House Republicans are investigating whether President Joe Biden received ‘defensive’ briefings related to foreign interference as he sold his political influence abroad while in senior levels of government American.
On Monday, the chairmen of the House Oversight and Judiciary committees sent letters to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines demanding that the administration provide details of all briefings they gave to Biden on his family’s influence peddling schemes.
“The committees seek to understand whether, because of Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings and vulnerabilities, Joe Biden received ‘defensive’ briefings to discuss possible foreign interference, either during his tenure as vice president or when he was a presidential candidate,” the lawmakers wrote. in both letters.
The FBI director and director of national intelligence had until April 29 to respond.
In their letters, House Republicans outlined key findings from their impeachment inquiry, which revealed a series of financial dealings with foreign oligarchs. Former business partners of the Biden family have testified on the president’s influence-peddling schemes and claimed they posed a risk to national security. Tony Bobulinski went so far as to claim that President Joe Biden was “compromise» by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) even before the 2020 elections.
“I want to be very clear: from my direct personal experience and what I subsequently learned, it is clear to me that Joe Biden was ‘the brand’ sold by the Biden family,” Bobulinski said lawmakers at a hearing in March. “His family’s foreign influence peddling operations – from China to Ukraine and elsewhere – sold out to foreign actors who sought to gain influence and access to Joe Biden and the US government. »
House investigators found more than 20 shell companies created by the Biden family to channel Tens of millions dollars from foreign oligarchs.
In their letters Monday, the lawmakers highlighted payments made by leaders of China, Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan, while citing evidence that President Biden “was aware of and involved in the trafficking scheme influence of his family.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer of Kentucky formally requested testimony from President Biden last month.
“The Committee successfully identified and traced money from foreign transactions – including from China – back to your own bank accounts,” wrote Arriving. “…In addition to asking you to respond to the questions posed in this letter, I invite you to participate in a public hearing during which you will have the opportunity to explain, under oath, your involvement in the sources of revenue of your family and the means he generated it.
came too said Republican impeachment proceedings last month would most likely result in criminal referrals to the Justice Department.
Hunter Biden, who previously made a public hearing a prerequisite for cooperation with House Republicans, declined an invitation for lawmakers to testify at an open forum. Instead, Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Father Lowell, required House Republicans are holding a hearing on a former client’s business deals in a potential violation of legal ethics rules.
Hunter Biden only testified in private and, according to to Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman used her addictions as an excuse to avoid answering tough questions.
Read Monday’s letters below:
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