Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Thursday torched his Republican colleagues on the House Oversight Committee for potentially letting themselves be used by an alleged agent for the Chinese government.
While appearing on CNN, Raskin said that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and his colleagues were all too willing to believe allegations leveled by Gal Luft, the man who was indicted last year for being an unregistered agent for China among other crimes.
"They are out there playing spy-versus-spy with these people who are basically using the Oversight Committee of the United States House of Representatives as a dupe," Raskin charged of Republicans' interactions with Luft. "This guy is in hiding. He is a fugitive and he is using his ability to wow the members of the majority of the Oversight Committee to wrap himself in some kind of legitimacy or authority."
Raskin then compared Luft to another man who attained prominence within the Republican Party by telling them false claims that they wanted to believe were true.
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"It's kind of like with what George Santos did with the Republican Party," he said. "They are attracting con men."
Raskin was then asked if Luft's claims about President Joe Biden taking bribes for foreign governments could still be credible, and he cast doubt on the proposition.
"He has been indicted for making false statements," said Raskin. "This is the person we are going to rely on?"
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