{"id":2074869,"date":"2023-10-21T06:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T10:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-tout-200000-direct-payment-to-joe-biden-as-possible-evidence-of-wrongdoing\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T06:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T10:50:39","slug":"republicans-tout-200000-direct-payment-to-joe-biden-as-possible-evidence-of-wrongdoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-tout-200000-direct-payment-to-joe-biden-as-possible-evidence-of-wrongdoing\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans claim that the $200,000 direct payment to Joe Biden could be indicative of potential wrongdoing."},"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\">32<\/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%2Frepublicans-tout-200000-direct-payment-to-joe-biden-as-possible-evidence-of-wrongdoing%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=2074869&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Explosive Evidence Revealed: Direct Payment to\u200d President Biden Raises Questions<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. \u200cJames Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the House \u200cOversight\u2062 Committee, has released evidence of a questionable direct payment\u2063 to President Joe Biden as part of his committee&#8217;s long-running corruption\u200b investigation in \u2062the president and \u2064his family.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The evidence Mr. Comer <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-releases-evidence-of-direct-payment-to-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has revealed<\/a> \u200b is a \u2063bank record of a $200,000 \u200dpersonal check to President Biden for &#8220;loan repayment,&#8221; issued by his brother and sister-in-law, James and Sara Biden, dated March 1, 2018.<\/div>\n<p>According to\u2062 Mr. Comer, this direct payment could be the strongest evidence yet that President Biden may have been directly involved in his family&#8217;s business dealings, a thesis that underpins \u200bthe committee&#8217;s investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Story<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/biden-officials-removed-classified-documents-from-penn-biden-center-months-before-notification-to-doj-truth-over-news-5514062?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">Biden Officials Removed Classified\u200c Documents From Penn Biden Center Months Before Notification to DOJ | Truth Over News<\/h3>\n<p>              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/20\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/biden-officials-removed-classified-documents-from-penn-biden-center-months-before-notification-to-doj-truth-over-news-5514062?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n              <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source>\n              <\/picture>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-5\">&#8220;This summer, Joe Biden said: &#8216;Where&#8217;s \u2062the money?'&#8221; Mr. Comer said in an \u200bOct. 20 statement. &#8220;Well, we found some.&#8221;<\/div>\n<h2>More Details<\/h2>\n<p>President Biden has denied any direct involvement in his family&#8217;s business affairs, a claim that Mr. Comer and others have claimed is false.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Much of \u200bMr. Comer&#8217;s\u200d work as part \u2064of the committee&#8217;s probe has focused on proving ties between the president\u2064 and his family&#8217;s business dealings.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">While his committee earlier released <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/blog\/evidence-of-joe-bidens-involvement-in-his-familys-influence-peddling-schemes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 20 examples<\/a> of evidence tying the president to his son Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings, the evidence produced so far hasn&#8217;t risen to the rank of a smoking gun\u2014perhaps until now.<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In particular, the context of the\u200b $200,000 &#8220;loan repayment&#8221; is that <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/US-Bankruptcy-Court-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court documents<\/a> show that James Biden received $600,000 in loans \u200bfrom Americore &#8220;based upon representations that his last name, &#8216;Biden&#8217;, could &#8216;open doors&#8217; and that \u2064he could\u2064 obtain a large investment from the Middle East based on his political connections.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>On the same date that\u2063 is featured on the check to President Biden (March 1, 2018), Americore wired \u2062a $200,000 loan to James and Sara Biden&#8217;s personal bank account.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even if this was a personal loan repayment, it&#8217;s still troubling that Joe\u200d Biden&#8217;s ability to be paid\u2064 back by his \u200dbrother depended on the success\u2063 of his \u2062family&#8217;s shady financial\u2063 dealings,&#8221; Mr. Comer said.<\/p>\n<p>Implying that\u2064 the check was\u200c for something other than\u2062 a loan repayment, Mr. Comer has called on President Biden to prove that he lent such\u200d a large sum of money to his brother and to disclose the terms\u200d of their \u2064financial arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did he have similar financial arrangements with other family members that led them\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-paid-200k-out-of-loan-from-brothers-company-accused-of-fraud\/\" title=\"Joe Biden used 0K from his brother's company, which faced fraud allegations, to pay off a loan.\">make similar large payments<\/a> to him?