House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said that his committee, which has been investigating the foreign business dealings of President Biden’s family members, wi…

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said that his committee, which has been investigating the foreign business dealings of President Biden’s family members, will eventually move to subpoena the Biden family — a move Comer hinted could include the president himself.

“This is always going to end with the Bidens coming in front of the committee. We are going to subpoena the family,” Comer said Thursday on Fox Business.

“We know that this is going to end up in court when we subpoena the Bidens. So we’re putting together a case, and I think we’ve done that very well. We’ve shown the bank records,” Comer said. “If I had subpoenaed Joe and Hunter Biden the first day I became chairman of the committee, it would have been tied up in court and the judge would have eventually thrown it out. … We have put together a case that I think would stand up in any court of law in America.”

Comer’s subpoena tease comes a day after his committee released a third staff memo outlining millions of dollars in foreign funds paid to Hunter Biden and his former associates while Joe Biden was vice president.

That memo noted that the committee has so far only subpoenaed banks tailored to specific individuals and companies, but has not yet issued subpoenas for bank records for members of the Biden family.

Comer, though, indicated that subpoenas for members of the Biden family would not be imminent.

    • Dippy@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Sure, maybe not, but are you positive? Is Biden/his family infallible for some reason?

      If there might be weird ties to money, what’s wrong with investigating and getting their official statements? It could be political BS, but would you really rather just brush it off and dismiss it so quickly?

      • jeffw@lemmy.worldOP
        31·
        1 year ago

        I’m not positive, no. But you’d think if they said “we’re releasing the evidence” so many times now… that one of the releases would have that evidence, right?

        • Dippy@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          Sure, but look at the Jack Smith case against trump, are we getting evidence put out by his team? Not really (there have been leaks), and I’m glad. Build your case, make it solid, then present it.

          I also hope anyone using this as a political weapon faces legal repercussions as well if it can be proven.

          • jeffw@lemmy.worldOP
            18·
            1 year ago

            Are you referring to the unsealed indictments?

            Maybe the “leak” you’re thinking of is the audio where Trump confesses that he’s showing off classified docs? Y’know, a felony?

            • Dippy@lemmy.world
              2·
              1 year ago

              An indictment is not evidence. Oxford: “a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.” Yes enough evidence was presented to a grand jury to get the indictment, but the indictment itself is not evidence, it’s the accusations.

              So similarly, if there is evidence that there is illegal things happening for Biden or anyone in his family, I hope the evidence is presented to a grand jury and if they believe there’s just cause, an indictment should be issued for the individual.

              Would you at least agree that if there is something nefarious going on, with any politician, regardless of party affiliation, it should at least be investigated?

              • reddwarf@feddit.nl
                10·
                1 year ago

                I think they should take the lead from Gym Jordan and not show up. Be honest, did you come online and argue with republicans on ‘doing the right thing’? Hoe committed where you then?

                And please, do us all a favor and try avoiding ‘be better’ or some nonsense like that.

                • Dippy@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  I’m very happy trump is seeing his day in court soon, and by all accounts, it appears they have a lot on him to put him away. Good, GREAT!. I want any politician doing something illegal to see their day in court. They should be held to a higher standard than any individual after swearing an oath to the public. In fact for trump, it seems from what’s out there he’s not alone, go after them too, PLEASE!

                  It’s funny seeing the polarized response here to if a politician may have done something wrong, they should be investigated.

                  • reddwarf@feddit.nl
                    12·
                    1 year ago

                    The difference here is that this ‘investigation’ was called for by republicans before they even knew what to investigate. And on top of that, even admitting they have no evidence to present (suspicions is not evidence) yet claim to have evidence. Witnesses they claim to have seem to be lost somehow and cannot be produced for investigation.

                    And based on this obviously flimsy, if not outright lies, you want to be ‘reasonable’?

                    I distrust your honesty

              • jeffw@lemmy.worldOP
                4·
                1 year ago

                You can read the evidence in the indictment though? No idea what you’re going on about.