U.S. Justice Department receiving information on Bidens from Giuliani - Senator

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U.S. Justice Department receiving information on Bidens from Giuliani - Senator

By David Morgan

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to speak at an event to celebrate federal judicial confirmations in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is receiving information on former Vice President Joe Biden and his businessman son, Hunter Biden, from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, a top Trump ally in the Senate said on Sunday.

 

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said Attorney General William Barr told him about the arrangement on Sunday morning and that Justice Department officials were evaluating Giuliani's information to determine whether it is genuine.

 

"The Department of Justice is receiving information coming out of the Ukraine from Rudy. He (Barr) told me that they have created a process that Rudy could give information and they would see if it's verified," Graham told the CBS News program Face the Nation.

 

Justice Department officials were not immediately available for comment.

 

News of the arrangement surfaced days after the Senate acquitted Trump on impeachment charges that he abused his power by asking Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.

 

Trump had based his demands on unfounded allegations of corruption. House investigators alleged that Giuliani pursued damaging information about the Bidens in Ukraine as Trump's personal lawyer.

 

Hunter Biden sat on the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma while Joe Biden, now a Democratic presidential candidate, was vice president.

 

Two Republican senators - Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson - are also conducting an investigation of U.S. government records to determine whether there was a conflict of interest.

 

Graham said he spoke to Barr and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr on Sunday, after Giuliani told an interviewer that he had unearthed key evidence from Ukraine.

 

"They told me: 'Take very cautiously anything coming out of the Ukraine against anybody,'" Graham said.

 

"Any documents coming out of the Ukraine against any American, Republican or Democrat, need to be looked at by the intelligence services who have expertise - I don't – because Russia is playing us all like a fiddle."

 

Graham said he would refrain from his own probe of the Bidens and concentrate instead on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's decision to issue warrants that led to a federal investigation into allegations that Trump's 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Russia to interfere in the election.

 

"Here's what I want to tell the president: I'm not going to be the Republican Christopher Steele," Graham said.

 

Steele is the former British spy who produced a dossier on Trump that the FBI used in its Russia probe. Republicans have condemned the dossier as a sham document filled with Russian propaganda.

 

(Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-10

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[smedly]

ha ha - too funny 

[metisdead]

An off topic post has been removed. 

[Chomper Higgot]

Giuliani, Graham and Barr all names participants in Trump’s attempts to obtain Ukrainian interference in the upcoming US elections.

 

You can add Nunes in there too.

[sirineou]

6 minutes ago, Kelsall said:

Biden's finished anyway. 

 

Biden Calls Skeptical New Hampshire Voter ‘a Lying, Dog-Faced Pony Soldier’

 

https://news.grabien.com/story-biden-calls-skeptical-new-hampshire-voter-lying-dog-faced-po

 

"Biden jokingly calls voter a 'lying dog-faced pony soldier' at New Hampshire event "

"At a campaign event in New Hampshire, the woman warned Biden that she was about to ask a potentially mean question before saying, "How do you explain the performance in Iowa, and why should voters believe that you can win the national election?"

Biden said the question was legitimate but then asked whether she had "ever been to a caucus" before.

She signaled that she had, to which Biden said: "No, you haven't. You're a lying dog-faced pony soldier." The audience laughed in response. "

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-jokingly-calls-new-hampshire-voter-lying-dog-faced-pony-n1133246

[Puchaiyank]

Meanwhile, USA infrastructure has become so neglected that in many places it is unsafe to travel over old bridges and many other problems...

 

Mud slinging is apparently in vogue these days...

[Boon Mee]

The Biden Crime Family actually being investigated at last? 

Long overdue. 

 

MAGA 

[stevenl]

6 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:

The Biden Crime Family actually being investigated at last? 

Long overdue. 

 

MAGA 

Do you really think the justice department, especially since Barr took over, didn't look into this yet?

[Baerboxer]

4 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Giuliani, Graham and Barr all names participants in Trump’s attempts to obtain Ukrainian interference in the upcoming US elections.

 

You can add Nunes in there too.

