A witness testifying before <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> on Thursday accused a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Democrat</a> of &#8220;engaging in a conspiracy theory&#8221; about the abandoned laptop believed to have belonged to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>.
The witness, journalist and author Michael Shellenberger, called out Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reporter-calls-out-rep-dan-goldman-over-archer-testimony-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dan Goldman</a> (D-NY) during a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-weaponization-federal-government-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a> on social media censorship while they discussed the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">breaking the Hunter Biden laptop story</a> in the weeks before the 2020 election based on emails from a copy of a hard drive.
&#8220;You are aware of the &#8216;laptop&#8217;, so to speak &#8230; that was published in the New York Post was actually a hard drive that the New York Post admitted here was not authenticated as real. It was not the laptop the FBI had,&#8221; Goldman said, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEZFgh3sYTs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referring to his exchange</a> with former New York Post reporter Emma-Jo Morris earlier this year. &#8220;You&#8217;re aware of that, right?&#8221; he added.
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&#8220;It was the same contents,&#8221; Shellenberger replied.
&#8220;How do you know?&#8221; Goldman asked. &#8220;You would have to authenticate it to know it was the same contents. You have no idea. You know hard drives can be manipulated,&#8221; he added before Shellenberger could complete an answer.
&#8220;Are you suggesting the New York Post participated in a conspiracy to construct the contents of the Hunter biden laptop?&#8221; Shellenberger shot back.
&#8220;No, sir. Hard drives can be manipulated by Rudy Giuliani, or Russia,&#8221; Goldman said, referring to the former New York City mayor who had been working as a personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump at the time of the laptop fiasco. When Shellenberger asked what evidence there was of manipulation, Goldman contended, &#8220;Well, there is actual evidence of it, but the point is it&#8217;s not the same thing.&#8221;
Shellenberger retorted, &#8220;There&#8217;s no evidence for it, so you&#8217;re engaging in a conspiracy theory.&#8221;
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Biden <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/546148-hunter-biden-doesnt-know-if-delaware-laptop-was-his/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has said in the past</a> that he did not know whether he was the owner of the laptop abandoned at a Delaware repair shop before it was seized by the FBI. His legal team has <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-denver-riggleman-former-gop-congressman-jan-6-select-committee-adviser/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly been</a> looking for possible distorted or fabricated data linked to the first son and they recently <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/26/hunter-biden-sues-rudy-giuliani-over-infamous-laptop.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> Giuliani over the laptop. Yet over the past few years, many of the laptop&#8217;s contents — revealing details about Biden&#8217;s personal life and work — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-allegedly-informed-twitter-the-hunter-biden-laptop-was-real-on-key-date" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have been</a> analyzed and <a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">shown to be authentic</a>.
In the hours that followed publication of the New York Post&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-cybersecurity-expert-authenticates-new-york-posts-smoking-gun-hunter-biden-email-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;smoking-gun&#8221; email story</a>, Twitter temporarily blocked the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> with details of Biden&#8217;s shady business dealings and his father&#8217;s possible ties to them from being shared, claiming the story violated its rule against sharing &#8220;hacked&#8221; materials. Facebook also took steps to limit the spread of the story, which came just weeks before Hunter&#8217;s father, Joe Biden, was elected president of the United States.
Around this time, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/active-cia-employee-asked-intel-veteran-if-he-would-sign-hunter-biden-letter-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">51 former intelligence officials signed a letter</a> that suggested the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> laptop story had the &#8220;classic earmarks&#8221; of a Russian disinformation operation. A firestorm ensued when POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published a headline</a> that said the former intelligence officials were claiming the laptop story was “Russian disinfo&#8221; and then the elder Biden <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-gop-demand-records-from-ex-intel-officials-about-hunter-biden-laptop-letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used</a> the letter to cast doubt on it during a debate against Trump.
While Democrats in Congress downplayed the social media clampdown on the story, Republicans raised concerns about there being a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-subpoenas-big-tech-executives-in-collusion-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coordinated effort</a> involving Big Tech and government agents to suppress damaging information about the Bidens in the run-up to the 2020 election — including when it <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-07-20-jdj-to-wray-re-dehmlow-testimony.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came to the laptop</a>. People who worked as executives at <a href="https://6abc.com/former-twitter-execs-say-removal-of-hunter-biden-laptop-story-was-a/12790381/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a>, which as since been rebranded to X, and <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/mark-zuckerberg-criticizes-twitters-handling-of-the-posts-hunter-biden-laptop-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> later conceded that cracking down on the story was a mistake.
Hunter Biden is now facing federal gun charges, to which he has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-pleads-not-guilty-to-gun-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>, and tax counts may soon follow. House Republicans are looking into the Department of Justice&#8217;s handling of the criminal probe into Hunter Biden as part of an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-unveil-biden-impeachment-inquiry-website" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry against President Biden.

Representative Dan Goldman

Journalist Calls Out Democrat Over Hunter Biden Laptop ‘Conspiracy Theory’ During Hearing

Journalist Calls Out Democrat Over Hunter Biden Laptop 'Conspiracy Theory' During Hearing

Big Tech

Censorship

Congress

Hunter Biden

Social Media Censorship

U.S.

