Republicans on the House Oversight Committee officially requested President Joe Biden to testify in their ongoing impeachment inquiry in a 7-page letter on Thursday.
Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Kentucky, wrote a letter stating that the Committee has found and traced money from foreign transactions, including from China, to Biden's bank accounts. He also invited Biden to explain his involvement in his family's sources of income at a public hearing.
Comer's letter outlined the case against the president, identifying $24 million from foreign sources as flowing to Biden, his family, and associates for no legitimate services provided.
Comer noted that the White House has taken a hostile position to the Committee's investigation and has refused to release certain information or make witnesses available for testimony relevant to the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
Last week, lawmakers from a pair of former Biden family business partners who accused the president of trading political influence for foreign gifts. The influence peddling schemes, they said, were run primarily by the president's son, Hunter, who was invited but refused to appear under oath despite a congressional subpoena. House investigators heard from former business partners Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis instead at the public hearing. heard Former business partners of the Biden family accused the president of trading political influence for foreign gifts. The influence peddling schemes, they said, were run primarily by the president's son, Hunter, who was invited but refused to appear under oath despite a congressional subpoena. refused Former business partners Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis testified at the public hearing in place of the president's son, Hunter, who was invited but refused to appear under oath despite a congressional subpoena.
Tony Bobulinski stated that Joe Biden's family's foreign influence peddling operation, from China to Ukraine and elsewhere, was sold out to foreign actors seeking to gain influence and access to Joe Biden and the United States government.
The letter from Comer on Thursday traced suspicious payments from China, Russia, and Ukraine, with questions related to the foreign transactions under each.
Comer wrote that the Committee had identified approximately $10 million originating from China connected to Biden influence peddling, despite Biden's assertion that his family had not made money from China.
The chairman raised questions related to a series of payments from business leaders tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Days before the end of the 2020 election season, Bobulinski claimed the Biden family business ran so deep in China that the Democrat candidate for president was captured by Beijing.compromisedAnother primary area of inquiry by congressional investigators is a $3.5 million payment from Yelena Baturina, the widow of an ex-Moscow mayor.
Comer wrote that in February 2014, the richest woman in Russia paid $3.5 million into Biden's son and his business associate's company days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in an apparent attempt to avoid U.S. sanctions on Russian bank accounts. payment In February 2014, the richest woman in Russia paid $3.5 million into Biden's son and his business associate's company days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in an apparent attempt to avoid U.S. sanctions on Russian bank accounts.
Comer wrote that in February 2014, the richest woman in Russia paid $3.5 million into Biden's son and his business associate's company days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in an apparent attempt to avoid U.S. sanctions on Russian bank accounts.
Comer also explained the scandalous situation involving the Biden family in Ukraine. Hunter made millions from an energy company despite lacking prior industry experience while Joe Biden was vice president. dictated White House's policy towards Ukraine included a demand for Ukrainian authorities to dismiss a prosecutor investigating his son's energy firm.
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The head of the House Oversight Committee said recently stated that lawmakers are likely to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
