On Wednesday, three top House Republicans have announced they are sending criminal referrals to the Department of Justice for Hunter and James Biden for allegedly making false statements to Congress.
The letter was penned by House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY), House Committee on the Judiciary Jim Jordan (R-OH), and House Committee on Ways and Means Jason Smith (R-MO).
The lawmakers alleged that Hunter and James Biden made false statements and, by doing so, implicated Joe Biden’s knowledge of and role in his family’s influence “peddling schemes.”
The letter also said that the two family members of the president lied to protect President Biden from the impeachment inquiry.
“Our investigation has revealed President Biden knew about, participated in, and benefitted from his family cashing in on the Biden name around the world,” Comer wrote in a press release. “Despite this record of evidence, President Biden continues to lie to the American people about his involvement in these influence peddling schemes. It appears making false statements runs in the Biden family.
“We’ve caught President Biden’s son and brother making blatant lies to Congress in what appears to be a concerted effort to hide Joe Biden’s involvement in his family’s schemes. As part of our efforts to hold the Bidens accountable for profiting off public office, we are today referring Hunter and James Biden to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution for making false statements to Congress.”
The lawmakers pointed to three false statements made by Hunter and James Biden.
The first included the president’s son allegedly making false statements about holding a position at Rosemont Seneca Boahi, a corporate entity the lawmakers say “received millions of dollars from foreign individuals and entities who met with then-Vice President Biden before and after transmitting money to the RSB account that then transferred funds to Hunter Biden.”
They go on to say that Hunter Biden gave an “entirely fictitious” account about a threatening text message he sent to his Chinese business partner. The letter alleges that Hunter Biden lied about who he sent the message to when he invoked his father’s name and position.
The letter goes on to say that documents from the Committee on Ways and Means show “conclusively that Hunter Biden made this threat to the intended individual, and bank records prove Hunter Biden’s Chinese business partners wired millions of dollars to his company after his threat,” and that a “portion of the proceeds” could be traced to a bank account belonging to President Biden.
The last lie alleged in the letter came from James Biden.
Lawmakers say that he claimed President Biden never met with a business associate, Tony Bobulinski, of he and his nephew, but that testimony from Bobulinski and Hunter Biden contradicted this.
“Mr. Bobulinski also produced text messages that establish the events leading up to and immediately following his meeting with Joe Biden on May 2, 2017,” the letter says.
“Lying to Congress is a serious crime with serious consequences. Both Hunter and James Biden did just that,” Jordan alleged. “They lied to cover up President Biden’s involvement in their family’s international influence peddling schemes that have generated millions of dollars. These criminal referrals are a reflection of criminal wrongdoing by the Biden family, and the Department of Justice must take steps to hold the Bidens accountable.”
The letter and criminal referrals were sent to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Special Counsel and US Attorney David Weiss and can be viewed here.