U.S. House of Representatives

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> has offered to testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee as part of an impeachment inquiry into his father, President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> — but Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) isn&#8217;t having it.
In a <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1729521050742906933" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Tuesday, Comer declared that the terms outlined by the younger Biden&#8217;s lawyer Abbe Lowell did not comply with a subpoena demanding a closed-door deposition.
&#8220;Hunter Biden is trying to play by his own rules instead of following the rules required of everyone else. That won’t stand with House Republicans,&#8221; Comer said.
&#8220;Our lawfully issued subpoena to Hunter Biden requires him to appear for a deposition on December 13,&#8221; Comer added. &#8220;We expect full cooperation with our subpoena for a deposition but also agree that Hunter Biden should have the opportunity to testify in a public setting at a future date.&#8221;
Comer, who is leading the corruption-focused impeachment inquiry, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-subpoenas-hunter-biden-presidents-brother-and-ex-business-associate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued subpoenas</a> for testimony from Hunter Biden, the president&#8217;s brother James Biden, and Rob Walker, a former Biden family business associate earlier this month.
Lowell responded to Comer <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1729509370742890761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a letter</a> on Tuesday, stating that his client would accept the chairman&#8217;s &#8220;offer&#8221; — yet only if the deposition is conducted in a forum that the world can see.
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“Accordingly, our client will get right to it by agreeing to answer any pertinent and relevant question you or your colleagues might have, but — rather than subscribing to your cloaked, one-sided process — he will appear at a public Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing,&#8221; Lowell said, adding later, &#8220;A public proceeding would prevent selective leaks, manipulated transcripts, doctored exhibits, or one-sided press statements.&#8221;
For months, the GOP-led House has been <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1701715899248726504" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> whether the business practices of Biden&#8217;s family members fostered corruption in government — spurred by a money trail showing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-releases-memo-alleging-hunter-biden-received-millions-from-oligarchs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions of dollars</a> from foreign countries. Congressional investigators have also looked<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-shares-key-takeaway-from-hunter-biden-prosecutors-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> into</a> how the Department of Justice handled the criminal probe into Hunter Biden.
President Biden and his allies insist he committed no wrongdoing and claim the investigative efforts by House Republicans are tainted by politics. Planned depositions stretch over the next several weeks but could go longer if there is a legal fight, which could dash hopes to have a possible <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-the-biden-impeachment-effort-stands-heading-into-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote on articles of impeachment early next year</a>.
White House special counsel Dick Sauber wrote a letter to GOP leaders <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/17/biden-impeachment-subpoena-white-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling on them to withdraw</a> their subpoenas and interview requests to Biden family members and others, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTimBurchett/status/1726995593812164633" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;you have misrepresented the facts&#8221; and &#8220;ignored the overwhelming evidence disproving your claims.&#8221;

Comer Rejects Hunter Biden’s Public Testimony Offer

Comer Rejects Hunter Biden's Public Testimony Offer

Executive

House Oversight Committee

Impeachment

James Comer

Joe Biden

Politics

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Impeachment</a> investigators &#8220;need answers&#8221; on President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s tax returns, according to a top House Republican.
In an interview that aired on Sunday, Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) explained to Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo how his panel&#8217;s &#8220;tax focus&#8221; is part of the impeachment inquiry against Biden.
&#8220;We have now seen checks going to President Biden of $240,000 as loan repayments to&#8221; his brother James Biden, Smith said on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures.&#8221;
&#8220;But if you look at the president&#8217;s tax returns that he has released publicly, there&#8217;s no documentation of any interest income that he has received for any loans that he had granted towards anyone,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So, we need answers to those questions to make sure that people are being accurate on their tax forms.&#8221;
Republican lawmakers allege a pair of &#8220;loan repayment&#8221; checks to Joe Biden, one for $200,000 from James Biden in 2018 and another $40,000 from James Biden&#8217;s wife Sarah in 2017, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-say-biden-stonewalling-over-loan-repayment-docs-funded-by-laundered-chinese-money" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could have been funded</a> by laundered Chinese money and influence peddling schemes.
Democrats <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-rebuffs-biden-family-loan-repayment-inquiry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claim</a> bank records “show that in 2017 and 2018, while President Biden was not in office, he provided two short-term loans to his brother, James, who repaid each loan within two months.”
But the White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-rebuffs-biden-family-loan-repayment-inquiry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebuffed</a> a request by House Republicans seeking further documentation underlying the larger payment, stressing the financial transaction took place &#8220;between two family members at a time when both individuals were private citizens.&#8221;
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Evidence conflicting with President Biden&#8217;s denials about his family&#8217;s business dealings, particularly when it comes to his son Hunter Biden <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/01/biden-said-his-son-earned-no-money-china-his-son-says-otherwise/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">earning money</a> from China, has fanned suspicions among Republicans.
One area of interest is a 2017 WhatsApp message <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-threatened-chinese-business-partner-for-payment-i-am-sitting-here-with-my-father" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in which</a> Hunter Biden pressed a Chinese business partner for payment by invoking his father sent just weeks before the date of the $40,000 &#8220;loan repayment&#8221; check.
Smith lamented how the Department of Justice has pushed back on efforts to get some officials to testify, including from the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/15/house-gop-justice-witnesses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agency&#8217;s Tax Division</a>, which he said is &#8220;quite important.&#8221;
The chairman also noted that subpoenas have been issued to Hunter and James Biden, as well as others, to testify in the coming weeks. &#8220;Hopefully, they will come forward, because we have to get answers to numerous questions that still are left out there,&#8221; Smith said.

