Published September 30, 2019
The attacks on Biden serve two purposes. The first is obvious: Push a story line that competes with impeachment. Democrats will dismiss this, but the story will resonate with Republicans who already are predisposed to believe the other side is up to no good. Conservative media are already circulating a recent opinion piece from conservative columnist John Solomon in the Hill in which he contends there’s more to the Biden-Ukraine story than is currently believed. If something new is uncovered, then the pressure on the Republican-led Senate to investigate Hunter Biden will grow, distracting from the Democrats’ impeachment narrative.
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Henry Olsen is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.