Democratic New York State Rep. Dan Goldman said at a news conference Monday that the call between Hunter and Joe Biden was not about a business deal, but about Biden’s late son Beau. Stated.

Goldman took questions before the House Oversight Committee on Monday about the testimony of Hunter Biden’s former colleague Devon Archer, in which Archer said Hunter Biden and President Joe Biden discussed business deals (and sometimes Hunter’s He is said to have spoken more than 20 times (on speakerphone with business associates). Goldman claimed the calls were not about business, but rather emotional discussions about Biden’s late son Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015.

“I think it’s really important that remember this time the period we are talking about This is Beau Biden, Hunter Biden Brother of President Biden My son became seriously ill with cancer. And then he died,” Goldman said. “It was the spring of 2015. and,he testified vividly Details on how disruptive It was for both Hunter Biden And to Joe Biden and how they communication received Dramatically in its aftermath. ”

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“Joe Biden was calling I asked my son to look at the situation, and HWhen Biden was calling his father to check on him. it had nothing to do work. that is the sum and the essence What was the testimony,” Goldman said. (Related: Here are five questions Republicans could ask Hunter Biden’s business partners under oath)

Goldman’s account of Archer’s testimony was refuted by other senior officials, including Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, during an Oversight Committee hearing on Monday.

“Dan Goldman came out during the break and tried to put a big spin on it. That’s not what Devon Archer said.” Devon Archer said he heard them talk about Hunter’s business deal more than 20 times,” Green said.

Goldman did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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