US President Joe Biden

House GOP Chairman Unpacks ‘Tax Focus’ Of Biden Impeachment Inquiry

House GOP Chairman Unpacks 'Tax Focus' Of Biden Impeachment Inquiry

Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) subpoenaed a federal prosecutor who allegedly placed constraints on the years-long investigation into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>, House Republicans <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1727076808657682589" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Tuesday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf of Delaware was directed to appear for a deposition <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1727362535157072043" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on December 7</a> as part of the House GOP&#8217;s review of how the Department of Justice (DOJ) has conducted its criminal probe into Hunter Biden as well as the corruption-focused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-has-reached-stage-for-key-witness-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment inquiry</a> against his father, President Joe Biden.
Jordan explained in a <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-11-21-jdj-to-wolf-subpoena-cover-letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Wolf the various ways in which information obtained by the judiciary panel indicates she was &#8220;responsible for many of the decisions to deviate from standard investigative protocol during the Department’s investigation of Hunter Biden.&#8221;
These included claims that Wolf, either directly or by instructing others, blocked certain lines of inquiry about Joe Biden and tipped off Hunter Biden’s legal team about a planned search of a storage unit.
In addition, testimony from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/internal-revenue-service-irs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Internal Revenue Service (IRS) </a>whistleblower Gary Shapley alleged that Wolf &#8220;obstructed&#8221; another U.S. attorney&#8217;s team in Pennsylvania from briefing Delaware U.S. Attorney Davis Weiss&#8217; office about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-biden-bribery-file-released-burisma-head-says-he-was-coerced-into-paying-bidens-10-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bribery allegations</a> concerning Joe and Hunter Biden, the letter said.
The Daily Wire reached out to the DOJ seeking comment on the subpoena. Previously, the agency has raised concerns to Jordan about <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23886269/justice-department-letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;misrepresentations&#8221;</a> that could impede public confidence in the administration of justice.
Jordan said the DOJ has allowed other employees to testify, &#8220;albeit with substantial scoping limitations,&#8221; but noted that Wolf is an exception because of &#8220;unpersuasive&#8221; arguments that the agency has an &#8220;ongoing investigation&#8221; as well as a &#8220;longstanding policy&#8221; of not making non-Senate-confirmed and line-level DOJ employees available for interviews.
After a plea deal with Hunter Biden collapsed under scrutiny from a judge, Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> Weiss special counsel status in August of this year, giving Weiss broader authority to bring charges outside of his own district.
A federal grand jury in Delaware indicted Hunter Biden on federal gun charges in September, after which he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-pleads-not-guilty-to-gun-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>. The first son may also face an indictment on tax evasion charges, which were part of the plea agreement.
Weiss testified in a deposition before the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month, after which Jordan indicated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-shares-key-takeaway-from-hunter-biden-prosecutors-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;the key takeaway&#8221;</a> was that the prosecutor requested but did not receive <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/515#:~:text=The%20Attorney%20General%20or%20any,jury%20proceedings%20and%20proceedings%20before" target="_blank" rel="noopener">special attorney powers</a> that would have allowed him to bring charges outside of his jurisdiction in Delaware last year without the partnership of the local U.S. attorney.
That would appear to affirm concerns, spurred by whistleblower testimony from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-whistleblower-says-story-from-hunter-biden-prosecutor-has-been-changing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shapley and another IRS agent</a> who also worked on the Hunter Biden case, that the DOJ slow-walked the inquiry in a way that may have <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-irs-whistleblowers-expose-how-bidens-were-treated-differently%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">precluded other serious charges</a> due to the statute of limitations.
In response to an inquiry by The Daily Wire, the DOJ shared a statement from Weiss to the House Judiciary Committee in which he said &#8220;processes&#8221; associated with investigative and charging decisions did not &#8220;interfere&#8221; with his authority.
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&#8220;At no time was I blocked, or otherwise prevented from pursuing charges or taking the steps necessary in the investigation by other United States Attorneys, the Tax Division or anyone else at the Department of Justice,&#8221; he testified.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)

Jordan Subpoenas Prosecutor In Hunter Biden Probe

Delaware

Department of Justice

Jim Jordan

House Republicans subpoenaed additional <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> associates on Thursday, including his art dealer, as part of their ongoing investigation into the Biden family business dealings abroad.
House Oversight Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) sent subpoenas to Hunter business associates Eric Schwerin and Mervyn Yan, art dealer George Bergès, and art patron Elizabeth Naftali to appear before lawmakers for depositions. The subpoenas are part of the committee&#8217;s investigation into the high priced sales of Hunter’s artwork. According to Comer, Bergès has not responded to multiple requests by the committee to come in for interviews. 
“Given the evidence the Committees have uncovered about how Hunter Biden and other Biden family members have attempted to conceal the source of the money they received from abroad, it is particularly critical for the Committees to understand the details regarding the sale of Hunter Biden’s artwork by your client’s gallery. The Committee will also seek information about any differences between the sale of Hunter Biden’s artwork and the sale of other artwork by your client’s gallery,” Comer and Rep. Jim Jordan <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Letter-to-Berges-11.9.23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> to a lawyer for Bergès. 
Bergès is <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Georges-Berges-Subpoena.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested</a> to appear before lawmakers on December 15.
Naftali, a major Democrat donor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/foreign-post-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-used-to-buy-foreign-influence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who paid Hunter Biden</a> for a piece of his hyper-expensive artwork, was recently appointed by President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> to the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. She is set to appear before lawmakers on December 1.
In a letter to a lawyer for Naftali, Comer and Jordan said that her “anonymity regarding her purchase of Hunter Biden’s art is no more and her position on a prestigious commission within the Biden Administration raises the Committees’ concerns.”
Yan and Schwerin are both business associates of Hunter and also requested to appear before lawmakers in December.
“Mr. Schwerin worked closely with the Biden family members, Biden associates, and Biden corporate entities that the Committees have identified as transferring millions of dollars to the Bidens, often from foreign sources,” Comer and Jordan <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Letter-to-Schwerin-11.9.23-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
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On Wednesday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-subpoenas-hunter-biden-presidents-brother-and-ex-business-associate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comer sent out subpoenas</a> to Hunter, the president’s brother James Biden, and Rob Walker, a former Biden family business associate.
Copies of the subpoenas, <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1722327200714641654" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> by the Oversight Committee’s X account, showed they demand a deposition from each individual at dates extending from the end of this month to the middle of December.
Comer also requested additional Biden family members and their associates to appear for transcribed interviews, according to the panel, including: President Biden’s daughter-in-law Hallie Biden, her sister Elizabeth Secundy, Hunter Biden’s wife Melissa Cohen, and Hunter Biden’s former business partner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tony-bobulinski">Tony Bobulinski</a>.

