Thread by @RepJasonSmith

🧵BOMBSHELL: Ways and Means has voted to release new documents from IRS whistleblowers that reveal more of Joe Biden's connection to his son's foreign business dealings.

Bottom line - Joe Biden’s family has made millions from peddling his name around the world.

Hunter Biden's business was selling the family "brand."

In a message to business partners, provided by the whistleblowers, Hunter Biden questioned why he would cede control of his “family’s only asset.”

Who was that "only asset?"

Joe Biden and his political power.

Hunter Biden acted as a "door opener" for access to his father.

FBI interviews with Hunter Biden’s associates prove Joe Biden attended business lunches with those same people and Hunter Biden set up meetings with his father, like one for Devon Archer in 2014 while Biden was VP.

Many of Hunter Biden's business partners had meetings with senior Biden advisors.

The documents indicate that that Hunter Biden himself had a lunch with then-Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

In a 2017 email, Hunter Biden bragged he had an initial deal with a Chinese company for $10 million per year for "introductions alone."

Soon after, Joe Biden attended a lunch in DC with employees of that same company.

More evidence that Joe Biden was the "brand" being sold.

Joe Biden’s name was used to drum up business around the world.

Days before VP Biden visited Ukraine on an official April 2014 trip, Devon Archer met with Joe Biden directly and Hunter Biden met with Devon Archer at the White House.

At the same time, a new email reveals that an executive from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, wanted to find a "reasonable balance" about Hunter Biden.

One month after his father's trip, Hunter Biden joined the Burisma board & millions started pouring in.

A year later, during a 2nd trip to Ukraine, Vice President Biden threatened to withhold $1 billion of U.S. aid if a prosecutor investigating Burisma wasn’t fired.

By all appearances, Joe Biden used his political power and influence to advance his family's financial interests

Months later, Hunter Biden signed a Burisma letter warning the prosecutor's replacement "it is imperative that allegations of criminal activity made to the media about Burisma...come to an end."

In 2014, VP Biden hosted Hunter Biden & his business partners, and billionaire Miguel Aleman at his official residence.

Afterwards, Hunter Biden told Devon Archer they needed to "cement deal w/ Miguel."

In 2016, both Bidens flew to Mexico on Air Force 2 to meet Aleman.

Documents provided by the whistleblowers add to the evidence that Hunter Biden's tax fraud most likely merited felony charges.

Based on an FBI interview with President Biden's brother, investigators concluded that parts of Hunter Biden's 2018 tax return were fraudulent.

We know Joe Biden –

Met with his son's business associates;

Took official trips that advanced Hunter Biden's business interests; and

Demanded the firing of a Ukraine prosecutor investigating the company where Hunter Biden was a member of the board.

All told, the Biden family and associates have received at least $24 million from foreign sources.

Whistleblower docs mention 23 countries in connection to Hunter Biden's influence peddling scheme.

He set up over 20 shell companies through which he & his associates moved money.

IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley & Joseph Ziegler's testimony exposed Hunter Biden's tax fraud.

➡️Joe Biden is implicated in messages about his son's business dealings.
➡️Hunter Biden failed to pay over $1 million in taxes.
➡️IRS officials recommended tax felony charges.

Documents provided by the whistleblowers add to the evidence that Hunter Biden's tax fraud most likely merited felony charges.

Based on an FBI interview with President Biden's brother, investigators concluded that parts of Hunter Biden's 2018 tax return were fraudulent.

In 2020, when Joe Biden was running for President, Kevin Morris, a major Democrat Party donor, began paying Hunter Biden's unpaid taxes.

He spent more than $2 million to bailout the President's son.

Pres. Biden's brother testified he "didn't know why" Morris was helping.

IRS investigators smelled a potential campaign finance violation.

But, the Assistant U.S. Attorney for Delaware Lesley Wolf shut down any further investigation into this potential crime.

Our documents show even more was done to protect the Bidens by the Justice Department.

The Delaware U.S. Attorney's office, ordered investigators to remove any mention of "Political Figure 1.”

Whistleblower documents list Joe Biden as Political Figure 1.

Again, the DOJ suppressed normal investigative leads because they could have implicated Joe Biden.

The evidence from these whistleblower documents tells a disturbing story -

Hunter Biden sold access to his dad for millions, committed tax fraud on that money, and then relied on the family's "only asset", Joe Biden and his political status, to dodge any meaningful consequences.

It's no wonder that Hunter Biden sent an email to a 3rd party bragging all he had to do was wait for his father to take the Oath of Office - and all of this "stuff" would go away.

It's more evidence that he fully expected his father's power would shield him from consequences.

These documents demonstrate Joe Biden was key to selling the Biden "brand" - lunches, phone calls, official trips, meetings, with potential buyers.

The evidence raises questions about how deeply involved President Biden was in Hunter Biden's foreign business deals.

Right now, Americans don't have confidence President Biden didn't profit from his political power through his son's business dealings.

The impeachment inquiry will continue to go where the facts lead to shine a light on government corruption and abuse of power.

Link to the full archive of whistleblower documents released today: waysandmeans.house.gov/bombshell-ways…