On Wednesday, as Republicans grilled Hunter Biden over his overseas business dealings, the president’s son turned questions back to his interrogators.
He questioned Republican lawmakers about foreign investments secured by former President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, shortly after he left the White House, according to Democratic lawmakers who took part in the closed-door deposition.
“He’s drawn a distinction between what he’s done in the business world with independent businessmen and foreign governments who have no business with Jared Kushner,” Rep. Dan Goldman of New York said during a break. I put it on,” he said. In his testimony.
Among other roles, Kushner oversaw Middle East policy in President Trump’s administration and raised many eyebrows when he secured a $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia six months after leaving public service. Ta.
Surveillance has become even stricter When the New York Times reported The Saudi sovereign wealth fund’s advisory board recommended against investing in Mr. Kushner’s new private equity firm, citing “inexperience on the part of the management team,” the sources said. The recommendation was rejected by a large board led by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a close ally of the Trump administration.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said the morning’s Q&A session was generally peaceful, but that Hunter Biden became “aggressive” when he brought up the Kushner episode.
“He may be a little irritated by some of the double standards in terms of money that Jared Kushner and Donald Trump have just openly put into his pockets while he’s president,” Raskin said. Told. “And Jared Kushner, of course, brought back $2 billion from Saudi Arabia. And all of that was part of the conversation, and he was proactive about it.”
When Democrats controlled the House, they started an investigation Kushner and Saudi Arabia reach an agreement.it was It fell when the Republican Party flipped. Congress and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) took over the reins of the Oversight and Accountability Committee, which is now leading the impeachment inquiry into Biden.
Still, Democrats said there appeared to be agreement among at least some Republicans when Hunter Biden brought up Kushner’s deal with Saudi Arabia.
“There are no cameras there. [so] You haven’t seen Donald Trump, have you? ” said Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida). “For the first time, Republicans said there’s a problem with this. But they should do something about it.”
Mr. Comer and the other Republicans in the room largely declined to comment during a break between Wednesday’s depositions, including on the subject of Mr. Kushner’s overseas business.
Hunter Biden’s appearance on Capitol Hill has long been expected, coming months after House Republicans began their impeachment inquiry into President Biden. The multifaceted investigation focuses on the younger Biden’s business activities, alleging that he used his father’s influence to orchestrate a web of shady overseas business operations.
Hunter Biden refuted the allegations in his opening statement.
“I am here today to provide the committee with one undisputed fact that will end the false premise of this investigation: I did not involve my father in my business. Not when I was practicing as a lawyer, not when I was making domestic or international investments or deals, not as a member of a board of directors, not as an artist. Never,” Biden said. said in his opening statement.
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