Hunter Biden Goes To Court To Plead Guilty To Tax Violations

Republicans Issue Subpoenas Over Hunter Biden Art Sales

Corruption

An attorney representing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>, the son of the president, beseeched House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) to get congressional investigators working to root out corruption to lay off the Biden family.
In a <a href="https://punchbowl.news/lowell-letter-to-speaker-johnson/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">12-page letter</a> dated Wednesday, lawyer Abbe Lowell asked Johnson to use his &#8220;newly minted leadership post responsibly&#8221; and to &#8220;think twice&#8221; about stoking the &#8220;spectacle&#8221; taking place on Capitol Hill over the past year.
Lowell encouraged Johnson to consider his own statements, including his <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4289488-johnson-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-continued/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vow</a> that House Republicans would &#8220;follow the truth where it leads,&#8221; and listed various ways in which the attorney claimed GOP investigators have lied about Hunter Biden&#8217;s foreign business dealings and related matters.
He also took aim at the impeachment inquiry into President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, which is examining the behavior of the commander in chief as well as members of his family, and repeatedly bemoaned how House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-biden-should-be-impeached-ahead-of-big-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teased</a> around two dozen more subpoenas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-biden-should-be-impeached-ahead-of-big-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“in the very near future.”</a>
Hunter Biden and President Biden&#8217;s brother James Biden were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-subpoenas-hunter-biden-presidents-brother-and-ex-business-associate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> by House Republicans on Wednesday. In addition to the impeachment inquiry, Hunter Biden is facing a criminal investigation, into which House Republicans are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-shares-key-takeaway-from-hunter-biden-prosecutors-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking a hard look</a> over concerns that the Department of Justice slow-walked the process to shield the president&#8217;s son.
Encouraging Johnson to be a &#8220;different&#8221; speaker who &#8220;restores the integrity and reputation of your chamber,&#8221; Lowell ended his letter by urging him to begin with holding Comer and other top impeachment investigators &#8220;to the facts and stopping them from continuing their partisan political games. The latest example of their hoping to do the opposite is ripe for your intervention.&#8221;
Comer recently told conservative political commentator Benny Johnson the impeachment inquiry has reached the &#8220;<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/james-comer-now-wants-to-wrap-up-biden-impeachment-probe-asap#:~:text=Continuing%20to%20brag%20about%20his,to%20wind%20down%20the%20probe." target="_blank" rel="noopener">downhill phase</a>,&#8221; and he aims to &#8220;wrap it up as soon as possible.&#8221; GOP investigators have been particularly interested in the flow of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-president-is-compromised-comer-says-biden-family-brokered-over-40m-worth-of-foreign-deals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions</a> of dollars of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bank-records-show-biden-received-laundered-money-from-china-comer-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspicious money transfers</a> from foreign dealings through a complicated web of businesses and bank accounts. Biden and his allies insist there is no wrongdoing.
Johnson, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-elects-mike-johnson-as-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took over as speaker last month</a> after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the role, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-signals-biden-impeachment-decision-coming-very-soon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> last week that he would not &#8220;predetermine&#8221; an outcome. &#8220;But I do believe that very soon we are coming to a point of decision on it,&#8221; Johnson said, adding that the impeachment inquiry phase is an &#8220;important step&#8221; in ensuring due process.

