Biden campaign rips Hunter Biden inquiry as effort to resurrect 'debunked smear'
by Mica Soellner
| May 20, 2020 04:35 PM
Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign hit back at the GOP-led investigation into his son Hunter Biden's dealings with Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings.
After the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines on Wednesday to authorize a subpoena against Democratic public relations firm Blue Star Strategies, which represented Burisma, the Biden campaign called the inquiry an attempt to reignite a "smear" and accused Sen. Ron Johnson, who chairs the committee, of trying to provide cover for President Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
"We’re in the middle of the worst public health and economic crisis in a century, and what is Senator (Ron) Johnson focused on? Running a political errand for Donald Trump by wasting Homeland Security Committee time and resources attempting to resurrect a craven, previously-debunked smear against Vice President Biden," Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates told CNBC in an email. "Then again, this is consistent with how Senator Johnson has callously downplayed the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak while the death toll rises. Senator Johnson should be working overtime to save American lives — but instead he’s just trying to save the President’s job.â€
Johnson defended the subpoena against criticism from Democrats, saying it wasn't mean to be a "big deal." The Wisconsin Republican also claimed to Fox News that Democrats and Republicans know the committee remains mainly focused on the pandemic.
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