off their first impeachment inquiry hearing Thursday laying out the allegations they will pursue against President Joe Biden, though their expert witnesses acknowledged Republicans don’t yet have the evidence to prove the accusation they’re leveling. [...] None of that evidence has shown Joe Biden received any financial benefit from his son’s business dealings, but Republicans …

Fact check: Republicans make false, misleading claims at first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee is holding its first hearing Thursday in the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden – and Republicans on the committee have made a series of false and misleading claims, as well as some other claims that have left out critical context. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/28/politics/fact-check-house-impeachment-hearing-biden/index.html -CNN; 9/28/2023