Rob Walker, a business associate of Hunter Biden, told Congressional investigators on Friday that President Biden has “no involvement whatsoever” in his son's business activities.
Mr. Walker testified for several hours before the House Oversight Committee and the Judiciary Committee after being subpoenaed last year.
Walker arrived at 10 a.m. ET. As he left just before 6 p.m., he told reporters he “answered the questions to the best of my ability.”
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Fox News Digital obtained a copy of Walker's opening statement, in which he testified under oath that the allegations against the president and his eldest son were “baseless,” but that “some of the frequently publicized events are We welcomed the opportunity to provide Members of these committees are focused. ”
Walker “became friends” with Hunter in 1999 during the Clinton administration, and since around 2008 they have been “doing business and consulting with various individuals, companies, and NGOs.” He said they have started cooperating.
Walker said Hunter was “an intelligent, caring and generous person whose demeanor and strong interpersonal skills made him a valuable and effective business partner.”
He also said Hunter “lost his way” when his brother Beau Biden “became seriously ill” and later died.
“I'm glad he's recovering and I hope he and his family are doing well,” Walker said.
He went on to elaborate on his business with Hunter, saying the opportunities they pursued together were “diverse, varied, well-founded and well within the scope of legitimate business activities.” Ta.
President Biden and his son Hunter Biden. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
“To be clear, President Biden was not involved in any of the business activities we were promoting, either while in office or as a private citizen. Any statement to the contrary is simply false,” Walker said. testified. “Hunter always made sure there were clear boundaries with his father in any business. Always.”
She added: “As his partner, I have always understood and respected those boundaries.”
Walker said he was “deeply concerned” that his testimony “could be taken out of context to advance political objectives rather than to uncover the truth.” Ta.
Six more members of the Biden family “may have benefited” from the Hunter deal.
“Therefore, I respectfully request that any public statement regarding this interview be accompanied by the release of the full record of what I am saying here today, and what happened during our business relationship. “We ask that the public come to their own conclusions about what didn't happen, along with Hunter,” he said.
Walker's testimony was part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
Hours after the interview was transcribed, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said that Walker was “weeks after Joe Biden left the vice presidency, Hunter Biden and Team, they're making deals, they're making deals with immigration,'' he told reporters. The contract is with an affiliate of Chinese energy company CEFC. ”
Jordan said there was a “luncheon at the Four Seasons a few days later,” attended by CEFC executives Hunter, James Gillier and Walker. “Joe Biden will stop and give a presentation,” Jordan said. Jordan said a few days later that $3 million was transferred to Walker from a Chinese company.
“I think it's just timing, it's just a sequence of events,” Jordan said.
From left: House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican, Georgia. Hunter Biden speaks to reporters after refusing a Congressional subpoena to appear privately for a deposition before Republican investigators investigating Biden's business dealings at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. He and House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) spoke to reporters. December 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Mr. Jordan and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) notified their lawyers of the subpoena in November, explaining that Mr. Walker had formed a limited liability company, Robinson Walker LLC. “It was used as a vehicle to receive funds from overseas and send some of that money to Mr. Biden's family,” the chairs said.
One example Comer and Jordan cited is that when Joe Biden was vice president, Robinson Walker LLC hired Gabriel, a Romanian who was the subject of a high-profile corruption prosecution back home at the time. It is alleged that he received millions of dollars from a company owned by Mr. Popoviciou.
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“After receiving this money, Robinson Walker transferred more than $1 million to Biden family accounts, including those of Hunter Biden and Harry Biden,” Comer and Jordan wrote.
But Comer and Jordan said the payments from Romania to Robinson Walker LLC began “within approximately five weeks of the official meeting between then-Vice President Biden and the President of Romania in which corruption issues were discussed.” I warned you.
Asked what Mr. Hunter had done for Mr. Popoviciu, Mr. Walker told the committee that Mr. Hunter had flown to Romania to meet with the newly sworn-in U.S. ambassador to Romania, Hans Klemm.
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Comer and Jordan also said Robinson Walker LLC received a $3 million payment from Chinese company State Energy Hong Kong Limited in February 2017, less than two months after Biden left the Obama administration. It also mentions that. Mr. Comer and Mr. Jordan allege that in the three months following that payment, Robinson Walker LLC “paid a total of $1 million to the Biden family and its companies, including Harry Biden and affiliates of Hunter Biden and James Biden.” He stated that he had made an additional payment.
According to an FBI FD-302 form obtained by the House Ways and Means Committee detailing Walker's 2021 interview with Special Counsel David Weiss' team, Walker said, “The $3 million amount is more likely to come from the CEFC. It's like a 'thank you'.”
In subpoenaing Walker, Comer and Jordan said Walker could potentially provide evidence relevant to the impeachment inquiry, adding that Walker had “a series of documents used to hide the Biden family's business dealings and foreign nationals.” “He played a key role in complex financial transactions.” Sources of funding received by the Biden family. ”
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After receiving the money from the CEFC entity in March 2017, Mr. Walker told Hunter that even though they did not do any work for the CEFC entity, he would continue to pay money to his uncle, James Biden, and sister-in-law, Harry. He testified that he instructed Biden to send the money. Additionally, James Biden wanted a portion of the CEFC entity's funds, even though he was not involved in the transaction. Mr. Walker called Mr. Hunter and asked him to approve the transfer to James Biden.
