{"id":2027773,"date":"2023-09-11T10:13:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-house-republicans-are-focusing-on-in-biden-investigations-after-returning-from-recess\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T10:14:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:14:58","slug":"what-house-republicans-are-focusing-on-in-biden-investigations-after-returning-from-recess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-house-republicans-are-focusing-on-in-biden-investigations-after-returning-from-recess\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans are prioritizing Biden investigations upon their return from recess."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-house-republicans-are-focusing-on-in-biden-investigations-after-returning-from-recess%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The House Returns with Republicans Launching Investigations into President Biden<\/h2>\n<p>The House will be back in session this week, with Republicans back on the battlefield with multiple investigations into President Joe Biden\u2063 and his family that some GOP members hope will lead to an impeachment inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Several hard-line conservatives have floated\u200b or outright called for an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, particularly over the Justice Department&#8217;s investigation into\u2064 Hunter \u2064Biden and the\u2064 two federal \u2064legal cases against former President Donald Trump. Many Republicans have blasted the Biden administration for its &#8220;weaponization&#8221; of the DOJ and an overarching &#8220;two-tiered system&#8221; of justice.<\/p>\n<h3>House Republicans Return to Messy Appropriations Fight as Government Shutdown Looms<\/h3>\n<p>House\u2064 Oversight and Judiciary committees continue to \u2062hold hearings and present evidence they believe implicates\u200c Joe \u200cBiden benefiting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-ex-biz-partner-admits-joe-was-on-more-than-20-business-calls-with-son-using-influence\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's former business partner confesses that Joe Biden participated in over 20 business calls with his son, leveraging his influence.\">international\u200d business dealings<\/a> \u200bor\u200b making policy decisions because of them, but they have not yet\u2062 found the linchpin that \u2063could aid in validating\u2064 an impeachment inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>On\u200b the\u2063 other side, House Democrats have decried \u2064the\u200d investigations against the president as a smoke show to draw\u200c attention from Trump&#8217;s alleged criminal misconduct and heckled the Republicans \u200dfor not having concrete evidence against Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where \u200ccertain investigations \u2064stand as\u200c the House reconvenes.<\/p>\n<h3>Foreign Business Dealings<\/h3>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is leading the investigation \u2064into the \u2064&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-kevin-mccarthy-finds-himself-in-a-similar-position-to-nancy-pelosi\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy and Nancy Pelosi face similar circumstances.\">alleged \u200bcriminal scheme<\/a>,&#8221;\u200b in which Republicans \u200cclaim Joe Biden benefited financially from foreign entities while he was vice president. Comer said the \u200bcommittee&#8217;s \u200cfindings \u200don Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;role in this family influence-peddling scheme continues to grow on a daily\u2062 basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Comer said in early August\u2064 that\u2064 he\u200c plans to subpoena members of the Biden family\u200d at \u200csome point during the\u2063 culmination of \u2064the investigation.\u2064 He has repeatedly stated that evidence\u2064 shows \u2063the Biden\u200d family has taken more than $20 million from foreign nationals in exchange for\u200c &#8220;doing favors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One\u200b of the\u2064 allegations against Joe Biden is \u2063that he accepted a $5 million bribe for\u200d his role in helping remove Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor\u200c Shokin, who was part \u2063of an\u200c investigation into Burisma,\u200c the Ukrainian gas company \u2063for which Hunter \u2063Biden sat on\u200b the board.\u200c An FD-1023 form documented an unverified tip about the alleged bribe to the FBI, but \u2062the agency has not corroborated the tip.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans also heard testimony from former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer, in which he \u2064said Hunter Biden would put his father on \u200dspeakerphone when he was with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-met-with-hunter-bidens-foreign-business-associates-while-he-was-vice-president-reports\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Met With Hunter Biden\u2019s Foreign Business Associates While He Was Vice President: Reports\">foreign business associates<\/a>. However, Archer stressed they never discussed business, saying the conversations were \u2064usually \u2062filled \u2063with &#8220;general niceties&#8221; and that Hunter Biden\u2064 was just flaunting the Biden family &#8220;brand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, while Republicans on the committee \u200chave uncovered evidence that Hunter Biden and other members of the\u2062 Biden family received \u2063millions from\u200b foreign oligarchs and companies while Joe Biden was vice\u2064 president, they\u200b haven\u2019t proved\u2063 any\u2063 of that money went to the president.