House Democrats on Thursday dismissed the impeachment inquiry after a witness said he was “unaware” of any involvement by President Biden in his son’s case. Commercial affairs.
Business associate of Hunter BidenMervyn Yan, testified Thursday behind closed doors before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees after receiving a subpoena.
House Republicans, meanwhile, said Yan’s testimony raised many questions about the nature of the Biden family’s business dealings in China.
A source with direct knowledge of Yan’s testimony told Fox News Digital that Yan said congressional investigators he “ignores any involvement President Biden may have had in his son’s business activities.”
President Biden, left, and his son, Hunter Biden, step off Air Force One at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York, February 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Yan, despite his interactions with Hunter Biden and James Biden, “has never met, spoken, done business with, or had any personal or professional communication with President Biden,” the source said.
The source also said Yan said he “does not possess any documents or information relating to President Biden’s alleged involvement in his family’s business dealings.”
“Like every other witness to Chairman Comer’s ‘clueless investigation’ – which even House Republicans call a ‘parade of embarrassment’ and a ‘disaster’ – Mervyn Yan testified before the committee today that he had no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of President Biden and that to his knowledge, President Biden was not involved in, did not profit from, and took no official action in connection with his family’s business dealings,” the Oversight Committee’s top Democrat, Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said Thursday. , leading member.
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“To further debunk Republicans’ lies about President Biden, Mr. Yan testified that he has never done business or had any personal or professional communication with President Biden.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
But apparently Raskin was not present at the deposition Thursday.
“@RepRaskin wasn’t even at the deposition today,” House Judiciary Republicans tweeted Thursday evening. “So how could he know that?”
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Thursday he plans to release the transcript of Yan’s interview. Comer said Yan’s testimony raises more questions for the committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s interactions with China.
“Mervyn Yan admitted on record that the Bidens had no experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors and were unsure of what they brought to the table,” Comer said Thursday. “His testimony raises many questions about the Bidens’ dealings with the Chinese government-linked energy company, and we hope to learn more tomorrow from Rob Walker, another Biden family associate.”
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The committee is expected to hear testimony from Rob Walker on Friday.
Walker is scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. Friday at the Capitol after being subpoenaed by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in november.
James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
In informing Walker of the subpoena, Comer and Jordan note that his company Robinson Walker, LLC received a $3 million payment from State Energy HK Limited, a Chinese company, less than two months after Biden left the Obama administration. Comer and Jordan said that in the three months following that payment, Robinson Walker, LLC made “additional payments totaling more than $1 million to members of the Biden family and their businesses, including Hallie Biden and entities associated with Hunter Biden and James Biden.”
Comer and Jordan pointed out that evidence collected by congressional investigators reveals that President Biden “was at least aware of some of his family’s business ventures and sought to influence potential business deals that financially benefited his family.”
Comer and Jordan believe Walker can provide information on whether Joe Biden, as vice president and/or president, “took any official action or effected a change in government policy because of money or other valuables provided to himself or his family, including whether concerns that Chinese sources might disclose additional evidence about their business dealings with the Biden family impacted official acts performed by President Biden or American foreign policy; abused his position of public trust by allowing foreign interests access to him and his office in exchange for payments to his family or himself; or abused his position of public trust by knowingly participating in a scheme to enrich himself or his family by giving the impression to foreign interests that they would have access to him and his office in exchange for payments to his family. his family or him.”
Hunter Biden reportedly told people he might “flee” the country if former President Donald Trump wins in 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Yan’s testimony and Walker’s expected testimony come before Hunter Biden appears for a deposition in the impeachment inquiry against his father.
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Hunter Biden defied his subpoena for a deposition on Dec. 13 and faced being held in contempt of Congress.
His lawyers and the committees reached an agreement last week that the first son would appear for a closed-door deposition on February 28.
