Posted on 02/09/2023 9:13:27 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Washington — Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, has made the panel's first official requests for documents from President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, and his brother, James Biden, over foreign business pursuits.
In letters first obtained by CBS News, Comer informed Hunter and James Biden, as well as their then-business manager, that he is seeking documents and communications from the Bidens as part of his committee's probe into to any possible involvement by the president in their financial conduct, in particular in foreign business deals "with individuals who were connected to the Chinese Communist Party." Comer accused them in his letter of receiving "significant amounts of money from foreign companies without providing any known legitimate services."
In addition to that probe, Comer said the committee is considering writing a bill to strengthen federal ethics laws around public officials and their families.
Comer has asked the president's son and brother for any record "designated classified" the two may possess, plus communications between the president or James Biden and his wife, Sara Jones Biden, and Hunter Biden over an 11-year period from Jan. 20, 2009, regarding travel and financial activity.
Now that the Republicans are in the majority in the House, they have subpoena power. Comer has given the Bidens until Feb. 22 to respond before he considers issuing a subpoena for documents and testimony. Speaking to CBS News, Comer did not rule out subpoenas as early as April.
Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, responded to Comer and offered to discuss what information his client could provide, while asserting that the committee's oversight authority is "limited" because Hunter Biden is a private citizen.
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‘requests’ as in ‘subpoena’?..............
Any bets this will be ignored...
C’mon man! You have the ‘word of a Biden’ that there is nothing to the Hunter Biden-James Biden-Joe Biden story.
/s
“the committee’s oversight authority is “limited” because Hunter Biden is a private citizen.”
HUH??......since when
but the Bic Guy didn’t know nuth’in about the fambly business he made millions off of
“...has made the panel’s first official requests for documents from President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and his brother, James Biden, ...”
Didn’t I read those records were requested a while back?????? What’s going on??
So, he’s a private citizen but Don Jr. and Eric Trump aren’t? The left thinks words mean whatever they say they mean, but this seems like desperation on the part of Lowell.
Tell that to the GodFather, who by the way made fools f the committee just like Wray and Comey and Fauci and ....
Oh yeah?
And exactly who is going to enforce any subpoenas?
People here do not realize how far gone things are. I just read an article about medical school admissions titled "Are Republicans Allowed to Be Doctors?"
The apparent response of a lot of admissions people is, emphatically, "NO!"
“The records can’t be found”
“Mistakes were made”
“The dog ate my homework”
And so the “stonewalling” begins.
IIRC Donald Trump was a private citizen when the House and federal judiciary determined that he had to release his tax returns.
Yeah, but that’s different 😏 /s/
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