Disbarred attorney jailed for bribery testifies he gave James Biden $800K in loans, only got half back in new twist
By Social Links for Steven Nelson
Published Feb. 1, 2024, 7:22 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — A disbarred Mississippi attorney who served prison time for bribery told investigators on the House impeachment inquiry Thursday that he gave first brother James Biden $800,000 in loans, but only got $400,000 back — presenting a new twist in the wide-ranging inquiry.
Joey Langston said in a closed-door deposition that “he does not have any documentation or records of such loans,” according to a source familiar with his testimony.
Langston said he made four loans to James in 2016, one in 2017 and possibly others at additional points in time.
Langston was unsuccessfully trying to overturn his bribery conviction in court in 2016. It’s unclear if he was seeking a federal pardon from then-President Barack Obama during Obama’s final year in office.
The massive financial aid from Langston to the then-second brother introduces a new element of intrigue into the impeachment inquiry into alleged Biden family corruption.
Langston pleaded guilty in 2008 and was sentenced to three years in federal prison for being part of a plot to bribe a judge in an asbestos legal fees dispute by promising to arrange favorable consideration for the state jurist for a federal judgeship.
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