James Biden arrived for a private interview on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as part of the House Republicans’ impeachment investigation into his brother, President Joe Biden.
James Biden arrived for a private interview on Capitol Hill as part of the House Republicans’ impeachment investigation
James Biden arrived for a private interview on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as part of the House Republicans’ impeachment investigation into his brother, President Joe Biden.
The interview with the younger Biden is the most recent in a series of interviews conducted by Republican lawmakers to rekindle momentum for an impeachment process centered on the Biden family’s overseas finances, which has stalled in recent months.
Criticism of the lack of evidence directly related to the president has grown, even among Republicans who have dismissed allegations that Biden was directly involved in his family members’ alleged efforts to leverage the last name into corporate paydays domestically and internationally.
The Republican investigation was undermined again last week when an FBI informant who claimed there was a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving the president, his son Hunter, and a Ukrainian energy company was charged with fabrication.
The committee subpoenaed both James and Hunter in November
The informant’s allegations were central to the Republican effort in Congress to investigate the president and his family. An attorney for Hunter Biden, who is scheduled to give a deposition next week, said the charges demonstrate that the investigation is “based on dishonest, uncredible allegations and witnesses.”
The committee subpoenaed both James and Hunter in November. A lawyer for James Biden stated at the time that there was no justification for the subpoena because the committee had already reviewed private bank records and transactions involving the two brothers. The committee discovered records of two loans made while Joe Biden was not in office or running for president.
“There is nothing more to those transactions, and there is nothing wrong with them,” lawyer Paul Fishman said in a statement in November. “And Jim Biden has never involved his brother in his business dealings.”
Republicans have pushed back, claiming that the evidence gathered since early last year paints a troubling picture of “influence peddling” by Biden’s family in their business dealings, particularly with international clients.
Hunter Biden is expected to appear before the panel on February 28.
