Republicans’ impeachment inquiry continues to limp along in the background of their speaker drama.

Republicans announced Friday that they had uncovered a “direct payment” to President Joe Biden — exactly the kind of evidence they’ve sought linking Biden to his family’s foreign business deals.

But the March 2018 payment came from Joe Biden’s brother James, not a Ukrainian oligarch or Chinese tycoon, and the check was marked as a “loan repayment.”

Still, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who obtained the records via subpoena, said the $200,000 check looks suspicious for the president.

“Does he have documents proving he lent such a large sum of money to his brother,” Comer said in a video, “and what were the terms of such financial arrangement?”

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    “Does he have documents proving he lent such a large sum of money to his brother,”

    My guess would be a cancelled check for $200,000. This should not be considered all that unusual for a guy worth roughly $10 million.

    Comer said in a video, “and what were the terms of such financial arrangement?”

    None of his freaking business.