House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has asked President Biden to testify before the committee to address four contradictions regarding the Biden family business that have arisen during their impeachment inquiry.
The inquiry found the Biden family received over $24 million from foreign nationals through shell companies.
Joe Biden “participated in schemes to provide access to your or others’ offices in exchange for payments to your family,” Comer wrote.
Comer outlined contradictions between Biden’s claims that he did not engage in influence peddling and evidence that Hunter and others received millions from China and Ukraine related to Biden’s actions.
“You have asserted your family has not made money from China. However, the Committee has identified approximately $10 million originating from China connected to Biden influence peddling,” he wrote, addressing the President.
“You have asserted that your pressuring Ukraine in 2015 to fire a government official investigating a company in which your son had a financial interest was wholly in line with U.S. policy. The Committee has received bank records showing that your son was paid $1 million per year for his position on the board of the Ukrainian company Burisma until you left public office and then his salary was inexplicably cut in half. Additionally, the Committee has been obstructed by the White House regarding information necessary to evaluate action you took regarding the firing of the Ukrainian government official,” Comer wrote.
Comer also cited testimony that Biden joined meetings by phone with Hunter’s Russian business associates, and money transfers to Biden from China that were described as “loan repayments” but the White House has refused to provide evidence of underlying loans.
“You have asserted that you ‘never talked business’ with your family’s business associates. However, the Committee has received testimony that you in fact regularly joined meetings by speakerphone, including with certain Russian individuals with whom your son did business. The Committee has identified several instances in which your involvement aligned with your family receiving money originating from Russia,” Comer wrote.
Comer is seeking Biden’s testimony to address these contradictions.
“The Committee has identified and successfully traced money from foreign transactions—including from China—to your own bank accounts. Certain checks have been described as ‘loan repayment[s].’ However, the person who provided you free bookkeeping during your time as Vice President (and your son’s business partner), did not remember any evidence of a loan from your accounts. When asked to provide evidence of the underlying loans, the White House refused. Regardless of whether you have been paid or repaid using funds from these transactions, the Committee has gathered evidence showing that your family only received these funds because of your own participation in meetings with their business associates. Indeed, the ‘Biden family business associates’ in fact became your business associates when it is through their entities and your efforts that you were able to be paid or repaid,” he wrote.
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