 

None of which makes the Biden clan above the law.

[Chomper Higgot]

2 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

None of which makes the Biden clan above the law.

Which is not my point.

 

Rather the people throwing the accusations are themselves implicated in crimes relating to the baseless accusations they are peddling.

Edited February 10, 2020 by Chomper Higgot

[candide]

26 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:

The Biden Crime Family actually being investigated at last? 

Long overdue. 

 

MAGA 

Not yet. They will assess the information collected by Giuliani as Trump's personal lawyer. If there is enough ground to start an official investigation, they will start it.

[Redline]

2 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

The Biden Crime Family actually being investigated at last? 

Long overdue. 

 

MAGA 

Finally you moved on from Hillary ????

[Sujo]

6 hours ago, sirineou said:

"Biden jokingly calls voter a 'lying dog-faced pony soldier' at New Hampshire event "

"At a campaign event in New Hampshire, the woman warned Biden that she was about to ask a potentially mean question before saying, "How do you explain the performance in Iowa, and why should voters believe that you can win the national election?"

Biden said the question was legitimate but then asked whether she had "ever been to a caucus" before.

She signaled that she had, to which Biden said: "No, you haven't. You're a lying dog-faced pony soldier." The audience laughed in response. "

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-jokingly-calls-new-hampshire-voter-lying-dog-faced-pony-n1133246

Was never an issue for trump. Do you hold others to a different standard.

 

Plus it was a joke and everyone laughed. Jeez really pushing the truth meter there.

[Emdog]

Great. I hope they also look into Ivanka and Jared. They pulled in $135 MILLION from their businesses last year while being part of Trump's inner circle/advisor/peace plan brainchild. How much Trump made... who knows? He won't release tax returns, didn't put his assets into a blind trust. If you don't think Trump makes decisions based partially or wholly on his bottom line, you have lost any touch with reality

Edited February 10, 2020 by Emdog

[Sujo]

Who is paying rudy. Could the justice dept now be used as a political weapon.

[orang37]

What we need to know is whether it's Russia or the Ukraine posting these messages on ThaiVisa.

 

~o:37;

[Paul Henry]

Guliani should be charge with conspiring with a foreign government. He has no legal authority to represent the USA. Tramp once again is play close to the wind even though he will deny it. Biden was a representative of the USA when he visited Ukraine and was acting on specific orders from the White House. If The Republicans believe Biden did the wrong thing then they should get the US government to investigate not some washed up lawyer. This is the same game that Tramp played with Ukraine just announce an inquiry don't run one. Guliani will throw enough mud that some will stick even if it is totally fabricated.Barr will put out press releases stating perfunctory messages to add some degree of legitimacy to the <deleted> that Tramps personal lawyer will spew.

[cycolista]

1 hour ago, Emdog said:

Great. I hope they also look into Ivanka and Jared. They pulled in $135 MILLION from their businesses last year while being part of Trump's inner circle/advisor/peace plan brainchild. How much Trump made... who knows? He won't release tax returns, didn't put his assets into a blind trust. If you don't think Trump makes decisions based partially or wholly on his bottom line, you have lost any touch with reality

Well there’s this little tidbit from the Washington post. 
 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-has-paid-rates-as-high-as-650-a-night-for-rooms-at-trumps-properties/2020/02/06/7f27a7c6-3ec5-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html

[JHolmesJr]

57 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Who is paying rudy. Could the justice dept now be used as a political weapon.

Finally the shoe is on the other foot.

 

Bidens needn't concern themselves with that...they need to be concerned about whether they have kept their noses clean...Hunter certainly hasn't ????

[JHolmesJr]

9 minutes ago, cycolista said:

Well there’s this little tidbit from the Washington post. 
 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-has-paid-rates-as-high-as-650-a-night-for-rooms-at-trumps-properties/2020/02/06/7f27a7c6-3ec5-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html

 

sounds like that might be after staff discount.

[Dap]

4 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

None of which makes the Biden clan above the law.

They could very well be the only one's not above the law as it certainly seems everyone connected to the Whitehouse is.

