Republican Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) created waves Friday with a tweet that said the Department of Justice is investigating Joe Biden, a leading Democratic presidential candidate.
Cornyn, a close adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), wrote in the tweet that “the Trump Justice Department is investigating foreign government influence, VP Biden conflicts of interest, and possible corruption.”
Cornyn’s tweet immediately attracted attention, as any effort by Trump’s Justice Department to investigate a leading Democratic rival will stir controversy and prompt charges from Democrats that Trump is abusing his power for personal political gain.
It’s not clear, however, whether Justice is actually investigating Biden.
A Cornyn aide said his boss was referring to the ongoing investigation by John Durham, the U.S. attorney in New Haven, Conn., whom Attorney General William Barr tapped in May to investigate the origins of the FBI’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials in 2016.
Cornyn also stated on Twitter that the Justice Department is probing “the provenance of the bogus opposition research compiled for the Clinton campaign produced by an ex-British spy,” referring to a dossier compiled by Christopher Steele, who at one point worked as an FBI informant and is believed to be central to the FBI’s decision to conduct a counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign.
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Cornyn makes waves with tweet saying Trump Justice Dept is investigating Biden https://t.co/ujNutLdI2P pic.twitter.com/PYrMmkwXOO
— The Hill (@thehill) October 5, 2019
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