Democrats say the GOP’s attempt to smear Biden accidentally exposed a Trump official’s ‘corrupt scheme’

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The Republican report aimed at raising questions about the dealings of Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden in Ukraine appears to have accidentally implicated former Energy Secretary Rick Perry in an energy scheme in the foreign nation, according to the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee.

Republicans led by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., released their much-hyped report on Hunter Biden’s role at the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma on Wednesday. However, it found no evidence of actual wrongdoing and relied largely on debunked claimsold statements and narratives pushed as part of a Russian disinformation campaign.


But the report did find new evidence related to Perry’s actions in Ukraine while he served in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Continue reading.