A reporter asked President Joe Biden's brother James if his nephew Hunter smoked crack in the White House as James arrived at the Capitol to testify Wednesday.
The president's younger brother is scheduled to testify as part of the House Republican impeachment inquiry into whether Biden engaged in an influence-peddling scheme with his son Hunter related to overseas transactions. James arrived at the Capitol around 10:30 a.m. in response to a subpoena for a private deposition he received in November.
“Did Hunter smoke in the White House?” a reporter shouted, but there was no response.
The president's brother did not answer any questions from reporters upon his arrival.
Mr. James' deposition comes months after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued subpoenas in September for both Mr. James and Mr. Hunter's personal and business banking records. Ta. The Commission was interested in two checks classified as loan repayments that James and his wife Sarah each paid to Joe. (Related: Joe Biden's former associate says he loaned James Biden $800,000 but only got half back)
The House Oversight Committee revealed that James received a $200,000 check from the health care company Amecor on March 1, 2018. That same day, Mr. James wired Joe a check for $200,000, which he classified as a “loan repayment,” according to the oversight board.
In the summer of 2017, CEFC affiliate Northern International Capital transferred $5 million to Hudson West III, a joint venture formed by Hunter and CEFC affiliates, according to bank records released by Comer. Hudson West III then transferred $400,000 to Owasco PC, a company owned by Hunter. Owasco PC then wired his $150,000 to James and Sarah Biden's company, Lion Hall Group. Sarah then deposited the $50,000 she had withdrawn from Lion Hall Group into her and James' personal checking accounts. Finally, Sarah sent Joe Biden a $40,000 “loan repayment” check a few days later.
bankruptcy court documents show James told Amecore that his name could “open doors” and promised to secure investment in the Middle East.
“Joe Biden lent money to his brother. His brother paid it back a few weeks later,” said White House Press Secretary Ian Sams. Said On Twitter in October 2023. ”With Comer @GOPoversight Knowing that, they shamelessly slander anything they can to distract themselves from their speakerless mess anyway. ”
The oversight committee found that the Biden family and their associates brought in $24 million from Ukraine, Russia, China, Romania, and Kazakhstan between 2014 and 2019.
Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said the deposition will center on “money, business and brands,” ABC News report.
“Let me be as clear as possible: My father has no financial involvement in my business, nor was he involved as a lawyer or as a board member of Burisma. Partnership with a private Chinese businessman It's not my investment here or abroad, it's not my investment as an artist,'' Hunter said at a December 2023 press conference after defying a congressional subpoena.
