The CIA’s recent release of declassified files has blown the lid off what Rep. James Comer calls a brazen effort to bury damaging intelligence about Joe Biden’s conduct in Ukraine and his family’s shady business ties. These documents, made public this week by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, reportedly show Biden’s office intervened to stop an assessment from circulating that described Ukrainian leaders’ frustration with his 2015 visit and concerns about Hunter Biden’s Burisma connection. Americans deserve to see the whole truth, and what we’re seeing looks like the kind of establishment cover-up that corrodes trust in every institution it touches.
Chairman Comer didn’t mince words when he told Newsmax that “this was a huge cover-up” and that “shame on the CIA” for participating in burying the memo — a stunning rebuke of an intelligence agency that should be above politics. Comer slammed not just the Biden family but the system that protected them, bluntly stating, “Not only is the Biden family corrupt, the government is corrupt.” For patriots who believe in equal justice under the law, those are not rhetorical flourishes but a call to action.
This revelation also vindicates long-standing GOP concerns that the Biden circle used its influence to sweep problems under the rug and to shield a future presidential candidate from scrutiny. Comer tied the documents back to the political circus of 2019, pointing out how Democrats impeached President Trump for asking about these very things while the actual suppression of intel went ignored. If the facts line up the way these declassified pages suggest, then Republicans were right to demand answers and Democrats were right to be embarrassed.
Worse still, the idea that career officials inside the intelligence community might help suppress evidence for political reasons is an affront to national security and to the brave men and women who serve our country honorably. Comer has already sent formal demands and letters seeking further records, and oversight committees must push every agency to produce bank records, emails, and witness testimony that could expose the full scope of influence-peddling. The American people cannot tolerate a two-tiered system where political favorites get protection while everyone else answers to the law.
Media around the world are picking up the story, and the ripple effects should be enormous: from formal congressional inquiries to renewed calls for prosecutions if evidence warrants it. This isn’t about partisan scoring; it’s about protecting our institutions from being weaponized to shield corrupt elites and foreign interests that traffic in access and influence. Voters who care about national security and honest government should demand swift, transparent investigations and consequences for anyone who broke the rules.
Patriotic Americans must stay vigilant and refuse to let the permanent political class sweep this under another rug. Chairman Comer and others in Congress are sounding the alarm — now it’s up to citizens, the press that tells the truth, and honest officials to follow the paper trail and hold the powerful accountable. The republic depends on it.