Dan Goldman Claims Hunter Biden Had ‘Very Understandable’ Explanation for Foreign Business Dealings

Representative Dan Goldman (D., N.Y.) is leading his party in its vigorous defense of Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings as he testifies before congress.

Goldman spoke to reporters in the middle of Hunter Biden’s testimony and suggested his business enterprise was not dependent on the Biden name.

“Hunter Biden gave very detailed and clear explanations as to what his arms length business transactions were with private parties in foreign countries who are investors and businesspeople like many people would have,” Goldman said.

“He went through a laundry list of board seats and jobs that he has has over his 30 year career after he left Yale law school,” Goldman added. He accused Republicans of launching inappropriate attacks and said there was “no connection” to Joe Biden in his business dealings.

“There is a very understandable, coherent business explanation for every single thing that they asked for,” Goldman asserted.

Representative Nancy Mace (R., S.C.) gave her own presser during Hunter Biden’s testimony and accused him of being “defiant and dishonest.”

“His testimony is in direct conflict with other witnesses that so far the Oversight Committee has interviewed,” Mace said. She did not go into detail and told reporters to wait for the transcript of his testimony to come out. He began his testimony by insisting his father had no involvement in his various business deals, which is the subject of the House GOP’s impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

Hunter Biden’s business career started with a job at credit card company MBNA after a meeting with the company’s CEO, a close ally of then-Senator Joe Biden (D., Del.), Politico reported. He served in the Clinton administration’s Commerce Department and worked for Amtrak’s board of directors during the George W. Bush administration.

Hunter’s lobbying and business career kicked into high gear following his father’s ascension to the vice presidency: He joined the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings in spring 2014 despite having had no experience in the energy sector. His Burisma salary was slashed after his father left office as vice president.

Joe Biden spoke with his son’s business associates on roughly 20 occasions and dined with them at least twice, Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer testified in July. Archer and Biden were both on Burisma’s board and made millions from the arrangement, according to bank records and Hunter Biden’s federal tax indictment. The Biden family “brand” was used by Hunter Biden as leverage during his business dealings, Archer said.

Former business partner Rob Walker also testified about a meeting held with Joe Biden and Hunter’s Chinese business partners at infrastructure conglomerate CEFC, whose business relationship with Hunter Biden began during his father’s vice presidency and ended in 2018. Tony Bobulinski, another former business partner, recalled meeting Joe, James and Hunter Biden in May 2017 to discuss a proposed joint venture with CEFC that eventually fell through. In his opening statement, Hunter Biden questioned Bobulinski’s credibility but did not address Archer’s testimony.

The Biden family and its associates hauled in more than $30 million from foreign sources and Democratic party donors, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) said prior to Hunter Biden’s deposition.