Joe Biden Impeachment News (Consolidated Thread)

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Mike Johnson: House Will Vote Next Week on Formalizing Joe Biden Impeachment Inquiry


WENDELL HUSEBØ
5 Dec 2023

The House will vote the week of December 10 on formalizing the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden to strengthen subpoena power over the stonewalling Biden administration, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) stated during a Tuesday press conference.



The vote will be a test for House Republicans, who hold a slight majority over House Democrats. The measure will need nearly all Republican support.



Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) opened an “impeachment inquiry” on September 12, but lawmakers did not vote to approve the measure.


If the impeachment inquiry receives majority support on the House floor, the inquiry will be formally adopted, a status that Johnson says will help the House’s inquiry obtain information blocked by the White House.


“The House has no choice if it’s going to follow its constitutional responsibility to formally adopt an impeachment inquiry on the floor so that when the subpoenas are challenged in court, we will be at the apex of our constitutional authority,” Johnson said.



Johnson said the Republican majority should hold strong to formalize the inquiry because it is a legal decision, not a political one.



“All the moderates in our conference understand this is not a political decision,” he told reporters. “This is a legal decision. This is a constitutional decision. And whether someone is for or against impeachment is of no import right now.”



“We have to continue our legal responsibility, and that is solely what this vote is about,” he added.



In preparation for the vote, the House Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight Committees jointly released an interim 78-page staff report on Tuesday about the Justice Department’s (DOJ) “deviations” in the five-year investigation into Hunter Biden, describing political interference in the probe.



Some House Republicans believe the Biden administration’s alleged political interference in the probe is a key point for lawmakers to consider before the formalized impeachment inquiry vote in preparation for potentially pursuing articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden.



The House launched its investigation into Joe Biden in November 2021. Uncovered evidence against him can be found here, here, and here.



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House Republicans Release Comprehensive ‘Impeachment Inquiry Explainer’ on Joe Biden Before Crucial Vote (VIDEO)

By Jim Hᴏft
Dec. 12, 2023 1:40 pm


Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) revealed last Tuesday at a press briefing that a vote is imminent this week to potentially initiate a formal impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden.



The move comes in response to the White House stonewalling the preliminary impeachment investigation launched by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in September. As The Gateway Pundit reported, the House is running out of time to vote on impeaching Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas before a month long break for the holidays.



On Tuesday, ahead of this crucial vote, the House Republicans released an ‘Impeachment Inquiry Explainer’.



The video features Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) explaining the rationale behind the move, highlighting the corruption and misuse of power by the Biden crime family.



In a video narrated by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, several key points were made, including that the Biden family is running an “influence peddling scheme,” with evidence of millions in payments to the Bidens, including two payments that went directly to Joe Biden; a disturbing WhatsApp message purportedly sent by Hunter Biden to a Chinese executive was highlighted.


The explainer also revisits Hunter Biden’s role on the board of Burisma, despite alleged lack of qualifications and the potential involvement Joe Biden had with the Ukrainian prosecutor’s firing amidst this controversy.



The release of this explainer is a tactical move by House Republicans to streamline the grounds for their inquiry and articulate the evidence they have collected to the public. It also serves as a response to Democrats who have downplayed the investigation’s significance or accused it of being purely politically motivated.



WATCH:

With time running short before the recess, the pressure is on to make a compelling case and to navigate through the legal and political complexities that such an inquiry invokes.



The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Republican Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) is the only GOP lawmaker who publicly opposed a Biden impeachment vote set to take place this week.



House Republicans have a very slim 3-vote majority after a few GOP lawmakers retired this year. The Republican Party is poised to hold a precarious one-seat majority in the House for the 2024 session, as noted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-OH).



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House Votes to Formalize Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden


WENDELL HUSEBØ and BRADLEY JAYE
13 Dec 2023

The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden by a vote of 221 to 212.


Republicans unanimously voted to adopt the resolution. In a surprise, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who had been critical of the Republicans’ impeachment focus and earlier indicated he would oppose the resolution, voted with his Republican colleagues to formalize the inquiry.


Democrats voted in a block to oppose the resolution’s adoption.



The White House failed to provide investigators:



Information about two loan agreements Joe Biden allegedly executed with James Biden for a total of $240,000.

99.98 percent of requested records from President Joe Biden, including alias emails.

Documents about an alleged $5 million bribe Joe Biden accepted.

Materials related to Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents.

The vote was a test for House Republicans, who only hold a slight majority that will shrink further this month after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) announced resignation. Rep. Bill Johnson (R-FL) is also expected to leave in the new year to take a university post.



