GOP Calls for Further Biden Investigations

Following the verdict in Hunter Biden’s criminal trial earlier today, the House Oversight Committee announced it would continue to hold President Joe Biden and his family accountable, alleging the family has received over $18 million in payments from foreign sources, stating on X:

Since Joe Biden was Vice President, his family and their shell companies have hauled in $18 million from foreign sources.

$7.3 million from China

$4 million from Ukraine

$3.5 million from Russia

$1 million from Romania

$1 million from Panama

$142,300 from Kazakhstan (for a Porsche!)

$1 million in other foreign payments

In the statement, they also accuse President Biden of meeting with the foreign nationals who sent millions of dollars in payments to his family:

Joe Biden met with nearly every foreign national funneling his family millions of dollars.

Chairman of CEFC Ye Jianming

Chinese Fund Executive Jonathan Li

Burisma Corporate Secretary Vadym Pozharsky

Russian Oligarch Yelena Baturina

Kazakhstani Oligarch Kenes Rakishev

The House Oversight Committee also claims President Biden’s son, Hunter, and his brother, James, lied to Congress during the House impeachment inquiry, and have referred both to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal prosecution:

Joe Biden’s son and brother have lied to Congress about his role in his family’s corrupt influence peddling schemes.

Lie: Hunter Biden had no affiliation with the slush fund account that received foreign payments after foreign business associates met with then-Vice President Biden.

Lie: Hunter Biden sent the threatening text to the wrong Chinese business partner invoking Joe Biden’s presence and expectations about payment.

Lie: James Biden said Joe Biden did not meet with Tony Bobulinski while they were pursuing a deal with a Chinese Communist Party affiliated entity.

We’ve referred Hunter and James Biden to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution for making false statements to Congress. We will continue to hold Joe Biden and his family accountable for their corruption.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Representative James Comer (R-Ky.) stated the DOJ was covering for the Biden family by not prosecuting the alleged influence schemes. The Oversight Committee responded to Comer, stating on X:

It took Special Counsel Weiss years to get here and the jury just three hours. Unless DOJ investigates everyone involved in the Bidens’ corrupt influence peddling schemes, it will be clear department officials continue to cover for the Big Guy.

Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) stated Hunter Biden might deserve to be incarcerated for other crimes, but disagreed with the criminalization of the use of narcotics. Massie said millions of U.S. citizens should not be prevented from possessing firearms, and narcotic use should not be seen as an excuse to violate rights protected by the Second Amendment, stating on X:

Hunter might deserve to be in jail for something, but purchasing a gun is not it. There are millions of marijuana users who own guns in this country, and none of them should be in jail for purchasing or possessing a firearm against current laws.

Elon Musk responded to Massie, saying he agreed Hunter Biden should have been prosecuted for corruption, and not a “pseudo-crime,” stating on X:

I agree. He (and others) should be in jail for impugning the integrity of the United States by taking bribes for political favors, but not for this pseudo-crime.

Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) also voiced opposition to Hunter Biden’s conviction today, though in a less articulate manner than Massie, stating on X:

The Hunter Biden gun conviction is kinda dumb tbh.

Representative Pat Fallon (R-Texas) said prosecutors chose to not charge Hunter Biden with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) because it would lead back to President Joe Biden, and claimed the conviction today was a distraction from more serious charges, stating on X:

Prosecutors didn’t pursue FARA charges for Hunter because the paper trail leads back to Joe Biden. Don’t let Hunter’s gun charge conviction today fool you: We still need accountability for the Biden influence peddling scheme that sold out Americans.

Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) stated the DOJ slow-walked prosecuting the Biden family to protect President Biden, stating on Fox Business:

We always have to remember the prosecutors in this case were really dragged kicking and screaming into indicting and prosecuting, we had basically the FBI run a catch and kill operation on any derogatory information of Hunter, so the more serious tax charges that they allowed the statute of limitations expire on those things, and this has all been about protecting President Biden.

Johnson also stated the trial confirmed the Hunter Biden laptop controversy was not a Russian disinformation operation:

I think the most revealing thing out of this trial was the fact the Hunter Biden laptop was real, it wasn’t Russian information operation, that was completely phony, that was corrupt of those fifty-one intelligence officials to say that.

Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) responded to the verdict, pointing out the DOJ attempted to give Hunter Biden a “sweetheart” plea deal before U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika refused to accept the deal. Hawley stated on X:

Never forget DOJ tried to avoid this trial & verdict by giving Hunter a sweetheart plea deal. Until the judge exposed them

Representative Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) responded to the verdict in a statement posted on X. Burlison said Hunter Biden is “finally facing the consequences of his actions,” and called for prosecuting him and his father for other crimes:

Guilty on all charges. For once, Hunter Biden is finally facing the consequences of his actions. This never would’ve happened had his sweetheart plea deal not fallen apart or had brave whistleblowers not come forward. While a step in the right direction, he still needs to answer for the many other crimes he and his father have committed.

Representative Jason Smith (R-Mo.) claimed that without the IRS whistleblowers coming forward, Hunter Biden would not have been convicted today, stating on X:

If it were not for the IRS whistleblowers coming forward to the Ways and Means Committee, Hunter Biden would have never faced accountability for the crimes he has committed. Today’s verdict is a step towards ensuring equal application of the law, regardless of one’s last name.

Representative Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) said the verdict was “just the beginning,” and called for prosecuting President Biden, stating on X:

Hunter Biden found GUILTY on all counts. This is just the beginning of holding the Biden Crime Family accountable. Now, let’s do Joe Biden.

Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) also called on the DOJ to prosecute Hunter Biden for the alleged foreign influence scheme, stating on X:

The Biden Crime Family is exposed again. No one, including Joe Biden’s son, is above the law. It’s time the DOJ takes action on Hunter Biden for using his father’s position to make millions of dollars from foreign influence peddling and even lying to Congress about it.