🧵THREAD: Evidence of Joe Biden’s involvement in the Biden family “business.”
Our investigation is centered on Joe Biden’s knowledge of, participation in, and benefit from his family’s influence peddling schemes.
Here are key facts unearthed to date.
Recap👇
Biden Associate Devon Archer testified Joe Biden was “the brand” that Hunter Biden sold around the world when his father was Vice President of the United States.
Selling “the brand” has been lucrative for the Bidens. In our third bank records memo, our committee identified over $20 million in payments from foreign sources to the Biden family and their business associates that occurred during Joe Biden’s Vice Presidency.
Devon Archer testified he was aware of at least 20 times in which then-Vice President Biden spoke on speakerphone with Hunter Biden’s foreign business associates. These phone calls were used to send signals of power, access, and influence to those paying the Bidens.
In a recent interview with Biden family associate Jason Galanis, Hunter Biden put then-Vice President Biden on speakerphone with Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina and her husband, the former mayor of Moscow. VP Biden ended the call by saying, “OK then, you be good to my boy.”
Then-Vice President Biden dined with Russian and Kazakhstani oligarchs, as well as a Burisma executive, who collectively funneled millions of dollars to Hunter Biden and his business associates.
Then-Vice President Biden had coffee with Hunter Biden’s Chinese business associate, Jonathan Li, in Beijing and even wrote a college letter of recommendation for Li’s daughter.
Then-Vice President Biden used email aliases and private email addresses to communicate with Hunter Biden and Hunter's business associates hundreds of times.
Tony Bobulinski also testified Joe Biden was “the brand” being sold by the Biden family as they did work with a Chinese Communist Party linked energy company, CEFC. As part of this deal, CEFC sought to gain a stake in U.S. oil and gas companies to export American made energy to China.
According to Rob Walker, Joe Biden met with the now-missing Chairman of CEFC, Ye Jianming, and other CEFC officials. This meeting was around the time Hunter Biden and his associates received $3 million from a CEFC entity for the work they did when Joe Biden was Vice President.
Our committee subpoenaed and obtained two bank wires revealing Hunter Biden received payments originating from Chinese nationals, including Jonathan Li, in July and August 2019 when Joe Biden was running for President of the United States.
Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware home is listed as the beneficiary address for both wires.
We obtained bank records revealing a $200,000 direct payment from James and Sara Biden to Joe Biden in the form of a personal check. This check was written on the same day James Biden received a $200,000 “loan” from Americore—a financially distressed rural hospital operator which James Biden made “representations that his last name, ‘Biden,’ could ‘open doors.’”
In an internal Americore document obtained by POLITICO, Jim Biden’s first attribute on his biography is “Brother and Campaign Finance Chair of former Vice President Joe Biden.”
We released bank records revealing how Joe Biden received $40,000 in China money from the account of his brother, James Biden, and his sister-in-law, Sara Biden, in the form of a personal check. This money landed in Joe Biden’s bank account shortly after Hunter Biden threatened a CEFC associate to pay up—claiming his father was sitting next to him in the room.
There is no Biden family business without Joe Biden. He is “the brand” that allowed the Bidens to rake in millions from China, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, and Kazakhstan.
Joe Biden has tarnished his position of public trust by allowing his family to put his power, protection, and influence up for sale. He spoke, dined, met, and had coffee with his family’s foreign associates as they funneled millions to the Bidens. This public corruption cannot be tolerated.
Tomorrow, our committee will depose Hunter Biden, a key witness in our investigation of Joe Biden. This is an important interview in our investigation, but it is not the end. There are more subpoenas and more interviews to come.
The buck stops with Joe Biden, and there will be accountability.
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We Are Referring Hunter and James Biden for Criminal Prosecution
Our Committee, along with @JudiciaryGOP and @WaysandMeansGOP, today sent criminal referrals to the DOJ recommending Hunter and James Biden be charged with making false statements to Congress about key aspects of the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.
These false statements implicate Joe Biden’s knowledge of and role in his family’s influence peddling schemes and appear to be a calculated effort to shield Joe Biden from the impeachment inquiry.