&#8221; Mr. Comer asked, adding that there are more bank records that the committee will disclose in due time as \u2063it continues to &#8220;follow the money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White \u2062House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">However, White House spokesperson Ian Sams told some media outlets that the latest revelation from Republicans investigating \u200dPresident\u200c Biden is nothing more than a &#8220;shiny object&#8221; meant to \u200d&#8221;distract \u2063people from they are incapable of doing the\u2063 basics \u200dof governing.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/maxpcohen\/status\/1715448278366474311?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remove<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s \u2062no coincidence they rushed out a new distraction mere minutes after yet another \u200dfailed Speaker vote,&#8221; Mr. \u200bSams said in a statement to Punchbowl \u200bNews, referring to the fact that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to win the House speakership on Friday in a third round of voting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After rummaging through thousands of pages of a private citizen&#8217;s bank records, they have again turned\u2062 up zero evidence of\u2063 wrongdoing \u200dby President Biden\u2014and that&#8217;s because \u2063there is none,&#8221; he continued, while calling on Republicans to &#8220;stop these silly political stunts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Despite Mr. Sam&#8217;s current and earlier pushback on Republican claims that President Biden did something wrong with \u200bregard to his family&#8217;s business \u2063dealings,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">recent polling shows<\/a> that most Americans believe otherwise.<\/div>\n<h2>Majority Believe\u2063 President Did Something \u2064Wrong<\/h2>\n<div class=\"my-5\">A recent poll shows that most Americans believe that President\u200b Biden acted \u2064either illegally \u200dor unethically in \u2063how he handled the international \u2063business dealings of his son.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The question posed to U.S. adults \u2063by <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/most-say-biden-has-acted-either-illegally-or-unethically-in-his-sons-business-dealings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP-NORC \u200dpollsters<\/a> was the following: &#8220;When it comes to the overseas business dealings of Joe Biden&#8217;s\u2063 son, Hunter, do you think Joe Biden has done something illegal, or he has done something\u2064 unethical but not illegal, or do\u2064 you think \u200dhe has not done anything \u200cwrong?&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>Overall, 35 percent of responding U.S. adults said they think\u200d President Biden has done something illegal, while 33 percent said he did\u2062 something unethical.<\/p>\n<p>There was a\u2063 partisan dimension to the results. Most Republicans (65 percent) said \u2062they believe President Biden did something illegal\u2064 when it comes to his son&#8217;s business dealings, while most\u2062 Democrats (58 percent) said they don&#8217;t think the president did anything wrong.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>President Joe Biden\u2062 and his son\u200d Hunter Biden \u2062attend \u2064the annual Easter Egg Roll\u2064 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on April 10, 2023. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While on the campaign trail, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden insisted that he had no role whatsoever in his son&#8217;s business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>However, the foundation of that contention has been shaken\u2014first by the \u2062revelations of the\u200b contents of the Hunter \u200dBiden laptop, then by statements made by his former business associate Tony Bobulinski, and more recently by the explosive disclosures made by Devon Archer, former\u2062 business partner of Hunter \u2063Biden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Devon Archer (center),\u2064 Hunter Biden&#8217;s former business\u2063 partner, leaves the O&#8217;Neill House Office Building after testifying to the House\u200b Oversight Committee\u2062 on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 31, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Archer gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-i-wont-jump-on-bandwagon-to-cancel-sen-cruz\/\" title=\"Don Jr.: I won\u2019t jump on bandwagon to cancel Sen. Cruz\">closed-door interview<\/a> to members of the House Oversight and Accountability\u200c Committee at the end of\u2062 July, in which he said the president spoke to\u200d his son&#8217;s\u200b business associates on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-statement-on-devon-archers-testimony%EF%BF%BC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">readout of some<\/a> of Mr. Archer&#8217;s key revelations from July 31 closed-door testimony include that Hunter Biden put his father, who\u2062 was then vice president,\u2062 on speakerphone during business meetings over 20 times and that the elder Biden\u2064 was put on the call to sell &#8220;the brand.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>While Republicans saw Mr. Archer&#8217;s testimony as proof that the president lied when he denied involvement in \u200chis son&#8217;s business dealings, the president&#8217;s supporters insisted the conversations amounted to &#8220;casual&#8221; small talk and that, at most, Hunter Biden had peddled the &#8220;illusion of access&#8221; to his father, rather than the real deal.<\/p>\n<p>The White House downplayed \u2063the significance of \u200dMr. Archer&#8217;s testimony, with Mr. Sams saying at the time that it failed to provide the kind of bombshell evidence of wrongdoing that Republicans claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears that the House \u2063Republicans\u2019 own much<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-tout-200000-direct-payment-to-joe-biden-as-possible-evidence-of-wrongdoing\/\" title=\"Republicans claim that the 0,000 direct payment to Joe Biden could be indicative of potential wrongdoing.