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Johnson Makes Room In Ukraine-Biden Probe For Foreign Disinfo

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 27: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., speaks with reporters following the Senate Republicans' policy lunch on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

July 28, 2020 6:11 p.m.

For those Republicans still grinding the axe of Hunter Biden’s Ukraine sojourn, there’s a holy grail: proof that the former vice president pressured Ukraine’s then-president to take action that would benefit his son.

There’s never been anything to suggest that any such evidence would exist.

But recent reports about Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA)’s Biden investigation suggest that that’s exactly where the Republican probe is headed.

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