Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., discusses the latest news from the Biden family investigation as new subpoenas are announced and reacts to Tony Bobulinski’s testimony as well as the DOJ’s request to release the transcript full interview with Biden’s special advisor.
Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer, R-Ky., announced Thursday that he was subpoenaing “multiple credit card companies” for President Biden’s family records.
During an appearance on FOX Business’ “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo”, Comer said a subpoena was issued to American Express Wednesday morning and suggested other major credit card companies could be next.
Comer claimed the subpoenas were issued after the Biden family allegedly used credit cards for “personal expenses” paid directly or indirectly by the China Energy Company (CEFC).
“We are subpoenaing several credit card companies,” Comer said. “Through the interviews and depositions we have conducted thus far, we have learned that several credit cards were used by various members of the Biden family, we believe for personal expenses, and we believe these credit cards were paid by CEFC or through CEFC-funded affiliates, so that’s something that we obviously need to investigate, and it’s something that we finally took the necessary steps today to issue subpoenas to appear. “
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Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., speaks during a hearing with the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in the Rayburn House office building in Washington, DC, November 16, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Getty Images)
CEFC State Energy HK account transferred $3 million to Rob Walker, Hunter Biden’s former associate, in March 2017. Walker then allegedly sent about $1 million to the Biden family accounts and another $1 million to a company linked to associate James Gilliar, according to a report from The Daily Caller.
According to Comer, these actions were part of a “fairly extensive money laundering scheme” and Walker said the funds were a “thank you” for the work done during Biden’s tenure as vice president.
“We know that they used a complex series of transactions through what I consider to be shell companies. A shell company, as your viewers know very well, is a company with no assets or known purpose, and it was a complex way of trying to deceive the public.” IRS and operate in the shady manner in which they operate,” Comer added.
He also claimed the subpoena would win in court and that they were seeking sensitive information from the Biden family.
“At the beginning of this investigation, no one thought we would ever be able to get this information, but we did everything the right way and we are winning; we are able to win in court, and I believe we will be in able to get the credit card information,” Comer said.
President Biden has maintained that he never did business with his son, Hunter Biden. (Ramsay de Give/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Comer previously said Biden, in 2017, received $40,000 in “laundered Chinese money” from his brother and sister-in-law’s bank account in the form of a personal check while claiming the president had “exposed himself to a future blackmail” from Beijing.
“Remember when Joe Biden told the American people that his son wasn’t making money in China? Well, not only did he lie about his son Hunter making money in China, he s “Also turns out that $40,000 in laundered Chinese money landed in Joe Biden’s bank account in the form of a personal check,” Comer said in November. “And the Oversight Committee has it.”
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While President Biden has claimed he never did business with his son, text messages obtained by Fox News Digital in 2020, revealed that in May 2017 he met with Hunter’s business associates for the Sinohawk company, particularly Tony Bobulinski. The May 2, 2017 meeting reportedly took place just 11 days before a May 13, 2017 email obtained by Fox News in 2020, which included discussion of “compensation packages” for six people as part of the trade deal with the CEFC.
Brooke Singman of Fox News contributed to this report.
