The House Oversight Committee is investigating allegations that the Biden-Harris administration used taxpayer funds to fly Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the battleground state of Pennsylvania ahead of the November presidential election, Fox News Digital has learned.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent letters Wednesday to the White House, the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice requesting documents related to the administration's alleged “misuse of government resources.” Allow Zelensky The alleged purpose is to “interfere in the 2024 presidential election.”
“In 2019, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives impeached President Donald J. Trump for abuse of power under the theory that he attempted to leverage a foreign leader, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, to gain an advantage in the 2020 presidential election, despite no evidence of President Trump's wrongdoing,” Comer wrote.
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Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the Ukraine Peace Summit in Obürgen, near Lucerne, Switzerland, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Alessandro Della Valle/Keystone via AP)
However, Comer noted that the Biden-Harris administration “recently flew that same foreign leader, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on an American taxpayer-funded plane to Pennsylvania, a battleground state in the 2024 presidential election and one that is said to be the toughest for Vice President Kamala Harris to win.”
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“The Committee is seeking to determine whether the Biden-Harris Administration sought to use a foreign leader to benefit Vice President Harris' presidential campaign and, if so, whether it necessarily committed an abuse of power,” Comer wrote.
Comer said he was investigating the circumstances that led the administration to “justify” transporting Zelenskiy to Pennsylvania on an Air Force Department plane.
Comer said Zelenskiy's itinerary included a stop in Pennsylvania to meet with the state's governor, Josh Shapiro.
Comer also cited a recent interview with Zelensky in which he criticized Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, calling the Ohio senator “too extreme.”
At left are Senator J.D. Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Getty Images)
“Furthermore, he expressed a belief that President Trump and his administration will not be able to stop the war, despite this being one of President Trump's major campaign promises (and despite the pacification of the region throughout the previous administration),” Comer wrote.
“It is deeply disturbing that a foreign leader would make statements about a political opponent of the current administration in anticipation of a U.S. taxpayer-funded visit,” Comer wrote. “The Committee is investigating whether there was coordination or communication between the Biden-Harris Administration, the Pennsylvania Governor's office, and President Zelensky that used or requested the use of government assets to provide a political benefit to Vice President Harris' presidential campaign.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and President Biden walk to the Oval Office at the White House on September 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Ungerer/Getty Images)
In his letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Comer reminded him that the Department of Justice is focused on combating election interference by foreign countries, particularly hostile powers.
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But Comer said the House Oversight Committee “believes that no foreign power should be permitted to interfere in our elections, regardless of whether the Department of Justice deems it 'nefarious.'”
Comer's letter was addressed to Garland, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and White House Counsel and National Security Adviser Edward Siskel.
Comer has asked authorities to hand over the documents and records by October 2nd.
