CBS correspondent amplifies — and manipulates — bogus Senate GOP report against Joe Biden

CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge on Wednesday amplified a politically motivated report by Senate Republicans aiming to dredge up allegations against Hunter Biden’s business involvement in Ukraine. And Herridge, a former Fox News correspondent, has even further embellished the report through a key omission of wording.

This story had become the center of President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure that country into announcing an investigation against the Biden family in 2019 — and thus to damage his likely election opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden — which led to Trump’s impeachment.

One of the co-authors behind this new report, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), openly declared last month that it “would certainly help Donald Trump win reelection,” and this month added, “I just don’t think Joe Biden ever should have run for president.”

Politico notes that the report “repackages old claims” and “largely relies on previously known information.” The Washington Post says the report “failed to demonstrate that [Hunter Biden’s position] changed the administration’s policy toward Ukraine.” CNN is also treating the report’s allegations rather skeptically.