<\/p>\n<p>Comer acknowledged\u200b on \u2063Newsmax \u2063last week that the committee\u2063 may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-house-republicans-are-focusing-on-in-biden-investigations-after-returning-from-recess\/\" title=\"House Republicans are prioritizing Biden investigations upon their return from recess.\">difficulty gathering\u200b information\u200d moving forward<\/a>, expecting more resistance to\u200b requests. In the meantime, the panel&#8217;s \u200baides\u200b have said they will continue to look over\u200c thousands of pages of bank records and \u200bsuspicious activity reports\u2062 and seek\u2063 more interviews with Biden \u2062associates.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Comer calls the investigation &#8220;credible&#8221; and \u200brefers to\u2063 it as possibly\u2063 the &#8220;biggest political scandal&#8221; of his adult life.<\/p>\n<h3>Hunter \u200bBiden Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>House GOP members have rallied\u200b around\u200d the idea \u2062that the prosecution of Hunter Biden was\u200d mishandled by the Justice Department,\u2064 particularly after the &#8220;sweetheart&#8221; deal struck between the \u200dyounger Biden and prosecutors fell apart.<\/p>\n<p>IRS whistleblowers \u200cGary Shapley\u200c and Joe \u200bZiegler,\u2062 who were assigned to the Hunter Biden investigation, testified before \u200dthe House Oversight Committee in\u2062 July that they felt blocked from properly investigating Hunter Biden for possible tax crimes by Delaware Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf.<\/p>\n<p>Ziegler spoke about the\u200c DOJ&#8217;s delayed actions in the\u2062 yearslong investigation, \u200csaying IRS investigators were not allowed to follow\u2062 the proper\u200c procedure they would for everyday \u200btaxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Hunter Biden\u200d reached\u2063 an agreement with prosecutors, agreeing\u2064 to \u200cplead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges to avoid a felony gun \u200bcharge \u2014 what Republicans decried as a &#8220;sweetheart&#8221; deal. However, the plea collapsed during a July hearing after\u2063 a\u200c judge\u2062 raised questions over whether the \u200ddeal would offer Hunter Biden immunity for certain crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss is now special counsel in the \u200dinvestigation, and he is facing charging pressure from Republicans. Weiss outlined a Sept. 29 deadline for him and federal prosecutors to\u200b indict Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans narrowed in \u2064on\u200d a specific allegation concerning Attorney General\u2063 Merrick \u200cGarland after a whistleblower said Weiss previously requested special counsel status but was refused. However, Garland testified that Weiss was\u200d assured \u200bhe would\u2064 be granted special counsel privileges if he \u200drequested it,\u2063 so the allegation has not\u2062 gained \u200cmuch traction.<\/p>\n<p>How or if Weiss decides\u200c to indict Hunter\u2062 Biden will be a key look into how \u200cthe GOP investigations will continue to\u2063 operate,\u2064 as well as the future of an \u200dimpeachment inquiry into\u200b Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<h3>What Democrats are Saying<\/h3>\n<p>House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie \u2062Raskin (D-NY) wrote a 14-page memo, released on Monday, that blasts Republicans&#8217; investigations \u2064into alleged wrongdoing \u200don behalf of Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse Republicans constantly\u2063 insist that\u2063 they are investigating President Biden, and not his \u200cadult \u2063son,\u201d the memo reads. \u201cIn that case, we can \u2062form an obvious judgment on\u200d their investigation: it has been a complete and\u2062 total bust \u2014 an epic \u200bflop in the history of\u2064 congressional \u200binvestigations. The \u2062voluminous evidence they have gathered, including thousands of pages of bank records and suspicious activity \u2062reports and \u200chours of testimony from witnesses, \u2063overwhelmingly demonstrates\u2063 no wrongdoing by President\u2064 Biden and\u200d further debunks\u200d Republicans\u2019 conspiracy\u200b theories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Raskin echoed several Democrats, stating that House Republicans \u200care only investigating Joe Biden \u2062to \u2063draw attention away from Trump&#8217;s legal\u200b woes.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a transparent effort to boost Donald Trump\u2019s campaign by establishing a false moral equivalency between Trump \u2014 \u200cthe four-time-indicted former president now\u2062 facing 91 federal and state criminal charges \u2014&#8221; \u200cand &#8220;President Biden,\u200c against whom \u2064there is \u2063precisely zero evidence of any wrongdoing whatsoever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A \u2063recent\u2063 poll from CNN shows that 61% \u200dof people believe Joe Biden had at least \u2063some involvement in Hunter Biden\u2019s business \u2062dealings, 42% \u2063say they think he acted illegally, and 18% say \u200che\u2064 acted unethically but not illegally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House resumes session this week as Republicans gear up for multiple investigations into President Joe Biden and his family. 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