02/29/2024

Hunter Biden Testifies He Never Involved his Father in Business

The President’s son opened with a defiant statement aimed at the GOP

Hunter Biden, delivering his long-awaited deposition before a GOP-led congressional impeachment inquiry, testified Wednesday that he never involved his father in any of his business decisions, and he accused House Republicans of having "built your entire partisan house of cards on lies."

At the start of what was seven hours of contentious questioning and adamant rebuttals, President Biden’s son gave a statement that was defiant, emotional and combative. "I am here today to provide the committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business," he said, according to a copy of the statement obtained by The Washington Post. "Not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions domestic or international, not as a board member, and not as an artist. Never."

House Republicans have not been able to uncover firm evidence that Joe Biden benefited from — or played a role in — the business pursuits of his family members, the assertion that is at the heart of their investigation of the president. The testimony from Hunter Biden followed an appearance from the president’s younger brother James, who also testified last week that Joe Biden never played a role in his businesses. Several other former associates of Hunter and James Biden have made similar statements, all under penalties of lying to Congress.

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