Republicans continue to harass the President of the United States and his relatives, looking for any straw to cling to in order to continue their corruption accusations against Joe Biden and give meaning to the investigation to subject it to a possible political process. (isolation). This Wednesday, James Biden, the president's brother, traveled to the Capitol. However, his statement was frank: the president had “no involvement whatsoever” in the family business.
At the request of Republicans, the appearance took place behind closed doors and not in public. James Biden's initial statement appeared: “I have spent 50 years in a variety of businesses. Joe Biden has never had any involvement or any direct or indirect financial interest in those activities. “Nothing,” according to a text obtained by The Associated Press. “I never asked my brother to take any official action on behalf of me, my business partners, or anyone else,” he declared.
“I have nothing to hide. With me here today, the committees will have the information to conclude that the negative and damaging assumptions about me and my relationship with my brother Joe are false,” said James Biden, 75, concluding that “there is no basis for this investigation to continue.”
Republican investigations against the president took a serious hit after the special prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden decided to charge an FBI informant who accused both father and son of collecting perjury money and fabricating false evidence with $5 million in kickbacks for interceding for the Ukrainian company Burisma. Not only that, but prosecutors also revealed that the aforementioned confidant, Alexander Smirnov, has ties to Russian intelligence services.
Despite this, Republicans are not giving up and intend to keep their investigations open, even if they find no evidence of corruption. After requests, subpoenas, and analysis of a huge volume of documents and bank transactions, Republicans found a check for $200,000 from James Biden, Joe Biden's brother, to the president and made a huge fuss about it.
What they didn't clarify is that it was identified as a loan repayment. They also concealed that there was a transfer from the president to his brother in the same amount just two months ago. These were also transactions from 2018, when Biden was neither vice president nor president nor a presidential candidate, and they were carried out in a transparent manner, without the slightest intention to hide them and without any suggestion of wrongdoing.
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Republicans also found three company payments of $1,380 each, also in 2018, from Hunter Biden's company to his father and wanted to show them as a way to move money from China to the president. In fact, there were three payments for the Ford Raptor truck. Joe Biden had requested the credit in his name as a favor to his son. The next high point in their investigation is specifically Hunter Biden's appearance next Wednesday, again behind closed doors because Republicans didn't want it to be a public statement.
The committee summoned both James and Hunter Biden in November. James Biden's lawyers said there was no justification for the subpoena because the committee had already reviewed private banking records and transactions between the brothers. “With me here today, the committees will have the information to conclude that the negative and damaging assumptions about me and my relationship with my brother Joe are false,” James Biden said in his statement. “There is no basis for continuing this investigation,” the AP reported.
Republicans insist on alleged “influence peddling” in the family business, especially with international clients, but without providing any evidence of this. Democrats demand closure of investigation: “Special Prosecutor David Weiss [que fue nombrado por el expresidente Donald Trump] It has shown how the main test is at the heart of the investigation isolation The Democratic congressman indicated a few days ago that the House Republicans' decision was based on a lie Jamie Raskin in a statement. “The investigation by Special Counsel Weiss is the latest to expose the Ukraine-Burisma conspiracy theory at the heart of this fraud investigation into isolation”, he added.
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