WASHINGTON Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) does not like it when people suggest his big, wholly unproven allegation against President Joe Biden that the president received a $5 million bribe is just Rudy Giulianis leftovers, slightly warmed up in the microwave.

Back in May, when Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on Comers committee, suggested Comer was simply recycling allegations on Biden previously turned up by Giuliani , Comer offered some unfriendly advice for Raskin.

Sometimes its best to keep your mouth shut when you dont know what the hell youre talking about, Comer told HuffPost at the time.

The problem? Giuliani himself keeps going on television and blabbing about how good the meal was the first time around.

If it wasnt for me, you wouldnt know about Joe Biden. I put out the original allegations of criminality in 2018, Giuliani said Saturday on Newsmax TV. If there was no Rudy Giuliani there might not be this kind of problem for Joe.

Giulianis comments reveal something the GOP is trying to keep hidden and something the average voter confused by an array of unfamiliar names, obscure officials and incremental advancements might miss: The bribery allegation against Biden that Republicans are now investigating is essentially the same thing President Donald Trump pushed against the Democrat four years ago, leading to Trumps first impeachment.

I spent over a year and a half in Ukraine trying to get this information on behalf of Trump, and we could never get it because it was obviously not true, Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian American former business associate of Giulianis, told HuffPost.