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Comer mischaracterizes Hunter Biden car payment reimbursement to his dad

The payments Hunter Biden made to his father came two years after the elder Biden had left the vice presidency

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December 4, 2023 at 3:22 p.m. EST
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) walks back to this office after a news conference about House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry against President Biden on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
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As House Republicans move toward a floor vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has again mischaracterized evidence of payments from Hunter Biden to his father.

In an email to reporters, a spokesperson for Comer claimed that the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating Biden, had obtained bank records revealing that Hunter Biden’s law firm, Owasco PC, which had received payments from Chinese-state-linked companies and other foreign companies in the past, made direct monthly payments to Joe Biden. The email claimed the payments “are part of a pattern revealing Joe Biden knew about, participated in and benefited from his family’s influence-peddling schemes.”