House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., left, and House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talk while listening to testimony from Special Counsel Robert Hur during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., along with House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, have been leading the charge by congressional Republicans since January 2023 to try and prove that President Joe Biden profited off the foreign business dealings of his son, Hunter, andHowever, their investigation has met repeated stalls as both first son and first brother have repeatedly denied involving the president in their business, particularly when dealing overseas.
He called the anticipated hearing Wednesday allegedly to try and get the first son on record to publicly respond to discrepancies between his private testimony to the committee last month and statements made by his former business partners. Comer and the House Republicans are particularly interested in the claims"Joe Biden was more than a participant in and a beneficiary of his family's business; he was an enabler.
However, the Comer, Jordan and other House Republicans pushing the narrative of the Biden family's business misdeeds have hit roadblocks in recent weeks. After claiming for months that checks forby James to Joe Biden was proof of entanglement, James Biden reiterated in his testimony that the checks were simply repayments to his brother for loans he took out when he was strapped for cash.
Biden's attorney's words echoed a similar sentiment offered by the Oversight Committee's Ranking Member, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. "In their last hearing, I urged them to fold up the circus tent, but they just came back with a three-ring circus instead," he said in a statement earlier this month.