Rep. James Comer, who is leading Republican investigations into Biden family finances, says an impeachment inquiry is ‘imminent’ and that he will use a subpoena to get his hands on emails sent by Joe Biden when he was vice president using a pseudonym.
The House Oversight Committee chairman is chasing allegations that Biden and his foreign connections were central to his son’s moneymaking endeavors.
‘Joe Biden’s role in this family influence peddling scheme continues to grow on a daily basis,’ Comer told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday.
‘I mean, he was front and centre in this.’
The White House insists Biden was never involved in son Hunter’s businesses and on Thursday dismissed Comer’s latest allegations as lies.
Rep. James Comer (left), who is leading Republican investigations into Biden family finances, says an impeachment inquiry is ‘imminent’ into President Joe Biden
Staffers used Biden’s other address [email protected] to send a message about meeting then-Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko. Hunter was copied in on that email
But recent revelations that Biden may have used a pseudonym in nearly 5,400 emails, electronic records and documents when he was vice president, have given Republicans another line of inquiry.
‘I think there’s consensus in our conference now that we’re gonna have to go to impeachment inquiry,’ said Comer.
‘Obviously, that’ll be Speaker McCarthy’s call, but I feel like we’re there now Sean,
‘I feel like that’s imminent and I believe that that will be a tool in our toolbox when we go to court with our subpoena.
‘Look, we’ve requested these documents. The House Oversight Committee has legislative jurisdiction over the National Archives.
‘They’ve stonewalled us in the Biden mishandling of classified documents. Now we hope they don’t stonewall us in the pseudonym request.’
Republicans are divided on how hard to go after the Bidens.
In interviews, Comer has frequently exaggerated or talked up the findings from his investigation leading some centrists in his own party to warn privately that an impeachment inquiry could backfire.
They also worry that it deepens the nation’s partisan divide, making it harder for Republicans to hold on to seats in areas that backed Biden in 2020.
Hunter also sent a message to Robin Ware (another of Biden’s email pseudonyms) pushing for John McGrail to get a job in the legal department of the Treasury
On some emails Biden’s daily schedule would be sent to his private email address, [email protected] while copying in son, Hunter
Anthony Blinken, then Biden’s National Security Advisor also used the Robin Ware email to send a message to his boss about a talk Beau gave in Kyiv in 2012
However, the emails have given Comer extra ammunition.
Their existence was revealed after the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for emails connected to aliases allegedly used by Biden, including Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters, and JRB Ware.
At the time, the Obama administration dismissed criticism the communications were ‘secret’ because they were all archived.
But the sheer volume of emails raises questions over whether then-VP Biden broke the ‘absolute wall’ he said he maintained between the ‘the personal and private, and the government’.
For his part, Comer added that the requests were all part the probe into whether Biden was directly in bribery and money laundering.
‘We know that the president’s son committed money laundering,’ he said.
‘We’re investigating whether or not Joe Biden committed money laundering, but we’re pretty certain he’s committed some pretty serious offenses that I think the entire Congress will be concerned about.’
The White House said Republicans should focus on issues that would improve Americans’ lives.
‘Another day, another lie from James Comer,’ said Ian Sams, White House spokesman for oversight and investigations.
‘Instead of making false allegations knowing that he has zero evidence to back them up, perhaps he should snap back to reality and work with President Biden on issues that actually make people’s lives better, like lowering costs, creating jobs, or growing the economy. ‘
One concerning May 2016 email referenced by Comer in a letter demanding more information and previously reported by DailyMail.com shows White House staffers sent Joe’s schedule, including a call with then-Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, to Joe’s secret email ‘Robert L. Peters.’
The staffer, John Flynn, also inexplicably copied Hunter, who was working for allegedly corrupt Ukrainian gas firm Burisma at the time, on the email.
White House staffers copied Hunter on a total of 10 emails to Joe’s alias addresses, records from his laptop show.
Joe and Hunter appeared to use the then-VP’s secret email to discuss government business in another incident in June 2014.
Hunter used his Rosemont Seneca consultancy email address to write to his father on June 23, 2014 about the employment of then-deputy White House counsel John McGrail.
‘Before you fill position pls talk to me — J. McGrail very much wants to serve as detail fr treasury,’ Hunter wrote.
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