Comer opens House Oversight investigation into Zelensky’s Pennsylvania visit
By
Rachel Schilke
September 25, 2024 2:08 pm
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The House Oversight Committee is investigating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to an ammunition factory in Pennsylvania, the latest step by Republicans, who have alleged the trip was “politically motivated.”
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced on Wednesday that the body would look into the use of taxpayer-funded resources to bring Zelensky to the factory in the Keystone State ahead of a contentious presidential race between Harris and former President Donald Trump.
Comer’s statement referenced the first impeachment of Trump by the Democratic-controlled House in 2019 for his conduct involving Zelensky “under the theory that he attempted to use a foreign leader” to benefit his 2020 campaign.
“The Biden-Harris Administration recently flew the same foreign leader—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky—on an American-taxpayer-funded flight to Pennsylvania, a battleground state in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, which has been described as the ‘trickiest battleground for Vice President Kamala Harris to win,'” Comer said. “The Committee seeks to determine whether the Biden-Harris Administration attempted to use a foreign leader to benefit Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign and, if so, necessarily committed an abuse of power.”
The Oversight Committee’s investigation comes after the Washington Examiner exclusively reported that nine House Republicans led by Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) sent a letter to the Justice and Defense Departments demanding information on whether Zelensky’s visit was “politically motivated” and paid for by U.S. taxpayer dollars in violation of federal law.
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