Hunter Biden’s Lawyer Asks New Speaker To Back Off

Hunter Biden's Lawyer Asks New Speaker To Back Off

Mike Johnson

House Republicans subpoenaed members of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s family on Wednesday, escalating an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry focused on rooting out corruption that may lead all the way to the White House.
The lead impeachment investigator, House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY), signed subpoenas for Biden&#8217;s son Hunter Biden, the president&#8217;s brother James Biden, and Rob Walker, a former Biden family business associate.
Copies of the subpoenas, <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1722327200714641654">shared</a> by the Oversight Committee&#8217;s X account, showed they demand a deposition from each individual at dates extending from the end of this month to the middle of December.
Comer also requested additional Biden family members and their associates to appear for transcribed interviews, according to the panel, including: President Biden&#8217;s daughter-in-law Hallie Biden, her sister Elizabeth Secundy, Hunter Biden&#8217;s wife Melissa Cohen, and Hunter Biden&#8217;s former business partner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tony-bobulinski" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tony Bobulinski</a>.
“The House Oversight Committee has followed the money and built a record of evidence revealing how Joe Biden knew, was involved, and benefited from his family’s influence peddling schemes. Now, the House Oversight Committee is going to bring in members of the Biden family and their associates to question them on this record of evidence,” Comer said in a statement.
“Unlike the many lies President Biden told the American people about his family’s business schemes, bank records don’t lie. These records reveal how the Bidens sold Joe Biden around to the world to benefit the Biden family, including Joe Biden himself, to the detriment of U.S. interests,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The House Oversight Committee, along with the Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means, will continue to follow the facts and deliver the transparency and accountability that the American people demand and deserve.&#8221;
A release from the House Oversight Committee said Comer plans to send additional subpoenas and transcribed interview requests later this week. Comer recently told conservative political commentator Benny Johnson the impeachment inquiry has reached the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/james-comer-now-wants-to-wrap-up-biden-impeachment-probe-asap#:~:text=Continuing%20to%20brag%20about%20his,to%20wind%20down%20the%20probe." target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;downhill phase,&#8221;</a> and he aims to &#8220;wrap it up as soon as possible.&#8221;
GOP investigators have been particularly interested in the flow of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-president-is-compromised-comer-says-biden-family-brokered-over-40m-worth-of-foreign-deals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions</a> of dollars of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bank-records-show-biden-received-laundered-money-from-china-comer-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspicious money transfers</a> from foreign dealings through a complicated web of businesses and bank accounts, slowly revealed over months of investigation. Various probes into the Biden family, which got wrapped into an impeachment inquiry in September, have been bolstered by <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/house-oversight-committee-subpoenas-financial-145117798.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenas</a> for the financial records tied to Walker, Biden family members, and others as well as witness testimony suggesting how lucrative the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/intimidated-biden-brand-helped-ukrainian-company-survive-hunters-ex-associate-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden &#8220;brand&#8221;</a> had become.
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President Biden and his allies insist there is no wrongdoing by the president and claim the impeachment inquiry is tainted by politics. But they have not allayed the inquiries of House Republicans, who have expressed concerns about President Biden himself being tied to <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-mountain-of-evidence-reveals-joe-biden-abused-his-public-office-for-his-familys-financial-gain%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">family influence-peddling schemes</a>.
One recent area of interest has been a $200,000 check James Biden wrote to his brother Joe Biden in 2018 for a &#8220;loan repayment&#8221; from his personal account on the same day bank records show he received the same amount of money from a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/09/james-biden-health-care-ventures-123159" target="_blank" rel="noopener">healthcare business</a>. The White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-rebuffs-biden-family-loan-repayment-inquiry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebuffed</a> a request by Comer seeking proof of President Biden providing a loan to his sibling.
Paul Fishman, a lawyer representing James Biden, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/08/hunter-biden-james-biden-subpoenas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told various news outlets</a> there was &#8220;no justification for this subpoena&#8221; and insisted that his client never involved his brother in his business dealings. Abbe Lowell, an attorney representing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>, called the subpoenas <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hunter-joe-biden-impeachment-congress-subpoena-37fe9652539c2c501d8b8bd8c3cc8901" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a &#8220;political stunt&#8221;</a> but noted that his client &#8220;is eager to have the opportunity, in a public forum and at the right time, to discuss these matters with the Committee.&#8221;
Hunter Biden is also facing a criminal investigation, into which House Republicans are taking a hard look over concerns that the Department of Justice slow-walked the process to shield the president’s son. Earlier on Wednesday, Lowell sent a <a href="https://punchbowl.news/lowell-letter-to-speaker-johnson/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to new House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-bidens-lawyer-asks-new-speaker-to-back-off" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asking him</a> to get Comer and other congressional investigators to lay off the Biden family, citing alleged lies about their endeavors.
Encouraging Johnson to be a “different” speaker who “restores the integrity and reputation of your chamber,” Lowell ended his letter by urging him to begin with holding Comer and other top impeachment investigators “to the facts and stopping them from continuing their partisan political games. The latest example of their hoping to do the opposite is ripe for your intervention.”
Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-elects-mike-johnson-as-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took over as speaker last month</a> after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the role. He <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-signals-biden-impeachment-decision-coming-very-soon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> last week that he would not &#8220;predetermine&#8221; an outcome.
&#8220;But I do believe that very soon we are coming to a point of decision on it,&#8221; Johnson said, adding that the impeachment inquiry phase is an &#8220;important step&#8221; in ensuring due process.

