House Republicans said Wednesday they will try to shut down a new Homeland Security intelligence panel, whose members include several Obama administration figures who spread disinformation about Hunter Biden’s laptop.

The chief targets are James Clapper, who was director of national intelligence, and John Brennan, who ran the Central Intelligence Agency. They took part in an effort during the 2020 campaign to castigate Hunter Biden’s laptop as a Russian disinformation plot, when in fact it was authentic.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas earlier this month named them to his new Homeland Intelligence Experts Group.

Rep. August Pfluger, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee’s subcommittee on intelligence, said the panel is a waste of resources and its members are an embarrassment.

“These men abused their positions of power perpetuating the Russia Hoax and serving as partisan operatives for the Democrat Party,” the Texas Republican said. Read Full Story

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House Republicans will kick off their first impeachment inquiry hearing on Thursday with a trio of witnesses, asking longtime forensic accountant Bruce Dubinsky, former Justice Department tax attorney Eileen O’Connor, and conservative legal scholar Jonathan Turley to weigh in on the business dealings of the Biden family. 

“The House Oversight Committee will present evidence uncovered to date and hear from legal and financial experts about crimes the Bidens may have committed as they brought in millions at the expense of U.S. interests,” Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said Monday. Read Full Story

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Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to reinstate and expand the travel ban he implemented against several majority-Muslim countries as part of his plan to strengthen the nation’s borders and immigration system.

During a campaign stop in eastern Iowa, Trump said the nation has gone from having the “most secure border in U.S. history” on his watch to having “millions and millions” of illegal immigrants pouring into the country under President Joe Biden. 

“This is an invasion and I am the one candidate from Day 1 who knows exactly how to stop it,” Trump said.

“A vote for President Trump means Joe Biden’s horror show on the southern border ends at noon on Inauguration Day,” he said, adding he will “terminate every open-borders policy of the Biden administration.” Read Full Story

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