Republican raises Biden corruption allegations at Barrett confirmation hearing

A Senate Republican on the Judiciary Committee asked Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a “hypothetical” involving “foreign corruption” committed by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden when he was vice president.

Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, didn’t mention Biden by name but was clearly referencing allegations that Biden, while vice president, acted in his official role in the Obama administration to push for the firing of a prosecutor in Ukraine who was targeting an oil company oligarch who employed Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.