September 27, 2023

House Ways and Means Committee members gave a press conference about Hunter Biden and the President, but it didn't work out well. A reporter with NBC hammered Missouri Rep. Jason Smith, who couldn't answer the simplest questions.

"Fortunate that we see so many meetings and so many phone calls that involved around official activity that the vice president has been participating in and then big sums of money follows later through," Smith said.

"If he's not the president or the vice president at that time, where's the wrongdoing?" the reporter asked. "He wasn't even a candidate for president at that time."

"He was a candidate," Smith insisted.

"In August 6th of 2018?" the reporter asked.

"So apparently, what source are you with?" Smith said.

"I'm with NBC," the reporter replied.

"So apparently, you'll never believe us," Smith shot back.

"I'm not saying I don't believe you," the NBC reporter assured Smith. "I'm asking you a very direct question. You presented a piece of evidence that you say came on August 6th, 2017, that demonstrates that Joe Biden was using political influence to help his son."

"I'm asking you specifically, how does that demonstrate that there's some sort of political influence being put over him if at that time he is not an elected official?" the reporter said.

"I'm definitely not going to pinpoint one item," Smith said. "I think we've outlined numerous. So apparently, you don't agree with it."

"I'm asking you to explain it," the reporter said.

"I'll take the next question," Smith said while never answering his question.

This keeps happening. Republicans have offered zero pieces of evidence linking the President to his son's activities. And this was a presser to say nothing. The government is going to shut down in four days. They need to get to work.

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