The New York Times reports:
Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight and Accountability Committee, reflected on the pressure he often faced from constituents to investigate unhinged claims about President Biden and Democrats. “I say, ‘Let me see it,’ because I want to see where the source is,” Mr. Comer said. “They don’t know that it’s QAnon, but it’s QAnon stuff.”
Mr. Comer’s committee is populated by the most hard-line House Republicans, including Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who wields extraordinary power because of her mass following and ironclad bond with the speaker.
Mr. Comer conceded he was limited in how much he could control such members given their outsize influence in the party. “It’s hard for a coach to tell LeBron James what he’s doing wrong,” he said.
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Wow. James Comer basically admits to swiping emails from a server related to one of his KY political opponents.
“I’ve had two servers in my lifetime. Hunter Biden’s is one, and I’m not going to say who the other one was, but you can use your imagination.”https://t.co/q37S3LnIrv
— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) March 21, 2023
Comer must immediately step down from Oversight until a full ethics investigation of these heinous domestic abuse allegations is complete. https://t.co/Cst7jKS7FF
— David Brock (@davidbrockdc) March 21, 2023
“Mr. Comer recalled a local deputy sheriff who had recently pulled him over for speeding but let him go when he realized who he had nabbed — only after leaning in to ask one question.”
“We going to get Biden or not?” https://t.co/yoAEl2LnNk
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) March 21, 2023
Safely outside the statute of limitations, House Oversight Chairman Comer (R-KY) admits for the first time leaking hacked emails as he battled allegations of domestic abuse. https://t.co/ZQoax2DBY0 pic.twitter.com/bPZsPW80yp
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) March 21, 2023
Not only has Comer admitted to playing politics on the Oversight Cmte, but also to his role in distributing stolen emails to discredit allegations against him from a former girlfriend. There’s always a new low. https://t.co/y8Twk57xRh
— Facts First USA (@FactsFirstUSA) March 21, 2023
“She said Comer became “enraged” in 1991 after they visited a Louisville abortion clinic and learned that she had used his real name on a form requiring proof that she had an escort to drive her home.” @RepJamesComer https://t.co/fYC0iEx5T9
— Lauren❤️?????❤️ (@mommytalks2much) March 1, 2023