WASHINGTON (AP) — James Biden James Biden told congressional investigators that his brother, President Joe Biden, had “no involvement” in the family's business operations Wednesday, as he appeared for a private interview on Capitol Hill as part of the House Republican Caucus. Allegation investigation.
“I have had a career of 50 years in various business ventures. “Joe Biden had no involvement or direct or indirect financial interest in those activities,” the younger Biden said in an opening statement obtained by The Associated Press. “No.”
The interview with James Biden is the latest in a series of recent interviews by GOP lawmakers as they seek to rebuild momentum for a criminal investigation surrounding the Biden family's foreign finances that has stalled in recent months.
Criticism of the lack of sources directly related to the president has grown even among Republicans, who have thrown cold water on allegations that Biden was directly involved in efforts to use family members' last names on corporate payrolls at home and abroad. . The GOP investigation was cut short again last week by an FBI informant who said there was a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving the president. His son, Hunter, And there was the Ukrainian Energy Company Accused of fabrication story
The informant's claims were central to a Republican effort in Congress to impeach the president and his family. Hunter Biden's attorney, who is expected to testify next week, said the charges show the investigation was “based on dishonest, unreliable allegations and witnesses.”
James and Hunter Biden were both Recommended by the committee November. James Biden's lawyers said the subpoena had no justification because the committee had already reviewed private bank records and transactions between the two brothers. The committee found records of two loans made when Joe Biden was not in office or a presidential candidate.
“As soon as I appear here today, teams will have the information to decide that the negative and destructive assumptions about me and my relationship with my brother Joe are false,” James Biden said in his statement. “There is no basis for this investigation to continue.”
But Republicans have pushed back on the Biden family's defense, saying evidence they've gathered since early last year paints a troubling picture of “influence pay.” Business transactions of the familyEspecially with international clients.
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Associated Press video journalist Dan Huff contributed to this report.
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