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A. The Biden Family Received Millions from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine
President Biden Lied About His Family’s Business Deals. The Committee has revealed
millions of dollars have come into the Biden family’s bank accounts from foreign sources,
including China, Romania, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. Independent whistleblowers’
sworn testimony from the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden has corroborated the
Committee’s financial investigation. Testimony from Hunter Biden’s former business
partner, Devon Archer, also supports the Committee’s findings. No one in the Biden
Administration or in the Minority has explained what services, if any, the Bidens and their
associates provided in exchange for the over $20 million in foreign payments.
Joe Biden was “The Brand” sold around the world to enrich the Biden family and he was
used to “signal” their access, influence, and power. The Committee’s investigation has
shown that money was transferred to the Bidens from foreign nationals or entities based in
Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine when Joe Biden was Vice President. Then-Vice President
Biden met—in person, for significant periods of time—with those individuals or their
representatives. Then-Vice President Biden joined approximately 20 phone calls on
speakerphone with Hunter Biden’s foreign business associates and attended dinners with
foreign oligarchs who paid huge sums of money to Hunter Biden.
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Joe Biden, “the brand,”
was the only product the Bidens sold.
President Biden’s Family is the Vehicle to Receive Bribery Payments. President Biden’s
defenders purport a weak defense by asserting the Committee must show payments directly
to the President to show corruption. This is a hollow claim no other American would be
afforded if their family members accepted foreign payments or bribes. Indeed, the law
recognizes payments to family members to corruptly influence others can constitute a bribe.
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The Biden White House’s Attempt to Move the Goalposts Shows They Have No Answers.
The White House’s latest claim that the “President was not in business with his son” is a
marked departure from previous attempts to counter the Committee’s investigation.
President Biden and White House spokespersons previously stated that the President had no
knowledge of his son’s business and did not discuss business with his son. The Office of
White House Counsel refuses to answer questions about this departure from previous
statements.
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See Transcript of Devon Archer, H. Comm. on Oversight and Accountability, at 51; see also Transcript of Devon
Archer, H. Comm. on Oversight and Accountability, at 45-47.
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Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, “Companies also may violate the FCPA if they give payments or gifts to
third parties, such as an official’s family members, as an indirect way of corruptly influencing a foreign official.”
FCPA – A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Second Edition), U.S. Dep’t of Justice
(Criminal Division) & U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Enforcement Division), p. 16 (emphasis added).
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Letter from Hon. Elise Stefanik, Chairwoman, H. Republican Conference, Hon. James Comer, Chairman, H.
Comm. on Oversight & Accountability, Hon. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm. on the Judiciary, & Hon. Jason
Smith, Chairman, H. Comm. on Ways & Means, to Mr. Stuart Delery, White House Counsel (July 20, 2023); see
also Josh Christenson, WH snubs GOP demand to explain Joe’s shifting story on Hunter, N.Y. Post (July 28, 2023).