WASHINGTON — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer will unveil a memo Wednesday morning describing the status of a GOP-led investigation into President Biden’s role in his family’s income from countries such as China and Ukraine.
Comer (R-Ky.) will headline a 9 a.m. press conference at the Capitol after teasing details in TV appearances — with even more fireworks possible later in the day after he set a noon deadline for the FBI to deliver an informant filethat allegedly says Joe Biden took bribes while vice president.
The morning presentation will “reveal the Biden family’s complicated network of companies” and “the millions of dollars the Biden family, their associates, and their companies received from foreign nationals,” a source familiar with Comer’s plans told The Post.
Comer will “reveal a memorandum detailing findings from the financial records obtained to date via four bank subpoenas,” the source added, and allege “the Bidens’ attempts to conceal large financial transactions they received from foreign nationals.”
The Kentucky Republican also will “announce next investigative actions.”
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer will unveil a memo describing the status of a GOP-led investigation into President Biden’s family finances.The Washington Post via Getty Images
The Oversight Committee recently acquired the bank records of key Biden family associates and reviewed Suspicious Activity Reports filed by banks with the Treasury Department — prompting Comer to suggest in recent interviews that previously unreported Biden family members got foreign cash.
The Justice Department, meanwhile, reportedly is nearing a final decision on whether to charge first son Hunter Biden with tax fraud and other alleged crimes — presenting Comer with an opportunity to reframe that long-running probe as too narrow in focus.
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Republican critics have noted the absence of alleged Foreign Agent Registration Act violations among the charges reportedly being considered against Hunter, who last year paid off about $2 million in federal taxes in an apparent bid to avoid charges.
Hunter Biden’s attorneys met with Justice Department lawyers on April 26 in Washington in what could be a final step before a charging decision — and President Biden was spotted Sunday with his younger brother James Biden, who partnered with Hunter in many of his overseas relationships.
“There’s not going to be anybody left for a Christmas picture if the [Department of Justice] did their job and went in there and indicted everyone that has any type of fingerprints involved in this influence-peddling scheme,” Comer told Fox News last month.
The Oversight chairman recently unveiled some findings from his subpoenas issued to banks for the records of Hunter Biden’s associates.
In March, Comer revealed that records from the account of Biden family associate Rob Walker showed that he received $3 million on March 1, 2017, from State Energy HK Limited, a firm affiliated with CEFC China Energy.
Walker then passed along about $1,065,000 to the Bidens, including to first daughter-in-law Hallie Biden, who had been married to Joe Biden’s late son Beau and was dating Hunter at the time.
Many of the details of the Biden family’s foreign dealings have been gleaned from incomplete files recovered from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop, which also detailed Joe Biden’s interactions with many of his relatives’ associates and his use of Air Force Two and the vice president’s residence to host them.