Edited February 10, 2020 by Dap

[Tippaporn]

22 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

Guliani should be charge with conspiring with a foreign government. He has no legal authority to represent the USA. Tramp once again is play close to the wind even though he will deny it. Biden was a representative of the USA when he visited Ukraine and was acting on specific orders from the White House. If The Republicans believe Biden did the wrong thing then they should get the US government to investigate not some washed up lawyer. This is the same game that Tramp played with Ukraine just announce an inquiry don't run one. Guliani will throw enough mud that some will stick even if it is totally fabricated.Barr will put out press releases stating perfunctory messages to add some degree of legitimacy to the <deleted> that Tramps personal lawyer will spew.

I believe his name is "Trump" and not "Tramp."

[Scot123]

4 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Which is not my point.

 

Rather the people throwing the accusations are themselves implicated in crimes relating to the baseless accusations they are peddling.

LOL! Really ~ video footage straight from the horses mouth bragging about it..... He is almost as crooked as the Clinton's. Wake up, get angry especially if you are a Dem supporter because these criminals are making fools of you all. 

[jany123]

4 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

The Biden Crime Family actually being investigated at last? 

Long overdue. 

 

MAGA 

Perhaps long overdue, but this is the way it should have been done from the get go.

 

Rudy shares supposed evidence of wrong doing with investigators employed for that task... said investigators investigate and authenticate... action taken to dismiss or prosecute on veracity of allegations.... 

 

as it was not done this way, once cleared, Biden should sue Rudy for slander. I’m pretty sure that lawyers could come up with a dollar figure to compensate Biden for the damage done by Rudy’s Bs... I’d love to see that

[stevenl]

5 minutes ago, Scot123 said:

LOL! Really ~ video footage straight from the horses mouth bragging about it..... He is almost as crooked as the Clinton's. Wake up, get angry especially if you are a Dem supporter because these criminals are making fools of you all. 

Your statement has been debunked a long time ago already, and this has happened many times already.

 

So it can't be ignorance leading to you posting this.

[candide]

36 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

Guliani should be charge with conspiring with a foreign government. He has no legal authority to represent the USA. Tramp once again is play close to the wind even though he will deny it. Biden was a representative of the USA when he visited Ukraine and was acting on specific orders from the White House. If The Republicans believe Biden did the wrong thing then they should get the US government to investigate not some washed up lawyer. This is the same game that Tramp played with Ukraine just announce an inquiry don't run one. Guliani will throw enough mud that some will stick even if it is totally fabricated.Barr will put out press releases stating perfunctory messages to add some degree of legitimacy to the <deleted> that Tramps personal lawyer will spew.

Right. I guess that's the plan. They may eventually start an official investigation at some later date but will make sure the outcome is not known before elections.

[Tug]

1 hour ago, JHolmesJr said:

Finally the shoe is on the other foot.

 

Bidens needn't concern themselves with that...they need to be concerned about whether they have kept their noses clean...Hunter certainly hasn't ????

This ones funney in so many ways I ask mysielf who had to settle and pay out for the scam university?hummm?who had to pay 2 million for ripping off a charity?hummmm?who has been bilking investors and venders for decades?hummmm?and just who’s kids have been profiting from daddy’s position?hummmm?lol just to funney

[earlinclaifornia]

OMG you have to watch this video of the judge taking Rudy down on "where is this evidence you keep promising us"? Even Right Wing opinion personality's make him a JOKE of all time.

https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-confronts-giuliani-reveal-evidence-bidens-alleged-corruption-1484066

[Thingamabob]

A full investigation of how the Bidens got so rich so quickly from their involvement in Ukraine is long overdue.

[Thingamabob]

46 minutes ago, Tug said:

This ones funney in so many ways I ask mysielf who had to settle and pay out for the scam university?hummm?who had to pay 2 million for ripping off a charity?hummmm?who has been bilking investors and venders for decades?hummmm?and just who’s kids have been profiting from daddy’s position?hummmm?lol just to funney

The Bidens should be thoroughly investigated.