(The Guardian) House GOP doesn't plan to wait till 2023 to go after Hunter Biden
House Republicans will as soon as Wednesday resume their attempts to get answers from the Treasury about the business activities of Hunter Biden, CNN reports.
The GOP has long sought to make the entanglements of Joe Biden’s son into a scandal to sap the president’s support, and James Comer, who is expected to become the House oversight committee chair if the party retakes the chamber in Tuesday’s midterm elections, told CNN the party won’t wait to take its seats before restarting their demands for answers.
“We’re going to lay out what we have thus far on Hunter Biden, and the crimes we believe he has committed,” Comer said. “And then we’re going to be very clear and say what we are investigating, and who we’re gonna ask to meet with us for transcribed interviews. And we’re going to show different areas that we’re looking into.”
He added that the week after the midterms, he’ll hold a press conference along with top Republican on the House judiciary committee Jim Jordan to lay out what they’ve discovered about Hunter Biden in their investigations thus far.
Here’s more from CNN: The younger Biden, who is facing a federal investigation into potential tax violations and allegedly making a false statement over a gun purchase, has not been charged with any crime. But Republicans are planning to focus in large part on Biden’s overseas business dealings as they try to link him to his father, though it remains to be seen what if any evidence they have uncovered.
Hunter Biden has also denied wrongdoing in his business activities.
The fact that the Hunter Biden probe will be one the GOP’s first order of business following their anticipated takeover of the House next week underscores just how much investigations, hearings and subpoenas will dominate in a Republican majority. Most bills will be primarily messaging endeavors, unlikely to overcome the president’s veto or the Senate’s 60-vote threshold, though they would have to pass legislation to fund the government and raise the national borrowing limit to raise a debt default – an endeavor that is already alarming Democrats. The White House declined to comment on this story.
Biden has also denied wrongdoing in his business activities.
House Republicans will as soon as Wednesday resume their attempts to get answers from the Treasury about the business activities of Hunter Biden, CNN reports.
The GOP has long sought to make the entanglements of Joe Biden’s son into a scandal to sap the president’s support, and James Comer, who is expected to become the House oversight committee chair if the party retakes the chamber in Tuesday’s midterm elections, told CNN the party won’t wait to take its seats before restarting their demands for answers.
“We’re going to lay out what we have thus far on Hunter Biden, and the crimes we believe he has committed,” Comer said. “And then we’re going to be very clear and say what we are investigating, and who we’re gonna ask to meet with us for transcribed interviews. And we’re going to show different areas that we’re looking into.”
He added that the week after the midterms, he’ll hold a press conference along with top Republican on the House judiciary committee Jim Jordan to lay out what they’ve discovered about Hunter Biden in their investigations thus far.
Here’s more from CNN: The younger Biden, who is facing a federal investigation into potential tax violations and allegedly making a false statement over a gun purchase, has not been charged with any crime. But Republicans are planning to focus in large part on Biden’s overseas business dealings as they try to link him to his father, though it remains to be seen what if any evidence they have uncovered.
Hunter Biden has also denied wrongdoing in his business activities.
The fact that the Hunter Biden probe will be one the GOP’s first order of business following their anticipated takeover of the House next week underscores just how much investigations, hearings and subpoenas will dominate in a Republican majority. Most bills will be primarily messaging endeavors, unlikely to overcome the president’s veto or the Senate’s 60-vote threshold, though they would have to pass legislation to fund the government and raise the national borrowing limit to raise a debt default – an endeavor that is already alarming Democrats. The White House declined to comment on this story.
Biden has also denied wrongdoing in his business activities.