{"id":2050066,"date":"2023-09-29T17:59:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T21:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-outraged-over-democrats-comparison-between-hunter-biden-and-jared-kushner\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T18:02:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:02:39","slug":"gop-lawmakers-outraged-over-democrats-comparison-between-hunter-biden-and-jared-kushner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-outraged-over-democrats-comparison-between-hunter-biden-and-jared-kushner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmakers furious over Democrat&#8217;s likening of Hunter Biden to Jared Kushner."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fgop-lawmakers-outraged-over-democrats-comparison-between-hunter-biden-and-jared-kushner%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=2050066&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>Republican Lawmakers\u200b Criticize Democratic Rep. Garcia&#8217;s\u2063 Comparison of Trump Family and Hunter \u200cBiden<\/h2>\n<p>Republican lawmakers are \u200cfiring back at Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) after he attempted to draw a parallel between \u200cformer President Donald Trump&#8217;s daughter and son-in-law and the business dealings of Hunter Biden. The House Oversight Committee \u200bheld its first impeachment hearing against President Joe Biden, where GOP lawmakers presented evidence to support an inquiry into the president. Democratic lawmakers countered by pointing out that Trump&#8217;s children had \u2062engaged in\u2062 similar actions \u200cwithout facing \u200dimpeachment \u200dwhile he was in office.<\/p>\n<h3>Hunter Biden \u200bInvestigation: Key Highlights from the First \u200dImpeachment Inquiry Hearing<\/h3>\n<p>During the hearing,\u2063 Garcia focused on the business agreements made by Jared Kushner, Trump&#8217;s son-in-law and former senior aide, arguing \u200cthat the Oversight Committee should investigate those dealings instead.\u2063 Garcia&#8217;s criticism stems from Kushner securing a $2 billion investment from the Saudi royal family\u200d six \u200dmonths \u200cafter\u200d leaving the White House, \u2063a deal that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-experts-alarmed-by-nearly-100-decrease-in-clinton-foundation-donations-since-250-million-peak-in-2009\/\" title=\"Ethics Experts Alarmed By Nearly 100% Decrease In Clinton Foundation Donations Since 0 Million Peak In 2009\u00a0\">raised ethical concerns<\/a> among some Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, this is actually an enormous family \u200dscandal \u200cthat this committee\u2064 should be investigating,&#8221; Garcia stated during the hearing, drawing a comparison between Kushner and Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>This comparison faced strong opposition from Republican lawmakers and \u2064Trump allies, who argued \u200bthat \u2063Kushner&#8217;s business\u200d dealings \u2062were not unethical because they occurred after he left office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jared Kushner\u200c has a legitimate business where he raised investment capital,&#8221; said Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL). &#8220;Hunter Biden has \u2063no legitimate business, and \u2063the money he collected\u2063 was\u2062 spent\u2064 on him and \u2064his family. There is no comparison.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The focus of Thursday&#8217;s hearing was to present evidence linking Joe Biden \u2062to Hunter Biden&#8217;s business deals in \u200dChina, Ukraine, Romania, and other countries, despite the president&#8217;s denial of any involvement. Lawmakers discussed newly revealed messages between\u200b Hunter Biden\u2064 and his uncle, Jim Biden, highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-takes-new-actions-against-china-as-biden-goes-soft-enough-is-enough-start-fighting-back\/\" title=\"DeSantis Takes New Actions Against China As Biden Goes Soft: \u2018Enough Is Enough,\u2019 \u2018Start Fighting Back\u2019\">deep financial ties<\/a> within the \u200cBiden\u2062 family.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans presented emails, texts, and witness testimony that demonstrated how\u2063 Hunter Biden and his associates \u200dleveraged \u2064Joe \u2062Biden&#8217;s position to advance their business deals. They brought him to\u200c meetings, put him on speakerphone with foreign partners, and used the influence of the vice presidency, such as White House visits, to project access.