The Home Oversight Committee is investigating the Biden-Harris administration’s alleged use of taxpayer-funded assets to fly Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to battleground Pennsylvania forward of the November presidential election, Fox Information Digital has realized.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., penned letters to the White Home, the Pentagon and the Justice Division on Wednesday searching for paperwork concerning the administration’s alleged “misuse of presidency assets” to enable Zelenskyy to allegedly “intrude within the 2024 presidential election.”
“In 2019, the Democrat-controlled Home of Representatives impeached President Donald J. Trump for abuse of energy underneath the idea that he tried to make use of a overseas chief — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — to profit his 2020 presidential marketing campaign, regardless of an absence of any proof of wrongdoing on the a part of President Trump,” Comer wrote.
ZELENSKYY WARNS VANCE’S PLAN TO GIVE RUSSIA SEIZED LAND WILL LEAD TO ‘GLOBAL SHOWDOWN’
Vice President Kamala Harris shakes arms with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy throughout the Summit on peace in Ukraine, in Obbürgen close to Lucerne, Switzerland, on Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone by way of AP)
Comer, although, mentioned the Biden-Harris administration “not too long ago flew the identical overseas chief — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — on an American-taxpayer-funded flight to Pennsylvania, a battleground state within the upcoming 2024 presidential election, which has been described because the ‘trickiest battleground for Vice President Kamala Harris to win.’”
REPUBLICANS GROAN AT BIDEN ADMIN’S LAST-MINUTE REQUEST FOR MORE TIME TO SEND UNUSED $6B TO UKRAINE
“The Committee seeks to find out whether or not the Biden-Harris Administration tried to make use of a overseas chief to profit Vice President Harris’ presidential marketing campaign and, if that’s the case, essentially dedicated an abuse of energy,” Comer wrote.
Comer mentioned his committee is investigating the circumstances that led to “justify” the administration’s transport of Zelenskyy on a Division of the Air Power plane to Pennsylvania.
Comer mentioned Zelenskyy’s itinerary included a cease in Pennsylvania to fulfill with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Comer additionally cited a latest interview with Zelenskyy, by which he was vital of Trump and his working mate, Sen. JD Vance, calling the Ohio senator “too radical.”
Sen. JD Vance, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Getty Photos)
“He additional said his perception that President Trump and his administration wouldn’t be capable to cease the conflict, regardless of this being considered one of President Trump’s foremost marketing campaign platforms (and peace within the area underneath the whole lot of the previous Trump administration),” Comer wrote.
“This rhetoric coming from a overseas chief launched in anticipation of a U.S.-taxpayer funded go to concerning the present Administration’s political opponent is very regarding,” Comer wrote. “The Committee is investigating any coordination or communication among the many Biden-Harris Administration, Pennsylvania’s Workplace of the Governor, and President Zelenskyy to be used or solicitation of use of presidency property to politically profit Vice President Harris’s presidential marketing campaign.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left and President Biden stroll to the Oval Workplace of the White Home Sept. 21, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photograph by Drew Angerer/Getty Photos)
In his letter to Legal professional Normal Merrick Garland, Comer reminded that the DOJ is very centered on combating overseas election interference, particularly from adversaries.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Nevertheless, Comer mentioned the Home Oversight Committee “believes no overseas actor — whether or not or not deemed ‘malign’ by DOJ — must be permitted to intrude in American elections.”
Comer’s letters have been addressed to Garland, Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin and Assistant to the President and White Home Counsel Edward Siskel.
Comer demanded paperwork and data from the businesses by Oct. 2.
