Fox host's new conspiracy theory is 'dumb' even by her standards: Washington Post reporter

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, who infamously peddled false claims about Dominion Voting Systems based on the musings of a woman who claims to have conversations with the wind, started pushing a new conspiracy theory on Wednesday.

During an interview with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Bartiromo complained that House Republicans are getting "stonewalled" in their investigations of President Joe Biden, and suggested that there was something nefarious about the fact that Republicans' purported "whistleblower" had been indicted as an unauthorized agent of the Chinese government.

"Gal Luft was just indicted!" Bartiromo said. "This was one of your key whistleblowers. I want to get your take on what you're going to do about it, because how many more whistleblowers are going to come forward after this guy, who tried telling the FBI and DOJ what he knew the transactions and business deals of the Biden family, now he had to go on the run and now he's getting indicted!"

In fact, Gal Luft was indicted back in November, before Republicans officially took control of Congress and launched their Biden probes.

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And as Washington Post reporter Philip Bump notes on Twitter, Bartiromo's description of Luft as "on the run" is highly dubious given the circumstances surrounding his indictment.

"Bartiromo has been completely unmoored for some time, but this is dumb even by that standard," he wrote in reaction to the Fox Business segment. "Why do you think he is on the run, Maria? He skipped bail!"

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