===james comer===

​James Richardson Comer Jr. ( born August 19, 1972) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky who represents the state's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he has served in the Congress of the United States of America since 2016, during the 114th United States Congress. He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and also served as the Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky. As the chair of the Oversight Committee from 2023, Comer has declined or stopped investigations into former President Donald Trump, while starting an investigation on President Joe Biden and his family. As of August 2024, Comer's investigation has yet to unearth evidence that Joe Biden was directly involved or profited from his family's business activities. After Joe Biden ended his 2024 presidential re-election campaign, Comer began an investigation into the new Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, and also began an investigation into the new Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Governor Tim Walz. Comer served as Kentucky's agriculture commissioner from 2012 to 2016 and in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2000 to 2012. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor of Kentucky in the 2015 election. A year later, he won the Republican nomination for Kentucky's 1st congressional district to succeed Ed Whitfield. On November 8, 2016, Comer won both a full term to the seat for the next Congress and a special election that allowed him to serve the remainder of Whitfield's term..

Mayorkas Subpoenaed by House Panel on Walz’s Purported Connection to Chinese Communist Party
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Rep. James Comer subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for information about Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz’s alleged connections to the Chinese Communist Party.
Comer, R-Ky., on Monday subpoenaed Mayorkas after the committee received whistleblower disclosures, learning “of a nonclassified, Microsoft Teams group chat among DHS employees and additional intelligence reports that contain information regarding Governor Walz’s connections to the CCP,” the Kentucky lawmaker said. Comer’s letter to Mayorkas states: “The Committee has recently received whistleblower disclosures informing the Committee of serious concern among Department of Homeland personnel regarding a long-standing connection between the CCP and Minnesota Governor Timothy James Walz. Specifically, through whistleblower disclosures, the Committee has learned of a nonclassified, Microsoft Teams group chat among DHS employees—titled ‘NST NFT Bi-Weekly Sync’—that contains information about Governor Walz that is relevant to the Committee’s investigation. The Committee has also learned that further relevant information regarding Governor Walz has been memorialized in both classified and unclassified documents in the control of DHS.”
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Republican impeachment probe 'baseless': Hunter Biden
​Republicans are also still pushing ahead with the probe, even after the person who provided the accusations at the heart of their case was charged with lying to the FBI about Hunter Biden's business dealings. "I think this was a great deposition for us." Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer said the next phase would be a public hearing, without providing further details. ​(Yahoo News 2/29/24) READ MORE>>>>>

James Comer announces public hearing after Hunter Biden closed door testimony
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jim Comer announced he will hold a public hearing with Hunter Biden after the president’s son testified behind closed doors for most of Wednesday. “I think this was a great deposition for us, it proved several bits of our evidence, that we’ve been conducting throughout this investigation, but there are also some contradictory statements that I think need further review,” Comer told reporters Wednesday afternoon. “So this impeachment inquiry will now go to the next phase, which will be a public hearing. And that’s something that I think everyone in the media has been asking a lot of questions about. Something that I know that Mr. Biden and his attorney both demanded, just as I said, when we said we were going to do the deposition first, we will have a public hearing next.”  ​(Raw Story 2/28/24) READ MORE>>>>>

Jan 24, 2023: The Hill: ​Pence documents complicate GOP attack lines on Biden
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, said Pence had reached out to the panel on Tuesday about the documents found at his home and “agreed to fully cooperate with congressional oversight and any questions we have about the matter.”

Jan 9, 2023: ABC News: ​After McCarthy's deal to become speaker, House GOP takes up new rules
"I'm not convinced we can go the entire Congress without having it," Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the incoming House Oversight Committee chair and a McCarthy backer, said over the weekend of a motion to vacate.
"I'm not going to say there won't be one person who tries to abuse that motion," Comer said, "but I'm confident that McCarthy's going to be able to be given the green light to govern and to lead this conference."