House Oversight Subpoenas Hunter Biden, President’s Brother, And Ex-Business Associate

Comer Subpoenas Hunter Biden, Ex-Business Associate, And President's Brother

Special counsel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/david-weiss">David Weiss</a> said he requested but did not receive <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/515#:~:text=The%20Attorney%20General%20or%20any,jury%20proceedings%20and%20proceedings%20before" target="_blank" rel="noopener">special attorney powers</a> that would have allowed him to bring charges against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>, the son of the president, outside of his jurisdiction in Delaware last year without the partnership of the local U.S. attorney, according to a top congressional investigator.
House Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) told reporters this statement, belying how the prosecutor &#8220;pretends that somehow he did have that&#8221; authority, was &#8220;the key takeaway&#8221; from the transcribed interview Weiss did with lawmakers on Tuesday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-clears-hunter-biden-prosecutor-for-testimony-in-near-term" target="_blank" rel="noopener">following negotiations</a> with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
&#8220;He won&#8217;t answer a lot of questions. But that&#8217;s the key takeaway, because this whole deposition was about the changing story we got from DOJ, regarding the authority that he had,&#8221; Jordan added, according to a <a href="https://twitter.com/judiciarygop/status/1721980735681130606" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post to X</a> by the House Judiciary GOP.
Jordan also said the testimony is &#8220;consistent&#8221; with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-whistleblower-notes-released-to-counter-fbi-agents-testimony-on-hunter-biden-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims</a> made by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) supervisory special agent Gary Shapley, who asserts that Weiss — when he was solely a U.S. attorney from Delaware — told investigators during an October 2022 meeting that he was not the “deciding person” when it came to charges.
The Daily Wire reached out to the DOJ seeking comment on Jordan&#8217;s statements about the closed-door deposition, the transcript of which was not immediately released. The agency shared a statement from Weiss to the House Judiciary Committee in which he said &#8220;processes&#8221; associated with investigative and charging decisions did not &#8220;interfere&#8221; with his authority.
&#8220;At no time was I blocked, or otherwise prevented from pursuing charges or taking the steps necessary in the investigation by other United States Attorneys, the Tax Division or anyone else at the Department of Justice,&#8221; he testified.
House Judiciary ranking member Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said Weiss &#8220;was very clear that no one told him what to prosecute and what not to prosecute,&#8221; <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/11/07/hunter-biden-weiss-testimony-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Washington Post</a>. &#8220;He made all those decisions himself, and he said that before. And I mean, [Republicans] tried to get him to say anything, but they just go over and over and over again the same thing.&#8221;
After a plea deal collapsed under scrutiny from a judge, Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> Weiss special counsel status in August of this year, giving Weiss broader authority to bring charges outside of his own district — similar to what the special attorney powers allow, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/us/politics/david-weiss-hunter-biden-irs.html?unlocked_article_code=YyQDNlu8iRQxXTpbqngm294ko-BdvZQznPKicVxA473rqLIzfT3AeseX2dYHpmiGYQT5n34m--zzbXqWgr1kpm5w0j6UCsIusUOh3SESCmpt-S7fb6lqQA79klHH2xYk71aCBWwhxugiUn2mYefjAk38eaGIQznqvJddViME7wGzes8-R5sRZ_sZlSR1NBsvLj4nIb2482u6_EYah5e3eK8noeY4AID7rijmjNpInNXeevgMyzkarQZr08Zk0IeOP5zGykAAFN100Mznarthsw_8PLi5knbvp8EA3Cz45n4VNIsE4mQ5xcYHAVrWEThfnjnYEEPsg0PGH8p-68YnoNTpSfpAJ6sAKgI&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">but with more oversight provisions</a>. A federal grand jury in Delaware indicted Biden on federal gun charges in September, after which he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-pleads-not-guilty-to-gun-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>. The first son may also face an indictment on tax evasion charges, which were part of the plea agreement.
But it has been a strenuous process for congressional investigators to glean what had transpired behind the scenes over the years-long investigation.
Shapley, joined by fellow IRS agent Joseph Ziegler in coming forward as a whistleblower, brought forth allegations that the criminal inquiry into Biden that the DOJ slow-walked the inquiry in a way that may have <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-irs-whistleblowers-expose-how-bidens-were-treated-differently%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">precluded other serious charges</a> due to the statute of limitations.
Amid increasing scrutiny, Weiss <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-whistleblower-notes-released-to-counter-fbi-agents-testimony-on-hunter-biden-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went from saying</a> he had the “ultimate authority” to acknowledging discussions with DOJ officials who <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4297750-special-counsel-in-hunter-biden-probe-rejects-claims-he-was-stymied-from-pursuing-the-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“assured”</a> him that he would have power to bring charges outside of his district if it proved necessary. In his statement on Tuesday, Weiss stressed, &#8220;As I have said previously, I did not request special counsel status until August 2023. When I made that request, it was promptly granted.&#8221;
During testimony before the House Judiciary Committee <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?530429-1/justice-department-oversight-hearing-part-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in September</a>, Garland insisted that Weiss always had latitude to bring any charges he saw fit, but the attorney general acknowledged other U.S. attorneys could <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1704531213174640800">refuse</a> to partner with Weiss. Indeed, top federal prosecutors from Washington, D.C., and California <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/09/biden-picked-us-attorney-admits-balking-at-hunter-biden-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> House lawmakers in <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-attorney-california-david-weiss-full-authority-charge-hunter-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testimony</a> that they declined to do so.
&#8220;Once again Shapley and Ziegler&#8217;s testimony continues to stand up to every single witness we brought in for an interview,&#8221; Jordan said on Tuesday.

