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?”
Okay. If this was an example of influence peddling, let’s pursue it. Let’s also investigate the billions of dollars the Saudis invested into Kushner while he was operating from the White House.
I’m not in favor of investigating things frivolously when there is no reason to think there’s any wrongdoing.
I get that. This is another nothingburger from Republicans to create the illusion that they’ve found criminal activity on the part of the President. They’re very conspicuously not mentioning how this took place in 2018 while Biden was a private citizen and hadn’t announced his candidacy for President.
But if they really want to follow evidence of clear influence peddling with breathtaking bribes, they could look closer at Jared and Ivanka during their tenure in the White House.
This is another nothingburger from Republicans to create the illusion that all political investigations are nothing burgers. The hope is the next time a Republican in being charged for actual crimes people will dismiss it as nothing more than the Joe Biden investigation. ‘It’s just what political parties do’.
Don’t forget the copyrights that Ivanka had approved while her father was in the Oval Office. She had unsuccessfully tried to get those for years and they were worth millions, but they mysteriously got approved once daddy was President.
But the GOP thinks all this is totally fine while screaming “HUNTER BIDEN.”
Don’t forget the copyrights that Ivanka had approved while her father was in the Oval Office.
Yeh, don’t see this one talked about enough.
Who writes a personal check for $200,000? It’s been a really long time since I’ve written a check, but I think that 3rd ‘0’ would trigger my anxiety, I would start sweating on the 4th, and the 5th one would make me break down and cry.
It’s nothing to the rich, they lend each other what we consider crazy sums all the time but to them it’s not a big deal since they have more than they’ll ever need. Joe isn’t fuck you rich, but he’s certainly comfortable enough that floating a sibling a house worth of cash isn’t out of question
I didn’t know for sure but $200k sounded cheap for house money. I looked it up - the median home price in the us is about 350k. Jesus.
Republican’s couldn’t grasp the concept of anyone paying off a debt.
2018
Ah yes, when he held the extremely influential and prestigious governmental office of checks notes former vice president
lol, these fucking idiots.
