NUNES: "Biden quickly got out of the race [in 2016] because the Clintons were using [Hunter Biden] against him."

The illicit activity included:

• Hunter Biden transacting w/ Ukraine, Russia, Kazakh, Chinese nationals w/ criminal backgrounds

• Including prostitution, trafficking, money laundering, fraud & embezzlement

• Joe Biden's staff instructed State Department not to talk about it

Citing @RichardGrenell, Elizabeth MacDonald notes intel officials were "appalled" with Hunter Biden's activity.

@DevinNunes Responds: Clinton "probably thought Russians had her emails, so I think they did a deflection. That is partly [why] they ran this operation" against Biden.

To Nunes' point...

NY Times in 2015, seeking to help Hillary: "Joe Biden, His Son and the Case against a Ukrainian Oligarch."

NY Times in 2020, seeking to help Biden: "A Republican inquiry into Hunter Biden and Ukraine finds no evidence of wrongdoing by his father."