House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer suggested Wednesday that Republicans have “proven crimes” against the Biden family and are now entering the “accountability” phase of the impeachment inquiry.
Comer (R-Ky.) did not say exactly what laws he believed the first family had violated, but he highlighted some troubling deals and called for testimony from the president. further strengthened.
“Three of Mr. Biden’s colleagues said this.” [President Biden] It was close to selling the Biden brand,” Comer told Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria.”
“We have proven a crime. Now it’s time to hold people accountable for their crimes and Joe Biden needs to answer some questions in front of an oversight committee.”
The three colleagues Comer mentioned are believed to be Devon Archer, Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis, all of whom testified during the second hearing of the Biden impeachment inquiry last month.
Asked for clarification by the Post, a spokesperson for the oversight committee said Wednesday that the impeachment inquiry has “evidenced that Joe Biden was a ‘brand’ sold by his family to enrich the Biden family.” “Records have been unearthed.”
“Joe Biden knows about, participated in, and profited from these corrupt schemes, and the House Oversight Committee will issue a comprehensive report addressing the criminal violations at the end of the investigation. ‘ added the spokesperson.
The White House did not respond to requests for comment.
Comer went on to claim that “we’ve proven that Mr. Biden was spreading influence,” and that “we’ve proven that they were getting tens of millions of dollars.”
President Biden and his allies have repeatedly rejected Comer’s depiction of the founding family’s financial situation and firmly rejected the idea that Joe Biden played a significant role.
Last month, Comer invited President Biden to testify before the committee and cited April 16 as a candidate date. So far, the White House has refused to accept the offer, which would be historically rare.of last president to previously testify The member of Congress in 1974 was Gerald Ford.
“I haven’t heard back yet from President Biden, but the White House is spending all its free time trying to attack me,” Comer complained. “And do everything you can to discredit the investigation.”
inside Letter requesting testimony from the Supreme CommanderComer asserted that “the committee has accounted for more than $24 million that flowed from foreign sources to you, your family, and your business associates.”
The Chairman emphasized that “the Committee has not identified any legitimate services that merit such high payments.”
Comer said Wednesday that the $24 million was a “very conservative” estimate, and that his team had given James and Hunter Biden an opportunity to explain where it came from, but that “they were not able to do it.” There wasn’t,” he added.
“We know from [special counsel Robert] Her report says Joe Biden is a forgetful old man, but you can’t play the forgetful old man every time, especially when you’re running for re-election,” Comer scolded.
“His family committed many crimes. According to three of the people involved, he is the central figure in these crimes.”
Kentucky Republicans have long argued that the Biden family is involved in a plot to spread influence abroad.
I have a cummer, but publicly recognized He said he would “vote to impeach Joe Biden right now,” but “Mathematics keeps getting worse” In terms of support from fellow House Republicans.
The White House has repeatedly pushed back against Comer’s claims, insisting that the impeachment inquiry is falling apart.
“Mr. Comer knows that more than 20 witnesses have testified that the president did nothing wrong. He knows that the hundreds of thousands of pages of records he received support his false claims. We know that we have refuted it,” the White House press secretary for oversight and investigations said. Ian Sams said last month Joe Biden accepted an invitation to testify.
“This is a sad event that follows an impeachment that goes nowhere.”
Comer also said his team sent a bulletin Tuesday to the Justice Department and the IRS in response to “serious allegations” of retaliation against two IRS whistleblowers who alleged cover-ups in the federal investigation of Hunter Biden. Letters were also briefly touched upon.
“We have sources that lead us to believe that all signs point to that, but this administration clearly appears to have retaliated against Mr. Trump. [Gary] Shapley and Mr. [Joseph] Ziegler,” Comer explained.
“Everything that our committee, the House Oversight Committee, needs to do with respect to whistleblowers is to protect them and make sure that the federal government doesn’t retaliate against them,” he continued. “That’s clearly what’s happening.”