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UNITED STATES – MARCH 18: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts his weekly news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Friday, March 18, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)



Speaker, McCarthy opened an “impeachment inquiry” into the president on September 12, but lawmakers did not vote to approve the measure until Wednesday.



“I don’t see the evidence of it,” Democrat Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) told Semafor about the inquiry, “But yes, when your own son and your own brother are clearly, at the very least unethical and at worst, doing illegal things — my goodness, of course the country pays attention to it.”



“I have a pit in my stomach about it,” a Democrat strategist who worked on Clinton’s 2016 campaign told the Messenger about the chaos surrounding Hunter Biden. “This Hunter story has the legs to ruin things for Biden.”


The vote occurred hours after a defiant Hunter Biden appeared at the Capitol for a press conference after failing to appear for a subpoenaed closed-door deposition Wednesday. Hunter’s business dealings and his father’s alleged knowledge and involvement will be a focal point for House investigators.



House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) initiated contempt of Congress proceedings against Hunter after his failure to appear.



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House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., left, confers with House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as the Oversight panel holds an organizational meeting for the 118th Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Jordan is leading investigative efforts of the Biden administration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)



Recent polling shows Americans are highly skeptical of Hunter and Joe Biden:



ABC News/Ipsos: A plurality of Americans are not confident about how the Justice Department handled the investigation into Hunter Biden.

Yahoo/YouGov: A majority of voters believe President Joe Biden committed a crime with Hunter Biden.

TIPP: 63 percent say Joe Biden violated FARA by assisting Hunter Biden in Ukraine deal.

House investigators opened a probe into the Biden family in November 2022. They revealed Joe Biden received money from James and Hunter Biden. They also showed that nine additional Biden family members received payments from the family’s foreign business ventures, including two of Joe Biden’s grandchildren.



More evidence against Joe Biden can be found here and here. (Go to the link)

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Joe Biden Lashes Out at Republicans After House Votes to Open Impeachment Inquiry

By Cristina Laila
Dec. 13, 2023 7:00 pm




All 221 House Republicans voted to open a formal impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden.



The vote was along party lines: 221-212.



WATCH:

Joe Biden lashed out at Republicans for their “impeachment stunt.”



Full statement from Joe Biden on House Republicans’ impeachment vote:



The American people need their leaders in Congress to take action on important priorities for the nation and world.



On Tuesday, I met with the President of Ukraine, who is leading his people in a battle for freedom against Russian aggression. He came to America to ask us for help. Yet Republicans in Congress won’t act to help.



The people of Israel are in a battle against terrorists, and they are waiting for our help. Yet Republicans in Congress won’t act to help.



We have to address the situation at our southern border, and I am determined to try to fix the problem. We need funding to strengthen border security, but Republicans in Congress won’t act to help.



We need to continue our progress on the economy and make sure inflation keeps going down and job growth keeps going up. That means avoiding self-inflicted economic crises like a government shutdown, which Republicans in Congress are driving us toward in just a few weeks because they won’t act now to fund the government and critical priorities to make life better for the American people.



There is a lot of work to be done. But after wasting weeks trying to find a new Speaker of the House and having to expel their own members, Republicans in Congress are leaving for a month without doing anything to address these pressing challenges.



I wake up every day focused on the issues facing the American people – real issues that impact their lives, and the strength and security of our country and the world. Unfortunately, House Republicans are not joining me. Instead of doing anything to help make Americans’ lives better, they are focused on attacking me with lies. Instead of doing their job on the urgent work that needs to be done, they are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt that even Republicans in Congress admit is not supported by facts.



The American people deserve better. I know what I am going to remain focused on. I would invite Republicans in Congress to join me.



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House Republicans Launch Investigation Into Whether Joe Biden Sought to Obstruct Son Hunter’s Cooperation with Impeachment Inquiry

By Cristina Laila
Dec. 27, 2023 4:00 pm




House Republicans launched an investigation into whether Joe Biden sought to obstruct or influence his son Hunter’s cooperation with the GOP’s impeachment inquiry.



Hunter Biden earlier this month arrived in DC and gave a press conference on Capitol Hill where he revealed he will only answer questions under his own rules despite a congressional subpoena.



Congressional Republicans subpoenaed Hunter Biden for a closed-door deposition related to his influence-peddling and family corruption.



Hunter Biden said he will only testify “at a public hearing.”



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“My father was not financially involved in my business,” Hunter Biden said in the presser.


Hunter tacitly admitted that his father Joe Biden was involved in his overseas businesses in other ways.



On that same day House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced GOP lawmakers will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings after Hunter Biden brazenly defied a lawful subpoena.



