In December, the House of Representatives voted 221-212 to initiate an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, with members casting their votes strictly along party lines. Republicans claim that during his tenure as vice president under President Barack Obama, Biden utilized his authority to unfairly aid his son’s business endeavors, allegedly resulting in personal financial gain. The president maintains that he had no engagement with his son Hunter’s business affairs.
Republican Representative James Comer suggested in a letter on Thursday that Biden should testify before the committee on April 16. Comer referred to the testimony given by former business associates of Hunter Biden, Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis, during last week’s public hearing. According to Comer, their testimony contradicted statements made by the president regarding his role in his son’s business affairs.
“It is now clear that the President lied during his campaign and during his presidency on his lack of knowledge of his son’s business activities as well as his denial of any money gained from China…Now, the Committee has laid out the considerable evidence showing that the President had lied, knowingly and repeatedly,” Turley wrote.
Bobulinski and Galanis testified in a recent hearing that the president was involved in endeavors to assist Hunter Biden’s enterprises. The White House has refuted their testimonies.
On Friday, Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, asserted on his website that Comer’s letter indicates that Biden had “clearly” deceived the public during his campaign and presidency regarding his son’s business dealings.
When contacted by Newsweek via email on Saturday morning for comment, the White House, which has previously dismissed the GOP’s impeachment efforts as “sad, pathetic, and a waste of everyone’s time,” did not immediately respond.
