Hunter Biden’s ex-business partner, Tony Bobulinski, a primary witness in the GOP-led impeachment probe into President Joe Biden, accused Democrats of lying to the media in an explosive House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday—widely viewed as a last-ditch effort in the inquiry as Republicans have begun to acknowledge it appears to be coming to a close.
He also alleged Hunter Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, has tried to “smear” him, while defending what he described as a “successful business career” following his time in the Navy. Raskin jumped in, asking Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., if Bobulinski was subject to decorum rules, while Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.,Bobulinski, who worked briefly with Hunter Biden in 2017 on a company called Sinohawk, has claimed to possess evidence showing the president profited from his son’s business deals in China, including a widely cited email that allegedly references “10% held by H for the big guy,” which Bobulinski has repeated claimed is a reference to the president.
Bobulinski’s claims have never been verified, however, and multiple other witnesses have told the committee the president was not involved in his son’s business ventures.Moskowitz wore a Vladimir Putin mask around the Capitol before the hearing to mock Republicans for spreading allegations about the Bidens that reportedly stem from Russian disinformation.
, who claimed Biden and his son were involved in a bribery scheme and was recently indicted by the FBI for allegedly lying to the agency.Bobulinski testified before the committee alongside former Hunter Biden business partner Jason Galanis and former Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas. The committee also requested Hunter Biden’s appearance, but he declined to participate, with Lowell calling the hearing in a letter to Comer “an obvious attempt to throw a Hail Mary pass after the game has ended.