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Wed Sep 16, 2020, 02:00 PM Sep 2020

Gloves Off: Mitt Slams RonJohn Ukraine Probe Comments As Illegitimate 'Political Exercise'

Romney derided Johnson’s Ukraine investigation as having, “from the outset, had the earmarks of a political exercise, and I’m fearful that comments made in the media recently have only confirmed that perspective.”

“It’s the province of campaigns and political parties, opposition research, the media, to carry out political endeavors to learn about or dust up one’s opponent,” Romney added, in comments made directly to Johnson. “But it’s not the legitimate role of government, for Congress or for taxpayer expense, to be used as an effort to damage political opponents.”

Romney confined his criticism to Johnson’s probe of Biden and Ukraine, which seeks to substantiate long-discredited allegations that the former Vice President had a Ukrainian prosecutor fired to protect Hunter Biden from Kyiv law enforcement.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/gloves-off-mitt-slams-ronjohn-ukraine-probe-comments-as-illegitimate-political-exercise

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Gloves Off: Mitt Slams RonJohn Ukraine Probe Comments As Illegitimate 'Political Exercise' (Original Post) Ellipsis Sep 2020 OP
Mitt needs to gain MORE GOP senator support on this to mean anything beachbumbob Sep 2020 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Sep 2020 #2
good luck, Mittens TheRealNorth Sep 2020 #3
Boy, I hope they can't prove... flotsam Sep 2020 #4

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