This insufferable wingnut James Comer tries to wriggle out of a creepy comment by trying to say that he never said it. But it’s on tape: House Oversight Committee James Comer angrily denied lamenting that Beau Biden, the late son of President Joe Biden, should have faced criminal charges over a campaign finance scandal in which he was found not to have committed any wrongdoing whatsoever. Mr Comer, a Kentucky Republican, made the incendiary comments during an appearance on disgraced ex-Fox News host Lou Dobbs’ podcast last week, citing a years-old campaign finance scandal centered around a powerful Delaware beverage distributor, Christopher Tigani, who was sentenced to prison in 2012 for illegally funneling contributions to First State political campaigns. The investigation which led to his incarceration was led by David Weiss, a veteran prosecutor whom former president Donald Trump appointed as the US Attorney for Delaware in 2018. Mr Weiss, who is also investigating the president’s surviving son, Hunter Biden, has been allowed to remain on the job by the elder Mr Biden in order to avoid the appearance of any political influence on the ongoing probe. The House Oversight chair implied that Mr Weiss’ failure to charge Beau Biden or his father for any crime arising from Tigani’s illegal campaign donations indicates impropriety on the part of the prosecutor. Mr Comer’s remarks drew a strong rebuke from veterans groups as well as the White House. But when approached by The Independent at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, the Kentucky Republican accused the press and…