{"id":1028628,"date":"2023-12-15T20:48:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028628"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:57:54","slug":"what-theyre-saying-bombshell-reporting-exposes-james-comers-own-shady-business-deals-amid-impeachment-sham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-theyre-saying-bombshell-reporting-exposes-james-comers-own-shady-business-deals-amid-impeachment-sham\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT THEY\u2019RE SAYING: Bombshell Reporting Exposes James Comer\u2019s Own Shady Business Deals Amid Impeachment Sham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday\u2019s bombshell reporting from the Associated Press exposed James Comer engaged in the exact kind of shady business practices he falsely accuses President Biden of &#8211; owning a shell company alongside convicted criminals in a shady attempt to disguise financial holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what they\u2019re saying about James Comer\u2019s hypocrisy getting put on full display:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><br><\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Articles:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/comer-shell-company-biden-hunter-impeachment-6fde28673d5dced307b95cab8425c7ba\"><strong>Associated Press<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Interviews and records reviewed by The Associated Press provide new insights into the financial deal, which risks undercutting the force of some of Comer\u2019s central arguments in his impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. <\/strong>For months, the chairman of the House Oversight committee and his Republican colleagues have been pounding Biden for how his relatives traded on their famous name to secure business deals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as Comer works to \u201cdeliver the transparency and accountability that the American people demand\u201d through the GOP\u2019s investigation, <strong>his own finances and relationships have begun to draw notice, too, including his ties to prominent local figures who have complicated pasts not all that dissimilar to some of those caught up in his Biden probe<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After this story first published Thursday, Comer responded during an appearance on FOX News, <strong>stating that Farm Team Properties \u201chas five different assets and lots of revenue.\u201d He didn\u2019t reveal what those other assets may be. He also falsely claimed that the donor, Darren Cleary, \u201cwasn\u2019t a campaign contributor\u201d <\/strong>at the time the property was purchased. Cleary and his family have donated to Comer\u2019s political campaigns since at least 2010, records show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/12\/14\/biden-impeachment-inquiry-comer-evidence\/\"><strong>Washington Post<\/strong><\/a>: In that August assessment, we also considered this issue of \u201cshell companies,\u201d noting that the term has a gauzy definition. But most of the corporate entities formed by Hunter Biden and his partners did have stated purposes. One, for example, was the aforementioned Biden law firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday morning, the Associated Press reported that <strong>Comer himself used a \u201cshell company\u201d for real estate purposes \u2014 something that some of the \u201cshell companies\u201d involved in his investigation also did.<\/strong> (Bartiromo asked him about it; Comer claimed that it was an example of the reporter\u2019s \u201cfinancial illiteracy.\u201d)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But here\u2019s James Comer, four months later, suggesting not only that Hunter Biden did receive this money, but that it somehow influenced his father\u2019s policy decisions. Because, at the end of the day, that\u2019s what he and his colleagues want to convey. <strong>No evidence about Joe Biden\u2019s unacceptable actions but, instead, that Joe Biden is somehow linked to a seedy universe of criminality \u2014 a link and a universe they\u2019re still struggling to manifest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/gops-james-comer-haunted-earlier-shell-company-rhetoric-rcna129782\"><strong>MSNBC<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>A Washington Post analysis from last month explained that many of these Biden family shell companies<\/strong> \u201care simply corporate entities like one that serves as the structure for Hunter Biden\u2019s law firm and another that\u2019s a consulting company he ran.\u201d The newspaper examined each of these business entities and found that \u201cthey <strong>were created because this is how business structures often work.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for a variety of leading Republicans, \u201cshell company\u201d is synonymous with \u201cshady,\u201d and no GOP official has done more to advance this narrative than House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Kentucky Republican has obsessively told the public about Biden shell companies, at one point telling Fox Business, \u2018Nobody creates shell companies.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In hindsight, perhaps Comer shouldn\u2019t have used the word \u2018nobody.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/177578\/james-comer-shady-shell-company-details\"><strong>The New Republic<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>The man leading the Biden impeachment inquiry has apparently engaged in nearly identical behavior that he has hounded the president over.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But a series of interviews and records searches conducted by the AP <strong>showed that the Kentucky Republican did something remarkably similar, transferring a six-acre parcel of land co-owned with one of his major campaign donors, Darren Cleary, to a shell company <\/strong>he created in 2017 with his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The property has grown in value since its original purchase, jumping from a valuation of between $50,000 and $100,000 at the time of purchase to $500,001 and $1 million, according to Comer\u2019s financial statements obtained by the outlet. <strong>That flies in the face of not only Comer\u2019s self-purported, squeaky-clean reputation but also House rules, which require members of Congress to disclose all assets held by companies worth more than $1,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/james-comer-shell-company-biden-impeachment-1852713\"><strong>Newsweek<\/strong><\/a>: Mary Trump, Donald Trump&#8217;s estranged niece and critic, said the reports were &#8220;unbelievable&#8221; and <strong>called Comer \u201ca hypocrite.