Because they were being duped by Russian spies...
As usual, Republicans flying off the handle emotionally, and not putting an ounce of rational thought into it. There were no "bribes", just bullshit.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/20/polit...nce/index.html
The former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ dealings in Ukraine told investigators after his arrestthat Russian intelligence officials were involved in passing information to him about Hunter Biden, prosecutors said Tuesday in a new court filing, noting that the information was false.
Smirnov claims to have “extensive and extremely recent” contacts with foreign intelligence officials, prosecutors said in the filing. They saidhe previously told the FBI that he has longstanding and extensive contacts with Russian spies, including individuals he said were high-level intelligence officers or command Russian assassins abroad
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I'd call Comer and Jordan morons, but they're most likely willing traitors to the United States of America