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans argued that the evidence \u2064clearly showed that Hunter Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-will-subpoena-hunter-biden-if-the-gop-retakes-control-of-the-house\/\" title=\"House Republicans Will Subpoena Hunter Biden if the GOP Retakes Control of the House\">foreign business ventures<\/a>\u2064 would not have been possible without his father&#8217;s participation, distinguishing him \u200cfrom\u200c Kushner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no comparison between Jared and\u200d Ivanka, two incredibly successful\u200d businesspeople long before Trump ever ran for office, to criminal \u2063Hunter Biden, who got\u2064 paid millions because of his father \u2063Joe Biden, who delivered political favors \u2062by abusing his power,&#8221; said Rep. Marjorie \u2062Taylor Greene (R-GA), referring to Trump&#8217;s daughter, \u200dwhom Democrats also sought to compare to Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u2062 business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans pointed out that Kushner and Ivanka Trump filed annual\u2062 financial disclosure reports while \u2064working in the Trump administration, emphasizing that they never discussed \u200ctheir business dealings while serving in \u2062government.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers\u2062 rejected arguments that\u2063 Ivanka Trump\u200d benefited from trademark \u2064deals after working for her\u2063 father, noting that \u200bseveral of those trademarks were \u2063approved before her father&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-outraged-over-democrats-comparison-between-hunter-biden-and-jared-kushner\/\" title=\"GOP lawmakers furious over Democrat's likening of Hunter Biden to Jared Kushner.\">successful real estate careers prior<\/a> \u2063to their\u200b work in the\u200b Trump administration, and during Jared&#8217;s time in public service, he helped negotiate the historic\u2062 Abraham Accords in the Middle East,&#8221;\u200c stated Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO). &#8220;The only thing \u200cHunter Biden brought to \u200cthe table was \u2064his ability to sell access to his father \u2063to the highest \u200dChinese, Ukrainian, or Russian bidder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House has consistently denied\u200b any involvement between Joe Biden and\u200b his son&#8217;s business dealings, dismissing the impeachment\u200b inquiry as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2062 are the concerns surrounding potential conflicts of interest and influence peddling in relation\u2063 to Hunter Biden&#8217;s business\u200b dealings?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Forward evidence of Hunter\u200c Biden&#8217;s involvement with Burisma\u200b Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company, and his lucrative\u2063 business ventures in China, which \u200craised concerns about potential\u2064 conflicts \u200bof interest \u2062and influence peddling.<\/p>\n<p>However, Garcia&#8217;s \u200dattempt \u200cto shift the focus onto Jared \u2064Kushner&#8217;s post-White House\u2062 business dealings drew criticism\u2062 from \u2062Republican lawmakers, who argued \u200dthat \u2063there is no comparison \u200cbetween the two situations. They emphasized\u2064 that Kushner&#8217;s investments occurred \u2064after he left office,\u2064 unlike the controversial business deals\u2063 involving Hunter Biden that occurred while his father\u2064 was vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans also highlighted the clear ethical concerns surrounding Hunter Biden&#8217;s business ventures, including allegations of corruption and \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-marshall-sends-letter-to-fauci-demanding-copies-of-financial-disclosure-following-heated-exchange\/\" title=\"Sen. Marshall Sends Letter to Fauci Demanding Copies of Financial Disclosure Following Heated Exchange\">questionable financial transactions<\/a>. They argued that these issues warrant a thorough \u2062investigation and criticized Democratic lawmakers\u2064 for dismissing them.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, GOP \u2063lawmakers pointed out the difference in media coverage \u200bbetween the Trump family and the Biden family. They claimed that the mainstream media exhibited a clear bias by downplaying\u200b or ignoring the \u200bcontroversies surrounding Hunter Biden, while scrutinizing and magnifying any potential missteps by the Trump family.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Republican lawmakers criticized Rep. Garcia&#8217;s comparison and pushed for a fair, unbiased investigation into \u2064Hunter \u200dBiden&#8217;s business dealings. They argued that such an inquiry is necessary\u200b to ensure transparency and restore the public&#8217;s trust \u200cin government institutions.\u2064 Only through\u2064 a thorough examination of all relevant facts and evidence\u2062 can the American people \u2064truly understand the\u2064 extent of any potential\u200d wrongdoing and hold those responsible accountable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican lawmakers are criticizing Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) for comparing Trump&#8217;s daughter and son-in-law to Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings. The House Oversight Committee held its inaugural impeachment hearing against President Joe Biden, where GOP lawmakers presented evidence supporting their claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2050067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}