White House avoids question on Biden’s knowledge of son’s business dealings while House GOP intensifies pressure.

White House Spokesperson Silent on Hunter Biden Business Dealings

The Contradiction

Ian Sams, White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations, has been unresponsive to The Epoch Times’ repeated requests for an explanation on how President Joe Biden can claim to have never talked to his son about his business dealings while also stating that his son made no money working for China-connected clients. The apparent contradiction between these two claims has been brought up twice in recent emails following the May 10 release of Biden’s bank records by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

The Findings

The oversight committee’s findings revealed that Biden family members and business associates created over 20 companies, most of which were limited liability companies formed during Joe Biden’s vice presidency. Bank records show that the Biden family, their business associates, and their companies received over $10 million from foreign nationals’ companies, including China and Romania. The committee has identified payments to Biden family members from foreign companies while Joe Biden served as Vice President and after he left public office.

The Response

The oversight panel’s chairman, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), stated that President Biden’s claims are in direct conflict with each other and that the logical conclusion is that the president is lying. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the oversight panel’s ranking Democrat, disputed Comer’s statements based on the memorandum, claiming that the bank records involved are “unverified” because they are Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) bank personnel are required by law to file with the Department of Treasury when they detect unusual money flows.

The Subpoena

Comer, working in conjunction with Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), issued a subpoena to the FBI to produce a copy of a document described by a whistleblower from within the bureau. That document, an FT-1023 report, allegedly provides details of a bribery deal when Biden was vice president. The FBI has failed to produce the specific document by the subpoena deadline, but their offer to provide an accommodation process in response to the legitimate request indicates the document is real. The question remains, what did the FBI do to investigate very serious allegations from an apparent trusted FBI source implicating then-Vice President Biden?