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added: \u201cJames Comer, who is pushing the sham Biden impeachment, allegedly made the same kind of business deal he&#8217;s accusing Hunter Biden of having made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, responding to his impeachment inquiry, Biden called Republican impeachment plans \u201cbaseless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement from the White House, he said: \u201c<strong>Instead of doing their job on the urgent work that needs to be done, they are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt that even Republicans in Congress admit is not supported by facts<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of work to be done,\u201d he added. \u201cBut after wasting weeks trying to find a new Speaker of the House and having to expel their own members, Republicans in Congress are leaving for a month without doing anything to address these pressing challenges.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/biden-impeachment-republican-politics-rcna129793\"><strong>MSNBC<\/strong><\/a>:<strong> Even Fox News host Peter Doocy has thrown cold water on the charade, <\/strong>saying Republicans haven\u2019t shown where Biden has committed any illegal acts. (Note: This is why Kentucky Rep. <strong>James Comer<\/strong> \u2014 who\u2019s been mocked repeatedly for his leadership of the baseless push \u2014 <strong>recently said he\u2019s no longer going to appear on Fox.<\/strong>)<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/ap-report-dives-into-james-comers-opaque-business-practices-similar-to-what-hes-accusing-the-bidens-of\/\"><strong>Mediaite<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>While the article doesn\u2019t accuse Comer outright of hiding assets in the shell company, it does note that \u2018After this story first published Thursday, Comer responded during an appearance on FOX News, stating that Farm Team Properties \u2018has five different assets and lots of revenue.\u2019 He didn\u2019t reveal what those other assets may be. He also falsely claimed that the donor, Darren Cleary, \u2018wasn\u2019t a campaign contributor\u2019 at the time the property was purchased. Cleary and his family have donated to Comer\u2019s political campaigns since at least 2010, records show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Broadcast<\/em><\/strong>:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1735429839027372290?s=20\"><strong>Jessica Tarlov on Fox News<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cHe has been going on for months about the fact that people who are innocent of these things don&#8217;t have shell companies. But guess what? James Comer does.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1v05Enr6bwA\"><strong>Alyssa Farah Griffin on ABC<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cI have not seen one shred of evidence that it\u2019s tied to Joe Biden. That&#8217;s what it comes down to. \u2026 By the way, someone who&#8217;s no Joe Biden fan, Steve Doocey on Fox News has been hammering James Comer, \u2018give me one thing, one piece of evidence,\u2019 otherwise it&#8217;s a waste of taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E2hUyofgqHE\"><strong>Rep. Elissa Slotkin on MSNBC<\/strong>:<\/a> \u201cFirst of all, it\u2019s sort of sloppy, right? If you&#8217;re going to be attacking someone and then you find that you yourself, you are doing the same thing, clean your story up here. But I think it&#8217;s just part and parcel of the bigger story, which is, this is meant to distract. This is meant to talk about Biden and legal issues instead of Trump and legal issues and the Republicans are saying that. You have people like Senator Grassley saying, \u2018I&#8217;m not seeing the facts,\u2019 but then you have others like Troy Nehls saying, \u2018Look, this is to get Donald Trump back, baby! Like this is the reason we&#8217;re doing this.\u2019 So we need to believe them when they say that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Tweets:<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><br><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seungminkim\/status\/1735269953593376835?s=20\"><strong>Seung Min Kim, Associated Press<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> James Comer, the Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden, has his own shell company and complicated friends (from @AP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/1735402089696862488?s=20\"><strong>Rep. Eric Swalwell<\/strong><\/a>: Well, well, well. We should have known this is what\u2019s really been going on. After making so many false claims against President Biden, James Comer is the one with the shady finances. @AP breaks down his shell companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/newrepublic\/status\/1735626024304386357?s=20\"><strong>The New Republic<\/strong><\/a>: James Comer\u2019s use of a shell company flies in the face of not only his self-purported squeaky clean reputation, but also House rules, which require members of Congress to disclose all assets held by companies worth more than $1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArthurDelaneyHP\/status\/1735305625960149322?s=20\"><strong>Arthur Delaney, HuffPost<\/strong><\/a>: New AP investigation of James Comer\u2019s shell company finds it similar to the ones Comer says Hunter Biden used for crimes and corruption<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kylegriffin1\/status\/1735341426890723724?s=20\"><strong>Kyle Griffin, MSNBC<\/strong><\/a>: The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interviews and records reviewed by The Associated Press provide new insights into his financial deals, which risks undercutting the force of James Comer&#8217;s central arguments in his impeachment inquiry of President Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Comer works to &#8220;deliver the transparency and accountability that the American people demand&#8221; through the GOP&#8217;s investigation, his own finances and relationships have begun to draw notice, too, including his ties to prominent local figures who have complicated pasts not all that dissimilar to some of those caught up in his Biden probe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shanlonwu\/status\/1735382562594345277?s=20\"><strong>Shanlon Wu<\/strong><\/a>: What&#8217;s another word for hypocrite? 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James Comer self-righteously claiming Hunter Biden was involved in shady business dealing with shady people even as Comer uses a shell company to hide assets &amp; continues his business relationships with those&nbsp; convicted for evading taxes. &nbsp;<br><br>Oh, and here&#8217;s how Comer&#8217;s former girlfriend describes him:&nbsp; &#8220;the former girlfriend, Marilyn Thomas, who wrote a letter to the Louisville Courier-Journal in which she asserted that Comer had hit her and that their relationship had been \u201ctoxic.\u201d She also told the newspaper that Comer became \u201cenraged\u201d in 1991 after he learned she had used his name on a form she submitted before receiving an abortion at a Louisville clinic.&#8221;&nbsp; Kudos to @AP &amp; @thedailybeast (see next post in thread) for the reporting on this story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday\u2019s bombshell reporting from the Associated Press exposed James Comer engaged in the exact kind of shady business practices he falsely accuses President Biden of &#8211; owning a shell company alongside convicted criminals in a shady attempt to disguise financial holdings. 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