“Hunter Biden today defied lawful subpoenas and we will now initiate contempt of Congress proceedings,” Comer said on December 13.



“We will not provide special treatment because his last name is Biden,” Comer added.



Comer and Jim Jordan wanted to know if and how Joe Biden was involved in Hunter’s decision to defy a congressional subpoena.



“Hunter Biden today defied lawful subpoenas and we will now initiate contempt of Congress proceedings. We will not provide special treatment because his last name is Biden. As our committees were today prepared to depose Hunter Biden, he chose to make a public statement on Capitol Hill instead where he said his father, Joe Biden was not financially involved in his family’s business dealings. Exactly how was Joe Biden involved? Evidence shows Joe Biden met with Hunter Biden’s business associates and his name was at the center of the family business strategy,” a joint statement by House Oversight Chairman and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said a couple of weeks ago.



White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later that day on December 13 stunned reporters when she admitted that Joe Biden was “certainly familiar with what his son was going to say” on the Capitol grounds.



“Look, I don’t have anything else to add,” KJP said on December 13 of Hunter’s presser. “The president was familiar with what Hunter was going to say today. And, you know, look, he’s proud of his son. He and the first lady are proud of his son, how he’s rebuilding his life back. He’s going to focus on what is needed on the American people. Hunter, and I’ve said this many times, is a private citizen, and so certainly I would have to refer you to — to his representatives.”



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Now this…



Oversight Chairman James Comer and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Wednesday launched an investigation into Joe Biden’s likely involvement in obstructing and influencing his son Hunter’s decision to defy a congressional subpoena.



In a letter addressed to White House Counsel Edward Siskel, Comer and Jordan cited Karine Jean-Pierre’s statements on Biden’s foreknowledge of Hunter Biden’s remarks to the press.



Biden’s White House Counsel Edward Siskel has until January 10 to produce:



1. All documents and communications sent or received by employees of the Executive Office of the President regarding the deposition of Hunter Biden, including but not limited to communications with Hunter Biden, Winstron & Strawn LLP, and Kevin Morris; and



2. All documents and communications sent or received by employees of the Executive Office of the President regarding President Biden’s statement about his family’s business associates on December 6, 2023.

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Republicans Demand Drafts of Joe Biden’s Speech on Firing Burisma Prosecutor


WENDELL HUSEBØ
1 Feb 20244,796


The impeachment inquiry sent a demand letter to White House Counsel Edward Siskel on Wednesday requesting the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provide all drafts of then-Vice President Joe Biden’s speech about firing Burisma Holdings’ prosecutor Viktor Shokin.



The inquiry is interested in the original drafts of the speech because Joe Biden bragged in 2018 about successfully pushing for Shokin’s removal — a condition for Ukraine to receive a critical $1 billion loan guarantee, Joe Biden explained himself.



House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) requested the original drafts of Joe Biden’s speech more than five months ago, but the White House refused to allow NARA to release them to Congress.



During the Obama administration, Joe Biden was the designated foreign policy point person to Ukraine. The House Oversight Committee argues Joe Biden threatened to withhold U.S. aid to Ukraine in 2015 until then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko fired Shokin, who had jurisdiction for an investigation into the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.



Hunter Biden sat on the board of Buramia, earning $1 million a year until his monthly compensation was cut in half two months after his father ceased to be vice president.



“This White House has previously permitted NARA to provide Congress with presidential records related to the Trump Administration after only one month of White House review,” the inquiry wrote the White House. “We expect the White House to do the same in this instance.”



“Such a lengthy delay in processing a discrete and limited category of documents is unacceptable and appears to represent an attempt to obstruct the Committees’ legitimate investigation,” it wrote. “These dilatory tactics must cease, and the White House must permit NARA to release these documents forthwith.”

PDF of letter at link

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Hunter’s Ex-Business Partner to Blow Whistle on Biden Bribery Scheme during Impeachment Inquiry Testimony

Frank Bergman
February 7, 2024 - 2:17 pm


Hunter Biden’s former business partner-turned-whistleblower Tony Bobulinski has been called to testify before lawmakers on Capitol Hill.



Bobulinski is expected to testify behind closed doors next week as part of the House impeachment inquiry against Democrat President Joe Biden.



During his testimony, Bobulinski will detail President Biden’s role in his family business and alleged foreign influence peddling and bribery schemes.



A source with insider knowledge of the hearing reportedly told Fox News that Bobulinski will appear on Tuesday, February 13 at 10 a.m. for his transcribed interview.



He will testify before both the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees.



The source said his interview is expected to last eight hours.



