Reaction & Commentary
FINALLY GIVES THE PANEL ACCESS TO THE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS RELATED TO THE FIRST FAMILY. JOINING ME NOW IS THE MAN HIMSELF INVESTIGATING THIS, HE IS IN CHARGE, KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMIT YOU AT C. JAMES COMER GOOD TO SEE YOU. ARE YOU GETTING THE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS.
>> WE’RE OOH GETTING THEM. EVERYTHING IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE REASON WE’RE GETTING INFORMATION NOW, WE HAVE EVIDENCE. SOMETHING MY COLLEAGUE ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE OF THE AISLE OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE JAMIE RASKIN ISN’T FAMILIAR WITH. WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS A CONCERNING PATTERN BY THE BIDEN
FAMILY MEMBERS TO GET SUSPICIOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY FROM ADVERSARIES AROUND THE WORLD. FOR FOREVER, THE REASON THE TREASURY WAS BLOCKING US, THE REASON THAT OTHER BANKS WERE BLOCKING US FROM INFORMATION IS BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE WAS SAYING IT WASN’T TRUE, THIS IS A WITCH HUNT, THE REPUBLICANS ARE JUST DIGGING.
NOW WE HAVE EVIDENCE, I THINK OUR QUEST TO RECEIVE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE MUCH EASIER MOVING FORWARD. MARIA: TELL ME ABOUT THIS WIRE. ACCORDING TO THESE BANK DOCUMENTS THAT YOU’VE ALREADY OBTAINED, ROB WALKER, A BIDEN FAMILY BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AND HIS COMPANY, ROBINSON WALKER, RECEIVED A $3 MILLION WIRE FROM
A CHINESE ENERGY COMPANY TWO MONTHS AFTER JOE BIDEN LEFT THE VICE PRESIDENCY. THEN WHAT HAPPENED? >> WELL, THE VERY NEXT DAY HE STARTED SENDING WIRES TO MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY. AND THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY WHO RECEIVED PAYMENTS FROM THE ROBINSON WALKER ACCOUNT.
NOW, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT WERE THOSE PAYMENTS FOR? THE MONEY CAME FROM CHINA. WE’VE ALL HEARD IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE INVESTED IN AN AMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY BUT THERE’S NO COMPANY THERE, MARIA. LOOKS TO ME LIKE, ACCORDING TO THE BANK TRANSACTIONS, THAT CHINA SENT MONEY TO THAT ROB
WALKER AND ROB WALKER TURNED AROUND THE VERY NEXT DAY AND WIRED IT TO THE BIDEN FAMILY. SO THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY THAT RECEIVED PAYMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR TRANSACTION INCLUDING ONE MEMBER THAT’S NEVER BEFORE BEEN MENTIONED IN ANY OF THE BIDEN FAMILY INFLUENCE PEDDLING SCHEMES.
SO WHAT WE’RE FINDING OUT, MARIA, IS THIS BIDEN FAMILY BUSINESS SCHEME INVOLVES A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY. NONE OF WHOM HAD ANY EXPERIENCE IN CHINESE ENERGY OR UKRAINIAN ENERGY. MARIA: DO WE KNOW — YOU’RE RIGHT, $3 MILLION FOR WHAT? SO DO WE KNOW IF THE THEN
SITTING VICE PRESIDENT OR THE ADMINISTRATION IN ANY WAY CHANGED RULES, ALLOWED THIS CHINESE COMPANY TO ACQUIRE ENERGY ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES? WERE THEY OPENING DOORS, CREATING A PATH FOR IT TO GET INSIDE THE GATES OF AMERICA. WHAT WAS THE MONEY FOR? >> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE INVESTIGATING.
