Hunter Biden testifies on Capitol Hill: “I never involved my father in my business dealings”

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, spoke this Wednesday behind closed doors at the Capitol within the framework of the investigation against him.

The Republicans in the House of Representatives accuse him of corruption and have been embarking on an investigation for months to subject him to a possible political process

(impeachment),

which has so far not borne fruit.

In that process, Hunter Biden was the star witness whom they had been trying to tie up for months.

The president's son finally agreed to testify.

Before moving on to questioning, he read this opening statement: “I am here today to provide the committees with the one indisputable fact that should put an end to the false premise of this investigation: I did not involve my father in my business dealings.

Not while he was a practicing lawyer, not in my domestic or international investments or transactions, not as a board member, not as an artist.

Never,” Hunter Biden said in his written speech.

Republicans on the Oversight and Judiciary committees accuse Joe Biden's son of engineering a network of foreign business ventures that profited from his father's international influence, gained in his years as vice president with Barack Obama.

They also argue that the current president has benefited from these compromises.

Father and son strongly deny these accusations.

In his statement Wednesday, Hunter admitted the “mistakes” he made in his life, but attacked Republicans for their “partisan” attacks.

“They have trafficked in innuendo, distortion and sensationalism, while ignoring the clear and convincing evidence before their eyes,” he added.

“There is no evidence to support the baseless and MAGA-motivated conspiracies about my father, because there is none.”

This Wednesday's appearance comes a week after the process seeking

impeachment

suffered a serious blow, with the arrest of an FBI confidant accused of fabricating accusations against the Biden family.

This is, it was learned then, Alexander Smirnov, 43 years old.

The prosecutor accuses him of false testimony and fabricating evidence for political reasons.

Despite the failure of the evidence against the president, the Republicans announced that they were not giving up.

The interrogation of Hunter Biden is another proof of that tenacity.

Last Wednesday, congressional Republicans took a deposition from James Biden, the president's brother.

He was also blunt, saying that the president “never had any participation” in the family's businesses.

At the request of the Republicans, the appearance was held behind closed doors.

And, again, James Biden's initial statement transcended: “I have had a 50-year career in a variety of businesses.

Joe Biden has never had any participation or any direct or indirect financial interest in those activities.

None,” he said.

“I have never asked my brother to take any official action on behalf of me, my business partners, or anyone else.”

A large number of Republican congressmen trust in the political exhaustion of impeaching Biden

.

They do not forgive that the previous president, the leader who controls the conservative party, was politically impeached twice.

Since they won the majority in the House of Representatives more than a year ago, they have been endlessly searching for any evidence to accuse Biden of corruption.

They saw an opportunity in his son, Hunter Biden.

Obviously, they couldn't accuse the father of the son's addictions, tax and legal problems (he is charged in two different cases), so what it was about was proving that Joe Biden benefited from Hunter's foreign businesses. , as they have been trying to do for years, but now with the power of the majority of the lower house.

This, despite the fact that they have not found strong evidence against the president and that the acts under investigation are prior to Joe Biden moving to the White House.

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