Representative Jim Jordan

Jim Jordan Shares ‘Key Takeaway’ From Hunter Biden Prosecutor’s Testimony

Jim Jordan Shares 'Key Takeaway' From Hunter Biden Prosecutor's Testimony

David Weiss

House Republicans investigating the Biden family for corruption said on Friday that President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> was “stonewalling” their request for documents related to alleged loans he provided to his brother James Biden. 
The claims from the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability come after Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bank-records-show-biden-received-laundered-money-from-china-comer-says">bank records show</a> that the president received $40,000 in laundered Chinese money. House Republicans have asked for more documentation on the loans, but say they have so far been refused. 
“The White House today made clear to us that President Biden is refusing to hand over loan documents for any ‘loans’ he provided to his brother, James Biden,” a statement posted to X by the Oversight committee said. “We’ve exposed nearly a quarter of a million of dollars that James Biden sent to Joe Biden as ‘loan repayments’ that were funded by laundered China money and influence peddling schemes.”
“Is this what ‘the most transparent administration in history’ is supposed to look like?” the post added. “We won’t be stopped by the President’s stonewalling. We’ll continue to follow the money, expose President Biden’s corruption, and deliver accountability.”
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The White House today made clear to us that President Biden is refusing to hand over loan documents for any “loans” he provided to his brother, James Biden.
We’ve exposed nearly a quarter of a million of dollars that James Biden sent to Joe Biden as…
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According to Comer, a $40,000 check written to Biden by his sister-in-law Sara originated from Northern International Capital, a Chinese company affiliated with Chinese conglomerate CEFC. Eventually, it made its way to James and Sara Biden after going through a series of Hunter Biden-linked entities. James and his wife, Sara, then sent Joe Biden a $40,000 check as a “loan repayment.”
Comer and House Republicans have questioned the nature of the reported $40,000 check and another $200,000 check also referred to as a loan repayment. 
Democrats <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/politics/fact-check-evidence-supports-democrats-case-that-joe-biden-made-a-personal-loan-to-his-brother/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have argued</a> that the loans were just between James and Joe Biden, while Republicans have said that the money used to pay the president back originally came from China. 
“It’s certainly plausible that this payment where James and Sara used funds from China was indeed a loan repayment to Joe. But even if this $40,000 check was a loan repayment from James Biden, it still shows how Joe benefited from his family cashing in on his name – with money from China no less,” Comer said this week. 
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Republicans <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1720842266535690713" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have said</a> that the legacy media has ignored the story, saying that there would be accountability. 
“It’s time for Corporate Media to wake up and report on one of the biggest scandals in U.S. history,” the Oversight committee said Saturday. “President Biden and the Admin he promised would be the most transparent in history continue to stonewall us at every turn. There will be accountability.&#8221;

President Biden Departs The White House For Maine

House Republicans Say Biden ‘Stonewalling’ Over ‘Loan Repayment’ Docs ‘Funded’ By Laundered Chinese Money

China

James Biden

Embattled first son Hunter Biden attacked Fox News and The New York Post in an <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/11/02/hunter-biden-addiction-substance-abuse-not-political-ploy/71332255007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a>, published Thursday by USA Today, in which he accused the two outlets of running a &#8220;disinformation campaign&#8221; to use his personal struggles to destroy his father, President Joe Biden.
The younger Biden began his piece with a brief history of his battle with substance abuse — and, noting correctly that most Americans know at least one person who has struggled with addiction, said that the only reason anyone cared about his personal issues was the fact that he was the son of the president of the United States.
&#8220;My struggles and my mistakes have been fodder for a vile and sustained disinformation campaign against him, and an all-out annihilation of my reputation through high-pitched but fruitless congressional investigations and, more recently, criminal charges for possessing an unloaded gun for 11 days five years ago – charges that appear to be the first-ever of their kind brought in the history of Delaware,&#8221; Biden claimed.
He went on to say that he himself was &#8220;not a victim,&#8221; but he worried that the focus on his personal issues — as a means by which to attack Joe Biden — would result in other people who struggle with addiction feeling marginalized and being afraid to ask for help because they saw his private demons splashed all over the front page or headlining the 10 o&#8217;clock news.
&#8220;What troubles me is the demonization of addiction, of human frailty, using me as its avatar and the devastating consequences it has for the millions struggling with addiction, desperate for a way out and being bombarded by the denigrating and near-constant coverage of me and my addiction on Fox News (more airtime than GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis) and in The New York Post (an average of two stories a day over the past year),&#8221; he said.
Critics weren&#8217;t buying Hunter Biden&#8217;s argument, however.
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&#8220;1) I pray Hunter is in fact sober, though this level of untreated narcissism suggests serious ongoing problems. 2) legit LOL at USA Today for running this on-its-face absurd interference for Biden family business corruption,&#8221; The Federalist&#8217;s Mollie Hemingway said.
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1) I pray Hunter is in fact sober, though this level of untreated narcissism suggests serious ongoing problems. 2) legit LOL at USA Today for running this on-its-face absurd interference for Biden family business corruption. <a href="https://t.co/2DKPhVPtqH">pic.twitter.com/2DKPhVPtqH</a>
&mdash; Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1720072597688164627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Don’t talk about Hunter Biden enriching himself off of the CCP at the expense of national security, engaging in human trafficking, violating gun laws and FARA because you’re &#8216;demonizing&#8217; his coke addiction,&#8221; radio host Dana Loesch <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1720088179704050064" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. &#8220;Shame on privileged Hunter Biden for exploiting addiction to dodge accountability for his crimes. Not all addicts sell out their country to the CCP and not all criminals are addicts,&#8221; she wrote in a separate <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1720102258254160287" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>.