Bobulinski worked with Hunter Biden to create the joint venture SinoHawk Holdings with Chinese energy company CEFC.



As Slay News has reported, Bobulinski has already come forward with whistleblowing allegations and said he met with Joe Biden in 2017.



In December, Bobulinski demanded President Biden “stop lying” about that meeting and called on him to “correct the record.”



“Why is Joe Biden blatantly lying to the American people and the world by claiming that he did not meet with me face to face?” Bobulinski said in a statement at the time.



“He should call his son Hunter and brother Jim as they can remind him of the facts.



“The American people deserve the truth!”



“I call on Mr. Biden to stop lying and correct the record,” he added.


Bobulinski said he is a “former decorated Naval Officer who was willing to die for this great country and held the highest security clearance issued by the Department of Energy.”



Despite Biden’s recent denials of involvement with his son’s business dealings, text messages dating back to May 2017 reveal that Biden met with Bobulinski.



The text messages exposing those meetings first emerged in October 2020.



While the texts confirm that Biden met with Bobulinski shortly after he left the vice president’s office, they counter claims from the president that he “was never involved” in his son’s business.



“Mrng plse let me knw if we will do early dinner w your Uncle & dad and where, also for document translation do you want it simple Chinese or traditional?” Bobulinski texted Hunter Biden on May 2, 2017.



“Not sure on dinner yet and whatever is the most common for a Chinese legal DOC,” Hunter Biden replied.



“Chinese legal docs can be both, i’ll make it traditional,” Bobulinski said.



Hunter replied: “Dad not in now until 11- let’s me I and Jim meet at 10 at Beverly Hilton where he’s staying.”



Later, Bobulinski sent a text to Jim Biden, the president’s brother, on the same day, May 2, 2017, saying: “Great to meet u and spend some time together, please thank Joe for his time, was great to talk thx Tony b.”



The following day, May 3, 2017, Bobulinski sent another text to Jim Biden, saying:



“Morning, please let me know all set for things this mrng.



“I don’t have credentials to get into Milken so just want to make sure not an issue to get me in, where should we meet this mrng?”



“Milken” was in reference to the 2017 Global Conference.



The summit, in part, was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, according to the program directory.



Joe Biden, on May 3, 2017, spoke at the conference, hosting “A Conversation with the 47th Vice President of the United States Joe Biden.”



The meeting on May 2, 2017, would have taken place just 11 days before the now-infamous May 13, 2017, email, which included a discussion of “remuneration packages” for six people in a business deal with a Chinese energy firm.



The email appeared to identify Biden as “Chair / Vice Chair depending on agreement with CEFC,” in a reference to now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co.



The email includes a note that “Hunter has some office expectations he will elaborate.”



A proposed equity split references “20” for “H” and “10 held by H for the big guy?” with no further details.



Bobulinski has repeatedly said “the big guy” was Joe Biden and confirmed that Hunter took a 10% cut of the deals for his father, presumably to hide the money from authorities.



IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, who claimed that politics had influenced the yearslong federal investigation into Hunter Biden, also said “the big guy” was known to be Joe Biden.



In December, the president was asked whether he had communicated with his son’s business partners.



The question came after IRS whistleblowers turned over metadata to the House Ways & Means Committee.



The files revealed that Joe Biden had used an email alias to communicate hundreds of times with Hunter and his business associate Eric Schwerin during his time as vice president.



“I did not, they’re lies. It’s a bunch of lies,” Biden said Wednesday at the White House.



Meanwhile, Bobulinski suggested last year that he and President Biden, Hunter Biden, and James Biden “appear together” before Congress for a public hearing to testify under oath, as Slay News reported.



His suggestion came after Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell sent a letter to U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves, claiming that Bobulinski lied to the FBI during an interview on October 23, 2020, about his business dealings with the president’s son.



James Biden is set to appear for his deposition on Capitol Hill on February 21.



Hunter Biden is set to appear on February 28.



Both Bidens were subpoenaed and will testify behind closed doors.



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AOC Defends Hunter Biden amid Impeachment Inquiry Testimony: ‘Abuse of Public Power’

Frank Bergman
February 28, 2024 - 3:47 pm


Radical Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took part in a publicity stunt for the corporate media where she accused House Republicans of an “abuse of public power” for calling Hunter Biden to testify.



Hunter was called to testify for a closed-door deposition before the House impeachment inquiry into Democrat President Joe Biden on Wednesday.



Lawmakers on the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees sought to question Hunter about his father’s alleged role in their family’s foreign influence peddling and bribery business.



