By Casey Harper (The Middle Sq.)
U.S. Home Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., signed and issued subpoenas Wednesday for Hunter Biden, the president’s son, James Biden, the president’s brother, and their enterprise affiliate Bob Walker.
Pointing to launched financial institution data and testimony from IRS whistleblowers and Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s enterprise affiliate, Comer says the Biden household and associates acquired greater than $24 million that was shuffled between about 20 shell firms.
Comer says the funds got here from a number of adversarial nations, together with China and Russia in addition to Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Romania. Comer stated extra subpoenas might be issued sooner or later.
“Now, the Home Oversight Committee goes to usher in members of the Biden household and their associates to query them on this file of proof,” Comer stated. “In contrast to the various lies President Biden advised the American individuals about his household’s enterprise schemes, financial institution data don’t lie.”
“These data reveal how the Bidens bought Joe Biden round to the world to profit the Biden household, together with Joe Biden himself, to the detriment of U.S. pursuits,” he continued. “The Home Oversight Committee, together with the Committees on Judiciary and Methods and Means, will proceed to comply with the details and ship the transparency and accountability that the American individuals demand and deserve.”
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The subpoena comes after mounting proof means that President Joe Biden might have immediately benefited from the abroad dealings underneath investigation. The Oversight Committee launched proof final month that the president acquired a direct fee of $200,000. Comer launched a duplicate of a examine that was apparently from James Biden, Joe Biden’s brother, to the president for $200,000 with the memo “mortgage reimbursement.”
He additionally launched an obvious copy of one other check earlier this month to the president for $40,000 from Sara Biden, his sister-in-law. Comer argues these funds got here from a Chinese language power firm however have been funneled by a number of accounts earlier than being despatched to the president.
President Biden has repeatedly denied that he benefited from any of his son’s abroad dealings.
“The Home Oversight Committee has adopted the cash and constructed a file of proof revealing how Joe Biden knew, was concerned, and benefited from his household’s affect peddling schemes,” Comer stated.
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Archer specifically testified that Biden was concerned in some stage with the abroad offers.
“Archer admitted that Joe Biden was placed on speakerphone by Hunter Biden along with his enterprise associates over twenty occasions; dined along with his household’s international associates, together with Russian and Kazakhstani oligarchs, and a Ukrainian govt being investigated for corruption; and had espresso with Hunter’s Chinese language enterprise accomplice and went on to jot down his daughter a university letter of advice,” Comer stated.
Syndicated with permission from The Center Square.