Republicans’ impeachment inquiry continues to limp along in the background of their speaker drama.
WASHINGTON — Republicans announced Friday that they had uncovered a “direct payment” to President Joe Biden — exactly the kind of evidence they’ve sought linking Biden to his family’s foreign business deals.
But the March 2018 payment came from Joe Biden’s brother James, not a Ukrainian oligarch or Chinese tycoon, and the check was marked as a “loan repayment.”
Still, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who obtained the records via subpoena, said the $200,000 check looks suspicious for the president.
Democrats on the Oversight Committee say the personal bank records recently provided to the committee do show that Biden loaned his brother the money.
“The Committee has the bank documents that show both the loan Jim received from his brother in January 2018 and the repayment by check six weeks later,” Fishman said. “At no time did Jim involve his brother in any of his business relationships.”