House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) issued three subpoenas on Thursday for the personal and business bank records of Hunter and James Biden, the president’s son and brother, respectively.
“Bank records don’t lie, and coupled with witness testimony, they reveal that Joe Biden abused his public office for his family’s financial gain,” Comer said in a statement Thursday night.
The move comes on the same day that House Republicans held the first hearing in President Joe Biden’s impeachment inquiry as he faces allegations of influence-peddling and involvement in his son’s foreign business deals for years.
“The financial records obtained to date reveal a pattern where the Bidens sold access to Joe Biden around the world to enrich the Biden family,” said Comer. “As the Bidens were sealing deals around the world, Joe Biden showed up, met with, talked with, shook hands with, and had meetings with the foreign nationals sending money to his family. This culture of corruption demands further investigation.”
Comer added that the House Judiciary Committee and the Ways and Means Committee, along with Oversight, “will continue to follow the money to determine whether President Biden’s involvement in his family’s corrupt business schemes makes him compromised and threatens our national security.”
All three committees have been investigating the matter since January.
Other financial records obtained by Comer and other Republicans show the Biden family has been pocketing money from foreign nationals and companies. Earlier this week, the Oversight chairman revealed that Hunter Biden received $260,000 from Chinese nationals in 2019 when his father was running for president, as seen on the two subpoenaed bank wires. Furthermore, Joe Biden’s Delaware home was listed as the beneficiary address for both wire payments.
The latest subpoenas follow previously obtained financial documents that show how the Bidens and their business associates received more than $24 million between 2014 and 2019 and created over 20 shell companies to make a profit. While being pitched as “the brand,” Joe Biden was directly involved in discussions with his son’s foreign associates.