Hunter Biden Accuses Fox, NY Post Of Using Him In ‘Disinformation Campaign’ To Destroy Joe Biden

Hunter Biden Accuses Fox, NY Post Of Using Him In 'Disinformation Campaign' To Destroy Joe Biden

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House Oversight and Accountability Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) said that bank records uncovered by lawmakers reveal that President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> received $40,000 in laundered money from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a>.
According to Comer, the money to Biden originated from Northern International Capital, a Chinese company affiliated with Chinese conglomerate CEFC. Eventually, it made its way to James and Sara Biden after going through a series of Hunter Biden-linked entities. James, the president&#8217;s brother, and his wife, Sara, then sent Joe Biden a $40,000 check as a “loan repayment.”
“Remember when Joe Biden told the American people that his son didn’t make money in China? Well, not only did he lie about his son Hunter making money in China, but it also turns out that $40,000 in laundered China money landed in Joe Biden’s bank account in the form of a personal check. And the Oversight Committee has it,” Comer <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-how-joe-biden-received-laundered-china-money/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a video message released by House Republicans explaining the new banking memorandum detailing the check. 
The <a href="https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2023-11/House%20Oversight%20and%20Accountability%20Memo%2011.1.23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> said Northern International Capital sent $5 million to Hudson West III, a joint venture created by Hunter and a CEFC associate. On August 8, 2017, $400,000 was sent from Hudson West III to an entity affiliated with Hunter Biden. Then, on August 14, 2017, the Hunter entity sent $150,000 to the Lion Hall Group, an entity affiliated with James and Sara. 
On August 28, 2017, Sara withdrew $50,000 from the Lion Hall Group and deposited it into her and James’ personal checking account, according to Comer. On September 3, 2017, Sara then wrote the $40,000 check to Joe Biden, Comer said. 
“It’s certainly plausible that this payment where James and Sara used funds from China was indeed a loan repayment to Joe. But even if this $40,000 check was a loan repayment from James Biden, it still shows how Joe benefited from his family cashing in on his name – with money from China no less,” Comer said. 
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According to the timeline provided by Comer, the money transfers began <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-threatened-chinese-business-partner-for-payment-i-am-sitting-here-with-my-father" target="_blank" rel="noopener">just days after</a> Hunter had reportedly invoked his father in a WhatsApp message to CEFC associate Raymond Zhao. 
Hunter reportedly wrote in a July 30, 2017, message to Zhao: “I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”
The message was first revealed by IRS whistleblowers who said their investigations into Hunter were hindered by leadership.

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New House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) said he is &#8220;encouraging&#8221; congressional investigations into President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> to continue.
During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo asked Johnson if he would dedicate &#8220;financial resources and human capital&#8221; for an &#8220;in-depth&#8221; probe. She also asked if the overarching <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry into allegations of corruption, launched before Johnson became speaker, would become an &#8220;official&#8221; impeachment.
&#8220;We&#8217;ll see, Maria. You know, I worked on the committees of jurisdiction. And Judiciary is one of those,&#8221; Johnson said during his &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; appearance less than a week after being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-elects-mike-johnson-as-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elected</a> speaker by his peers.
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LIVE: I’m joining <a href="https://twitter.com/MariaBartiromo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MariaBartiromo</a> on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss the latest on Israel, the appropriations process, and the impeachment inquiry. Tune in! <a href="https://t.co/56iNEsIY0Z">https://t.co/56iNEsIY0Z</a>
&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1718629577524957638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I think our chairmen have done an exceptional job. You have spoken to all of them, Jamie [James] Comer and Jim Jordan and Jason Smith, on Oversight and Judiciary and Ways and Means. They continued those investigations even while we were going through the tumult of the speaker&#8217;s race. They were still working methodically through that. I&#8217;m encouraging that,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;I think we have a constitutional responsibility to follow this truth where it leads. We&#8217;re the rule of law team. We don&#8217;t use this for political, partisan games, like the Democrats have done and did against [former] Donald Trump twice,&#8221; Johnson said.
&#8220;We are going to follow the law and follow the Constitution,&#8221; the speaker said. &#8220;And I think we — you and I have a suspicion of where that may lead. But we&#8217;re going to let the evidence speak for itself. And I look forward to rolling that out over the coming days and weeks and letting the American people see exactly why we&#8217;re taking the next steps and where it&#8217;s headed.&#8221;
Johnson&#8217;s predecessor, now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-announces-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> an impeachment inquiry into Biden in mid-September. Biden, who is running for a second term in the White House, and his allies have denied that he committed any wrongdoing and claimed that Republicans are trying to serve up <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-announces-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;red meat&#8221;</a> for the base.
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Bartiromo also pressed Johnson on whether he expected to subpoena <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>, the son of the president whose business dealings have attracted scrutiny and is separately facing a criminal inquiry run by the Department of Justice.
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When asked if he expects to subpoena Hunter Biden, Mike Johnson says &quot;I&#39;m looking at that.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/kd12ykbKaF">pic.twitter.com/kd12ykbKaF</a>
&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1718660306203767078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m looking at that,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;I think that desperate times call for desperate measures, and that perhaps is overdue. We have not made a full decision yet. I&#8217;m counseling with the attorneys involved on all of this to see what the contours of — I&#8217;m an attorney myself, so I speak the language. We&#8217;re trying to move forward on some of this very aggressively.&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;I think the American people are owed these answers. And I think our suspicions about all this, the evidence that we have gathered so far, as you know, is affirming what many of us feared may be the worst. And, as Jamie Comer likes to say, bank records don&#8217;t lie. We already have a lot of this evidence. The dots are being connected. And we will see where it leads.&#8221;

Speaker Mike Johnson Backs Investigations Into Biden, Charts Path Forward

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