James Biden<\/strong> revealed to \u200bHouse\u200c investigators that he likely mentioned all his siblings, except<\/em> \u2063his brother, the president, during discussions for a failed \u2064hospital project, according to a transcript released on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During a closed-door\u2063 deposition<\/a> in\u2062 February,\u200b Rep. Matt Gaetz repeatedly questioned James about reports from Politico<\/a> that suggested James used his brother’s name to gain\u200c support<\/a> for Americore, a medical company that \u200cwent\u200c bankrupt and was later raided by the FBI<\/a> in 2020 due to fraud allegations.<\/p>\n

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The new article contradicted previous\u2064 reports that stated \u200dJames “introduced Americore’s founder to \u2062his older brother.”<\/a> It claimed that “Joe \u200bBiden was \u200ca central element of Jim \u200cBiden’s pitch to potential partners \u2063and investors\u200b during this period.” However,\u200b James vehemently denied ever mentioning his eldest brother in conversations with \u2064his \u2064business partners.<\/p>\n
“Have I ever mentioned \u200dmy brother? You know, I am 75 years\u00a0old. And, you know, my\u200b brother and I are very \u200c close personal friends<\/a>, and I’ve \u200chelped my\u00a0brother in numerous campaigns.\u200d I \u200dhaven’t been really closely \u200dinvolved\u200b in\u200c any of his campaigns or on his campaign or raising money for him since he joined\u2064 the Obama administration,”\u200b James added.<\/p>\n
Americore’s former CEO, Grant White, filed\u200b a\u2064 lawsuit<\/a> in 2020\u00a0accusing James of violating \u2062the Racketeer \u200dInfluenced\u2063 and Corrupt\u2064 Organizations Act (RICO) and committing fraud. In \u200cthe document, he claimed that James “always represented himself \u200cas the fundraiser for his \u200bbrother’s campaigns.”<\/p>\n
“[James Biden told me] there’s not a single door in the country that we \u2062can’t open. \u2064So if I wanted to \u2064meet, you \u200bknow, the head of Google,\u2063 it’s a phone \u200dcall,” White\u00a0wrote.<\/p>\n
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In his deposition,\u200c James admitted to\u2063 “possibly” mentioning his other siblings in \u2063conversations related to Americore, but he refused to acknowledge any\u200b mention of Joe.<\/p>\n
“It didn’t come up. Did my sister’s\u2063 name come up? Possibly, Valerie. Did my younger brother’s \u2062name come up, Frank? He’s\u200d a great athlete. Possibly,” James continued. <\/p>\n
Gaetz pressed \u2063James about the\u2064 context in which “the names of those family members\u2062 come up,” to which James claimed, “because they’re my best friends.”<\/p>\n
“I guess a lot of what we’re \u2064trying to discuss\u2062 today, Mr. Biden, is where your friendships and \u2062 familial relationships<\/a> \u2064interact\u200c with your business activities,” Gaetz explained.<\/p>\n
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“They didn’t,”\u200b James claimed, confirming that \u200cif any of the family members he mentioned \u200bwere, in Gaetz’s \u200cwords, “in\u2062 passing, not as a\u2063 feature\u2062 of \u2062any business \u200bdeal.”<\/p>\n
Several \u200dinsiders from Americore have corroborated claims that James publicly expressed support for his\u200d oldest brother\u200c to have Americore equity and even join the company’s board. When asked \u2063if he ever discussed this possibility with anyone at the company, James dismissed the allegation as “ridiculous on its \u200dface.”<\/p>\n
When confronted with the news \u200cthat “One person\u2062 on the receiving\u00a0end of Jim Biden’s health care \u2063pitch recalled\u2062 a \u200cphone call in which Jim Biden said he\u200b was sitting in \u200ba car next \u200cto his brother, Joe,” James simply replied\u200b “no.”<\/p>\n
“Does this \u2014 quoting an email, does this change any of your other\u00a020 answers about never involving Joe\u2064 Biden in your business?”<\/p>\n
“No,” James replied.<\/p>\n
James began his testimony\u200c to the House Oversight Committee by\u2063 asserting, “I have relied on my\u2062 own talent, judgment, skill, and personal relationships \u2014\u200d and \u2063never\u2064 my status as Joe Biden’s brother” \u2064to conduct business. He accused \u2064anyone who suggests otherwise of being “either mistaken, ill-informed, or flat-out lying.”<\/p>\n
However, documents reveal \u2063that \u2062James \u2063fundraised \u2062and\u200b provided jobs \u200cto his family members based on his brother’s political positions. He also \u2063funneled \u2064money he siphoned<\/a> from Americore to\u2064 Joe under the guise \u200dof \u200da “personal loan.”<\/a><\/p>\n
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What were the allegations against James Biden regarding his brother’s name and the failed hospital project?<\/h2>\n
\u2063 James Biden, the \u2064brother of President Joe Biden, recently revealed during a deposition \u200bwith House\u200d investigators that\u200d he did not mention his \u200cbrother’s name during\u200c discussions \u200cfor a \u200bfailed hospital \u200dproject. \u2063This revelation \u2064came after reports \u2062suggested that James had used his brother’s name \u200bto gain support for Americore, a medical company that later went bankrupt and was raided by the FBI in 2020 due \u200dto fraud allegations.<\/p>\n
During the closed-door deposition<\/a> in February, James was questioned by Representative Matt Gaetz about the reports from Politico that claimed he had used \u2064his brother’s name for personal gain.\u2064 However, James denied\u2064 ever mentioning his brother in \u200bconversations with his business partners and stated that he \u2064had not been closely involved in his brother’s \u2064campaigns \u2062or fundraising \u200cefforts since he \u2064joined the Obama administration.<\/p>\n
The new article contradicted \u200bprevious reports that stated James had introduced Americore’s\u200b founder to his older brother\u2063 Joe Biden. It claimed that Joe Biden\u200d was a central \u200celement of\u2063 James\u2062 Biden’s pitch to \u2064potential partners and \u2063investors during that period. However,\u2064 James vehemently denied \u200bever mentioning his eldest\u200d brother \u200cin conversations with his business partners.<\/p>\n
The former CEO\u2063 of Americore, Grant White, filed a lawsuit \u200cin 2020 accusing James of violating the Racketeer\u200d Influenced and\u200c Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and committing fraud. In the lawsuit, White claimed \u200dthat James\u200b had always represented himself as the fundraiser for his brother’s \u2063campaigns.<\/p>\n
During the \u200bdeposition, James admitted\u200b to “possibly” mentioning his other siblings, such as his sister Valerie and\u2064 his younger brother Frank, in\u200d conversations related to Americore. However, he refused\u2064 to acknowledge any mention of Joe Biden. James claimed that the names of his family members came up \u200bin conversation\u200c because they are his best friends.<\/p>\n
Representative\u200d Gaetz pressed James about the context in which the names\u200c of his family members came up and how they interacted \u200bwith his business activities. James maintained\u200c that his friendships and familial relationships\u200c did not play a role in his business activities.<\/p>\n
This deposition and the conflicting reports shed light \u200con the allegations against James Biden and his involvement with Americore. It remains to \u200bbe seen how\u2064 this information will be further \u200cinvestigated and if any legal\u200c actions will be taken. As the\u2064 investigation continues, it is \u2064important to gather all\u200b the facts and allow for due \u200bprocess\u200c to \u200cdetermine the truth in this matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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