WHAT WE HEARD FROM ONE OF THE FORMER BUSINESS ASSOCIATES IS THAT THE GOAL FOR CHINA WAS TO USE THE BIDENS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR OF THE AMERICAN ENERGY INDUSTRY, TO BE ABLE TO HELP CHINA NOT JUST LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS BUT ALSO TO BUY OWNERSHIP IN THE DRILLERS
FOR NATURAL GAS AS WELL AS GET THIS, MARIA, TO BUY FARMLAND. ALL THE THINGS THAT AMERICANS ARE OUTRAGED OVER WITH CHINA, THE ONE THING THERE’S BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN CONGRESS FOR IS TO STAND UP TO CHINA. WE FIND THE BIDEN FAMILY WAS THE ONE INVOLVED IN TRYING TO HELP
CHINA GET THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR IN OUR AMERICAN ENERGY INDUSTRY AND TO BUY FARMLAND. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING. THIS IS WHY WE LAUNCHED THE INVESTIGATION TWO AND-A-HALF MONTHS AGO. THIS IS WHY THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. WE FINALLY HAVE EVIDENCE, THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE WILL ALLOW
US TO OBTAIN MORE EVIDENCE. SO THERE ARE ABOUT 12 OR 13 TRANSACTIONS THAT WE’RE FAMILIAR WITH, SO WE’RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING MORE BANK RECORDS. WE’VE GOT BANK RECORDS ON ONE TRANSACTION WHICH LED TO OUR ABILITY TO OBTAIN THE BANK VIOLATIONS, THE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS. THAT’S WHAT TREASURY’S BLOCKED US FROM FOREVER.
WE’RE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THIS INVESTIGATION AND IT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD FOR THE BIDEN FAMILY. MARIA: WHAT’S YOUR TIMING HERE? >> I’M AN IMPATIENT GUY. I WISH WE COULD GET IT ALL TODAY. WE’VE OBTAINED MORE INFORMATION THAN THE WHITE HOUSE EVER DREAMED WE WOULD OBTAIN AND
WE’RE DOING THIS IN A VERY CALCULATED, VERY PATIENT APPROACH BUT LIKE I SAID, WE GOT INFORMATION FROM ONE BANK. I THINK YOU’LL SEE THE NEXT FEW DAYS WE’RE GOING TO GET INFORMATION FROM ANOTHER BANK. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. I’VE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION. WE’RE FOLLOWING THE MONEY.
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING, WE’RE FOLLOWING THE MONEY AND THE MONEY, IT APPEARS IS GOING TO LEAD TO THE BIDEN FAMILY. MARIA: IT’S EXTRAORDINARY THAT AS THE THEN VICE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY ARE HELPING CHINA ACCESS ENERGY IN AMERICA, THEY’RE SHUTTING OFF THAT ACCESS TO AMERICA. THEY WANT TO GO THIS CLIMATE
CHANGE AGENDA. AND PRESSURE BANKS TO NOT LEND TO OIL COMPANIES AND YET THEY’RE OPENING UP THE FLOOD GATES TO CHINA. >> YEAH. A LOT OF THE STRANGE DECISIONS THAT JOE BIDEN HAS MADE THAT PUT AMERICA LAST AND CHINA FIRST, THEY MAY BE EXPLAINED BY SOME OF THESE TRANSACTIONS AND REMEMBER,
WE JUST HAVE OUR HANDS ON ONE TRANSACTION. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE TRANSACTIONS AND WE’LL GET THOSE BANK RECORDS. I’VE SAID THAT FROM DAY ONE, WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. I ALWAYS SAID WE WILL GET THOSE BANK RECORDS. MARIA: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS LAWYER REPRESENTING THE EX
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS WHO SIGNED THAT LETTER WHO SAID THAT HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP WAS RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION RIGHT BEFORE THE 2020 ELECTION. THE LAWYER SAYS HE’LL FULLY COOPERATE WITH THE GOP INVESTIGATION, TELLING THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER THAT THE LETTER WAS NONPART SAND AN MAY HAVE — NONPARTISAN AND MAY HAVE BEEN DISTORTED. HIS CLIENTS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE
HE SAYS FOR HOW THE MEDIA REPORTED THAT. ALSO, JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN SELLING THIS IDEA THAT THIS WAS DISINFORMATION AS HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN ACCUSED ORGANIZING THE LETTER DISMISSING HUNTER’S LAPTOP. THIS IS FROM MIRANDA DIVINE IN THE NEW YORK POST. SHE REPORTS TRUMP LAWYERS ARE ASKING THE FEC, THE FEDERAL
ELECTION COMMISSION, TO RECORD THE LATER AS IN KIND CONTRIBUTION TO THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN. TRUMP’S LEGAL TEAM IS POINTING TO HOW FAST THE LETTER CAME OUT AND WAS MANUFACTURED, THAT IT SHOWS DIRECT INVOLVEMENT FROM TEAM BIDEN, CONGRESSMAN. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT LETTER, THE LAWYER COOPERATING AND WHAT THE TRUMP TEAM IS ASSESSING.