Lie 1: During his deposition, Hunter Biden made false statements about holding a position at Rosemont Seneca Bohai (RSB), a corporate entity that 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. After deposing Hunter Biden, the Committees obtained documents showing Hunter Biden represented that he was the corporate secretary of RSB.
Lie 2: Additionally, Hunter Biden during his testimony relayed an entirely fictitious account about threatening text messages he sent to his Chinese business partner while invoking his father’s presence with him as he wrote the messages.
Hunter Biden testified he had transmitted this threat to an unrelated individual with the same surname. However, documents released by the Committee on Ways and Means demonstrate 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. A portion of the proceeds has been traced to Joe Biden’s bank account.
Today, another tranche of IRS whistleblower documents was released. Based on new evidence, it appears Hunter Biden lied during our February deposition with him.
Reminder, our deposition with Hunter was under oath…
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In our deposition, Hunter Biden was asked if he was the corporate secretary for Rosemont Seneca Bohai.
He said, “I didn't even know that there was such a thing.”
Here is a corporate resolution signed by Hunter as the “acting Secretary” of Rosemont Seneca Bohai, LLC.
Furthermore, the Committee asked Hunter about foreign payments into the RSB account.
According to evidence provided by an IRS whistleblower, Hunter Biden was the beneficial owner of the entity’s associated bank account.
Here is a document directing Hunter’s monthly Burisma salary to the RSB, LLC bank account.
Today, we are releasing the transcript of our transcribed interview with Eric Schwerin, a Hunter Biden business associate who also was the bookkeeper for then-Vice President Joe Biden.
Key Takeaways:
- Eric Schwerin’s testimony reveals Joe Biden’s claim there was an “absolute wall” between his government duties and his family’s business is false. Joe Biden’s claim he had no interactions with his son’s associates is false.
- Schwerin admitted to having access to Joe Biden’s checking account and corporate account through the end of 2017 but never saw any loans made out to his brother and sister-in-law, James and Sara Biden.
- Schwerin oddly said that “a grandchild” may have put money in Joe Biden’s checking account.
- Schwerin had no visibility on key foreign payments to the Bidens.
🧵Key Excerpts👇
During his interview, Eric Schwerin stated he prepared financial documents and bookkeeping tasks for then-VP Biden. Joe Biden did not pay Schwerin for his professional services, which included paying bills, tax preparation, and financial disclosures
Then-VP Biden and his staff often met with Eric Schwerin at the White House regarding bills and financial matters, and Eric Schwerin would help with guest lists for events at Vice President Biden’s Naval Observatory residence.
Today, we are releasing the transcript of our transcribed interview with Jason Galanis, a business associate of Hunter Biden and Devon Archer from 2012-2015.
Galanis testified that:
· The entire value add of Hunter Biden was his family name and his access to his father, Vice President Joe Biden, or as Galanis called it, the “Biden Lift.”
· Hunter Biden called his father and used his father to close deals with the Chinese and Russians.
· The Department of Justice may be acting to cover up for the Bidens and retaliating against him.
🧵Read the key excerpts👇
According to Galanis, their goal was to make billions, not millions.
Hunter Biden and his business associates approached the financial firm, Burnham, and proposed transactions for the firm involving Kazakhstan, Russia, and China.
Today, we are releasing the transcript of our transcribed interview with Jim Biden as part of our impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.
🧵 See the key excerpts 👇
Jim Biden initially said he was not part of a deal with Rob Walker, Hunter Biden, James Gilliar, and Tony Bobulinski but when presented with an agreement with his signature on it, he changed his story to say he did not recall signing that agreement.
Jim Biden’s testimony conflicts with Hunter Biden and Tony Bobulinski’s sworn testimony. Both Hunter Biden and Tony Bobulinski testified that Joe Biden met with Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden, and Jim Biden at a hotel in California. Jim Biden said this never happened.
Today, we released the transcript of our deposition with Hunter Biden as part of our impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.
🧵See the key excerpts👇
Contrary to Joe Biden’s past statements, Hunter Biden admitted he received money from Chinese companies but characterized it as “incredibly ethical.”
Hunter Biden admitted he traveled with then-Vice President Biden on Air Force Two to Beijing where he then introduced his father to his business partner, Jonathan Li. Then-Vice President Biden later went on to write a college letter of recommendation for Li’s son.