Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer proposes April 16 for a potential hearing.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 26, 2024.
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has formally invited President Joe Biden to testify before House impeachment investigators.
“The first—asserted by you—is that you did not engage in influence peddling in exchange for payments to your family. The second—asserted by witnesses and a body of evidence I will briefly review below—is that you were indeed involved in these pay-for-influence schemes and that you have been repeatedly untruthful regarding a matter relevant to national security and your own fitness to serve as President of the United States,” the congressman wrote.
“The purpose of this letter is not to recount every material inconsistency said by you or your defenders or to detail every piece of evidence accumulated by the Committee. Instead, the letter summarizes the Committee’s concerns and describes why it is now necessary for you to provide testimony to the Committee in furtherance of the impeachment inquiry—a phase of the investigation I have sought in earnest and good faith to avoid,” he continued.
Mr. Comer went on to detail some of the probe’s findings contradicting President Biden’s claims of having no involvement in his family members’ business schemes. Those findings included various interactions and meetings with the foreign business partners of Hunter and his James Biden, the president’s son and brother. The chairman also cited financial transactions that appeared to trace the source of funds in the president’s personal bank accounts back to foreign entities, including Chinese companies.
“As the foregoing demonstrates, the Committee has compiled evidence—bank records, contemporaneous electronic communications, and witness testimony—showing your awareness, acquiescence, and participation in self-enrichment schemes of your family members,” Mr. Comer wrote.
“As Chairman of the Committee, in addition to requesting that you answer the questions posed in this letter, I invite you to participate in a public hearing at which you will be afforded the opportunity to explain, under oath, your involvement with your family’s sources of income and the means it has used to generate it.”
The congressman proposed April 16 as the date for a hearing, though he added that his committee was open to accommodating the president’s schedule.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-gop-invites-biden-to-testify-before-impeachment-investigators-5617494
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