First appearance on Fox: James Biden testified Wednesday that his brother President Biden had “no involvement whatsoever and no direct or indirect financial interest” in his business, Fox News Digital revealed.
The president’s younger brother arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday morning for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees.
FOX News Digital obtained the eldest son’s opening statement.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s brother James Biden arrives for testimony before the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees regarding the impeachment investigation of President Biden in Washington, DC, February 21, 2024. (Jim Watson)
“I have a 50-year career in a variety of businesses,” James Biden said in his opening statement. “Joe Biden has never been involved in any of these activities and has no direct or indirect financial interest in them. None.”
James Biden went on to defend his brother’s presidency, saying, “Knowing my brother’s personal integrity and character, and my own strong moral values, I have always combined my professional life into an intimate personal relationship.” I have severed myself from the relationship.” ”
U.S. President Joe Biden’s brother James Biden arrives for testimony before the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees regarding the impeachment investigation of President Biden in Washington, DC, February 21, 2024. (Getty Images)
“I have never asked my brother to take any formal action on my behalf, my business associates, or anyone else,” James Biden said. “In every business I’ve been involved in, I’ve relied on my talents, judgment, skills, and personal relationships, but never on my status as Joe Biden’s brother. .”
He added: “Anyone who says or thinks otherwise is either wrong, uninformed or outright lying.”
James Biden insists Joe Biden has “no role, no involvement, no benefit” from his work with Chinese energy company CEFC and health care company Amecore. did.
“My presence here today will provide the committee with information that will conclude that negative and destructive assumptions about my relationship with my brother Joe are false,” James Biden said. Deaf,” he said.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said that previous investigations into the Biden family’s business revealed that members of the Biden family, their business associates, and their “affiliates” had “individuals in China, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.” “We discovered that he had received large payments from companies and companies.” And Romania. ”
Comer said that through its investigation, the committee found that the Biden family and their business associates brought in more than $24 million between 2014 and 2019 by “selling Joe Biden as a ‘brand’ around the world.” He said he understood what had happened.
Republicans are also focusing on “direct payments of $200,000” in the form of “personal checks” from the United States. james biden And Sarah Biden. The check was labeled “Loan Repayment.”
“On March 1, 2018, Amecore transferred a $200,000 loan to James and Sarah Biden’s personal bank accounts, not their business bank accounts,” Comer continued. “And on the very same day, James Biden wrote Joe Biden a check for $200,000 from the same personal bank account.”
“Amecore, a company in distress, lent money to James Biden, and Biden sent it to Joe Biden,” Comer said.
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