Comer teases ‘disturbing findings’ made in Biden influence-peddling investigation
“Disturbing findings” made in the GOP-led investigation into President Biden’s role in his family’s foreign income will soon be revealed, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer teased Wednesday.
The Kentucky Republican’s committee has obtained records from six banks — two more than previously known — showing evidence of overseas money flowing into the first family’s coffers, he told Fox News host Jason Chaffetz.
Comer also teased an announcement that will come next week and claimed that it would reveal “disturbing findings” recently made by investigators.
“We’re up to six banks now, Jason, and we’re gonna have an announcement hopefully next week. More findings, more disturbing findings,” Comer said.
“Bank records don’t lie. People make a big issue out of taxes but people cheat on their taxes all the time, but it’s hard to cheat on bank records,” the Oversight Committee chairman added.
Comer also said that his committee is seeking documents from the Treasury Department that he believes will have information related to the bribery allegations made against the president by an FBI informant in June 2020.
He also explained to Chaffetz that the investigation is now “entering the deposition phase,” noting that former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer will be the first person of many to be deposed.
“We have a list of who’s who that were involved in the Biden organization that we plan on deposing throughout the summer,” Comer announced.
The congressman also confirmed that his committee has requested a briefing from the Secret Service related to the dime-sized bag of cocaine found at the White House on Sunday, and he laid out a litany of questions he has for the agency.
“We have concerns about national security risks. Obviously, there are a lot of explanations that could be made for what happened there. But you know, at the end of the day, with all the money and all the security that we have around the White House, something like this should never happen,” Comer said.
The Kentucky Republican also signaled that he plans to question the Secret Service about how much time the president’s son Hunter — a recovering crack cocaine addict — has been spending at the Executive Mansion, arguing that he is a national security risk.
“We’re concerned about the fact that the president’s son, who we’ve said for seven months now is a risk to our national security, is spending so much time in the White House. We have reports that say he’s spending more time there than Joe Biden is,” Comer argued, noting that “we don’t really know where Hunter Biden lives.”
Comer explained that his concerns stem from “very questionable characters” that Hunter Biden has associated himself with and the first son’s history of drug abuse.
He also said he plans to question the Secret Service about the agency’s alleged efforts to “protect” the Biden family after Hunter Biden’s ex-girlfriend — the widow of his late brother, Beau — ditched his gun in a trash can during a period of time when the Biden family was not under Secret Service protection.
“If you go back to one of the things that Hunter Biden pled guilty on was illegal possession of a firearm, and we have reports that the Secret Service went and tried to talk to the firearms dealer to find out who he had notified and were snooping around with it. That’s concerning,” Comer said.