As Hunter testified before the committees, AOC and other controversial Democrats addressed obedient members of the press in an effort to downplay and discredit the allegations against the Bidens.



Flanked by Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), AOC blasted House Republicans for interviewing the establishment Democrat president’s son.



However, AOC’s shameless defense of Hunter did more to highlight her change in political disposition, from a once radical leftist to a Washington D.C. swamp protectorate of the elitist Bidens.



“What we just witnessed over the last hour was, I think, a deep sea fishing expedition,” the Democrat congresswoman alleged, without providing evidence to support her claims.



“The Republican case has completely fallen apart over the last several weeks.”



Hunter is a material witness in the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.



Joe Biden has denied involvement in his family business at least nine times.



The House investigation previously found a massive web of wire transfers, 20 shell companies, and associates who helped the Biden business rake in at least $24 million from foreign nationals over the course of approximately five years.



Witnesses have alleged that the Biden family received millions of dollars in bribes from foreign oligarchs.



“They [Republicans] are now trying to scramble to find anything to substantiate their fairytale — is what we should call this,” AOC alleged, despite the mounting evidence.


“But I think, more disturbingly, what we are seeing is just a complete and inappropriate expedition into the president’s son and for matters in subjects that are completely unrelated to an impeachment investigation.”



“And I think it is extremely disturbing to see the lack of professionalism [and] the lack of grounding and the abuse of public resources and abuse of public power in order to pursue something that truly, whose points at this juncture, is very unclear,” Ocasio-Cortez whined.



WATCH:

House investigators launched the probe into the Biden family in November 2022.



They revealed Joe Biden received money from James Biden and Hunter Biden.



They also showed that nine additional Biden family members received payments from the family’s foreign business ventures, including two of Joe Biden’s grandchildren.



As Slay News reported, Hunter claimed Wednesday that his father’s involvement in the Biden business is merely a “MAGA-motivated conspiracy” despite mountains of evidence.



He used careful language during an opening statement to claim he did not involve Joe Biden, 81, in his business.



Hunter notably did not say Joe Biden was not involved in the business which witnesses have said is run by the president, not his son.



“I did not involve my father in my business,” he claimed.


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Democrats Eyeing Michael Cohen as Star Witness for Biden’s Impeachment Inquiry Hearing

Frank Bergman
March 15, 2024 - 4:22 pm


House Democrats are hoping to be able to persuade disgraced former attorney Michael Cohen to appear as their star witness during President Joe Biden’s impeachment inquiry hearing next week.



Cohen was the former lawyer of President Donald Trump who was jailed for fraud and lying to Congress.



He has since tried to fabricate stories about Trump in an effort to get his own charges dropped.



House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is leading an impeachment inquiry into Biden.



The calls for impeachment are over allegations that Biden used his position as vice president to enrich himself and his family.



Despite mounting evidence against the Bidens, the president and the White House have continued to deny the accusations.



The next hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.



However, House Democrats on the Oversight Committee are hoping that an appearance from Cohen could turn the spotlight at the highly-publicized event onto Trump.



By bringing in Cohen, Democrats want to turn Biden’s impeachment hearing into a get-Trump circus for the public.


A source reportedly told Fox News that Democrats “believe Cohen could help focus the hearing on Donald Trump by delivering first-hand testimony on Trump’s foreign business deals while he was president.”



The source said Democrats think Cohen’s appearance and testimony could also force Republicans to respond in real-time, and on camera.



Democrats hope that Cohen would support their claims that Republicans ignored false allegations that Trump profited from countries like China while in office.



Cohen was once one of Trump’s fiercest defenders.


However, Cohen has become a vocal critic of Trump since his November 2021 release.



In an effort to get his sentencing reduced, Cohen told investigators in 2018 that he arranged hush money payments to two women on Trump’s behalf.



Trump has publicly denied wrongdoing and Cohen has not provided any evidence to support these claims.



House Republicans are investigating whether Biden was part of an influence-peddling scheme with relatives including his son, Hunter Biden.



Specifically, they are scrutinizing the younger Biden’s business dealings with China and Ukraine.



So far, the House Oversight Committee has uncovered evidence, in the form of bank records and witness testimonies, that the Biden’s received millions of dollars in bribes from foreign nationals.



Hunter Biden recently turned down House Republicans’ invitation to appear at the same hearing that Democrats are in communication with Cohen about.



In a letter sent to Oversight Committee investigators earlier this week, Hunter Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell said that a scheduling conflict prevented their appearance.



He also criticized the hearing itself, writing:



“Your blatant planned-for-media event is not a proper proceeding but an obvious attempt to throw a Hail Mary pass after the game has ended.”



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