Where was Johnson getting his material? Parnas told the House Committee on Wednesday that Giuliani and his allies convened “regular strategy meetings at BLT Steak in Washington, D.C.,” and “I was told in that setting that Senator Ron Johnson would be ‘our guy in the Senate,’ responsible for pushing all the information we were getting. But he would actually end up spreading unverified conspiracy theories instead.”

“Every person integral to this shadow diplomacy knew that the Biden corruption rumors were baseless,” Parnas testified.

“Then-Congressman Devin Nunes, Senator Ron Johnson, and many other individuals understood that they were pushing a false narrative. The same goes for John Solomon, Sean Hannity, and media personnel, particularly at Fox News, who used that narrative to manipulate the public ahead of the 2020 election. They are still doing this today, as we approach the 2024 election.”