\">-hyped\u2063 witness today testified<\/a> that he never heard of \u2064President Biden discussing business with \u2064his\u2064 son or his son\u2019s associates or doing anything wrong,\u201d Mr. Sams said in a statement at \u2064the time.<\/p>\n<p>But later, in an interview with former Fox News program host Tucker Carlson, \u2062Mr. Archer said that \u2063President Biden&#8217;s claims of\u2064 having no involvement in\u200d his son&#8217;s business dealings is &#8220;categorically false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was aware of Hunter&#8217;s business.\u200d He met with \u200bHunter&#8217;s business partners,&#8221; \u2064Mr. Archer said. He insisted that the claim \u2062that the president\u200b was in no way involved in his son&#8217;s business affairs is &#8220;not factually \u200bright.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans \u2064have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Biden over\u200b his alleged ties to his son&#8217;s business affairs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>President \u2062Joe Biden, with son Hunter Biden, arrives at \u2064Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y., on Feb. 4, 2023. (Andrew\u2064 Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">During the first impeachment hearing on Sept. 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/signs-of-misconduct-by-biden-family-but-more-evidence-needed-to-impeach-president-gop-witnesses-5500171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">witnesses said<\/a> that evidence uncovered thus far\u2063 suggests misconduct on\u200d the part of the \u2063Biden family, though more is needed to support impeaching the president.<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;While I believe that an impeachment inquiry is warranted,\u2062 I do not \u2062believe that the evidence currently meets the standard of a high crime\u2063 and misdemeanor needed for an \u2063article of impeachment,&#8221; Jonathan Turley,\u200c a\u200d law professor at the George Washington University \u200dLaw School, testified.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/impeachment-inquiry-scoping-memo-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memorandum\u2063 to Republicans<\/a> released ahead of the first\u2063 hearing, GOP leaders noted that they&#8217;ve gathered evidence that the Biden family and their associates received more than $24 million from 2014 \u200bto 2019. President Biden served as vice\u2062 president until\u2063 early 2017.<\/div>\n<p>The money was transmitted &#8220;through\u2064 an exceedingly \u200bcomplex chain of transactions that made it difficult to track the flow of these funds,&#8221; \u200cthey said in \u200cthe memo.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>In government relies heavily on the belief that elected officials are acting in the best\u2064 interest\u2064 of \u200dthe public, rather \u200bthan \u2064using their positions for personal \u2064gain\u2064 or the benefit of their families.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Able to accomplish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Political Fallout<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200drelease of this evidence by Rep. Comer has sparked a \u200bsharp political debate, with supporters of President \u200bBiden dismissing it as\u200b a\u2062 baseless attack on his character,\u200d while his detractors argue\u2062 that it raises\u2063 serious questions about \u200cthe \u2062extent of\u2062 his involvement in his family&#8217;s business affairs.<\/p>\n<p>This controversy comes at a \u2062critical time for\u200c President Biden, as his\u2063 administration grapples with a series \u2063of challenges, including rising \u2062inflation, border\u200d security issues, and ongoing\u200c negotiations over his legislative \u200bagenda.<\/p>\n<p>If \u200cthe allegations brought\u2064 forth by Rep. Comer\u2062 and\u2062 his committee are proven\u2064 to be true, it could \u200dnot only undermine the President&#8217;s \u2062credibility but also lead to\u2062 legal consequences for him\u2063 and his family.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if\u2064 these claims are unfounded, it could be \u200cseen \u200bas yet another attempt by political opponents to tarnish the \u200creputation of\u200b the President and\u2062 distract from the pressing issues facing \u2064the nation.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u2063 investigation continues and more evidence is disclosed, it \u200bwill be\u2063 crucial for the \u200dAmerican public\u2062 to examine the facts\u200d impartially and determine the validity of these allegations.<\/p>\n<h2>The \u2064Importance of Transparency<\/h2>\n<p>Regardless of the outcome of this specific investigation, the controversy surrounding\u2064 President Biden&#8217;s alleged involvement in his family&#8217;s business dealings highlights the need \u200dfor greater transparency and accountability among elected\u200b officials.<\/p>\n<p>Public trust<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), House Oversight Committee chair, has unveiled evidence of a dubious $200,000 direct payment to President Joe Biden. This revelation is part of an ongoing corruption probe into the president and his family. The evidence, a bank record, sheds light on the questionable transaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":2074870,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2074869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2074869","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\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2074869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2074870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2074869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2074869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2074869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}