>> WELL, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’LL BE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF. IT WAS AN IN KIND CONTRIBUTION. BUT IT BASICALLY WAS. IT HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE ELECTION IN MY OPINION. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY IT CREATED A NARRATIVE THAT EVERYTHING ON THE LAPTOP WAS RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION.
AND WHAT I THINK EVEN THE DEMOCRATS ARE REALIZING NOW, EVEN THE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE BLINDED BY ONLY WATCHING MSNBC AND PROPAGANDA IS THE FACT THAT THE LAPTOP WAS REAL. THE E-MAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES THAT I’M MRI KATEED JOE BIDEN’S — IMPLICATED JOE BIDEN’S INVOLVEMENT IN SHADY BUSINESS DEALINGS IS MORE THAN LIKELY REAL.
WE NOW HAVE EVIDENCE SHOWING THEY WERE RECEIVING PAYMENTS FROM CHINA FOR NO REASON. THERE IS NO — THAT’S THE THING. WITH THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS WHY ARE THEY JUST NOW SPEAKING OUT THAT THEY WERE MISQUOTED OR MISUNDERSTOOD. THEY COULD HAVE DONE THE THAT YEARS AGO. SO THEY’RE JUST DOING THIS
BECAUSE WE HAD THE HEARINGS TO SHOW TWITTER SAID WE MADE A MISTAKE, IT WAS REAL, WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER SUPPRESSED IT AND SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SAID, COVID DIDN’T START IN THE LAB IN HUGH WUHAN,BECAUSE REPUBLICAN INVESTIGATIONS ARE CRANKED UP THEY’RE HAVING TO BACK PEDAL. JUST LIKE INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIALS, THEY’RE HAVING TO BACK PEDAL. THEY WEREN’T MISUNDERSTOOD. THEY WANTED PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WAS THE INFORMATION. THE TROUBLING THING IS THE FBI ALWAYS HAD THE LAPTOP, THEY KNEW FROM DAY ONE THAT IT WAS REAL. SO THIS HAS ALL THE MAKING OF A COVERUP AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
THIS INVESTIGATION WE’RE DOING OF THE BIDEN FAMILY INFLUENCE PEDDLING THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC CORRUPTION. THIS IS ABOUT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. AND THE EARLY EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN HAND IS VERY TROUBLING FOR THE BIDEN FAMILY. MARIA: IT IS DISTURBING. I WONDER WHERE IT’S GOING. YOU NEED A WILLING DOJ TO BRING
CHARGES, RIGHT? >> WELL, YEAH. WE’RE GOING TO GET THOSE BANK RECORDS AND THE REASON WE’RE GOING TO GET THEM IS WE’RE TAKING STEPS, STEP ONE LEADS TO STEP TWO. STEP TWO LEADS TO STEP THREE. WE HAVE EVIDENCE AND THAT’S GOING TO HELP. IF WHEN WE SUBPOENA, IF ANYONE
IS GOING TO TRY TO DARE TAKE US TO COURT ON THOSE SUBPOENAS, WE WILL WIN BECAUSE WE HAVE EVIDENCE TO SHOW THIS IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY TO KNOW WHY THIS FAMILY WAS RECEIVING THIS MUCH MONEY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY I THINK IT BECOMES VERY
CLEAR, THERE NEVER WAS A BUSINESS. THESE ARE PAYMENTS FOR WHAT APPEARS TO ME TO BE INFLUENCE PEDDLING. MARIA: WOW. JUST SO DISTURBING. CONGRESSMAN, THANKS VERY MUCH. WE’LL BE WATCHING
