Lev Parnas, a convicted former aide to Rudy Giuliani, named members of Congress on Wednesday he alleged were “doing the bidding” of Russia by attempting to dig up “dirt” on President Biden during his 2020 campaign.
At a GOP-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing titled “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office,” Parnas named Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) during his testimony as collaborators in their efforts.
The accusation came in response to ranking member Rep. >Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who asked Parnas how he and Giuliani were “able to take these false allegations, peddled by corrupt officials and Russian agents, and promote and amplify them here in the United States, in our political system.”
“Weren’t media groups skeptical of your claims?” Raskin asked.
“Most media groups — I’d probably say all, except for Fox and a few other right-wing media groups — didn’t want to take any of the information, and that aggravated Rudy Giuliani and John Solomon and other players,” Parnas said. “And the main group that it was being pushed through was Fox — Sean Hannity and some other media personalities over there.”
“But then there was also other people that were doing the bidding for the Russians — people in Congress, like Sen. Ron Johnson, like Congressman Pete Sessions, who sits here right now,” Parnas said, gesturing toward the Texas congressman, who sits on the committee.
Sessions, Parnas continued, “was with me from the very beginning on this journey, into finding of the, giving dirt on Joe Biden.”
A spokesperson for Johnson fiercely refuted the accusation as “completely baseless” and a “despicable lie.”
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Lev Parnas, a convicted former aide to Rudy Giuliani, calls out GOP rep at hearing for "doing the bidding" of Russia. https://t.co/HLpSErV5Jf pic.twitter.com/0duo8yIH1h
— The Hill (@thehill) March 20, 2024
Parnas testifies that unverified political dirt would come over from Ukraine that he would pass along John Solomon, and then Solomon would immediately go on Fox News and amplify it. He also singles out Ron Johnson and Pete Sessions for doing Russia's bidding with him. pic.twitter.com/eRa5vlP2Dw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 20, 2024
Parnas: The only information ever pushed on the Bidens on Ukraine has come from one source and one source only, Russia and Russian agents. (Fox cuts coverage to go to Jesse Watters) pic.twitter.com/mEdRGkjNxC
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 20, 2024
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