in the 2024 G.O.P. primary, said, “If Hunter were a Republican, he would have been in jail years ago.”
There’s no doubt that Comer and his G.O.P. colleagues will now step up their efforts to do some serious damage to the President. But, in trying to score politically, the Republicans face several big challenges. Firstly, they haven’t uncovered any evidence that Hunter’s business dealings—which included serving on the board of a Ukrainian energy company while his father was responsible for the Obama Administration’s Ukraine policy—crossed the line from unsavory to illegal.
Finally, the very idea of elected Republicans kicking up a stink about Presidential families and their associates receiving money from foreign interests is laughable. While Trump was in the White House, the Trump Organization continued to pursue business deals in many foreign countries, and as Trump runs for reëlection these efforts are continuing.