Published February 27, 2024 12:30pm EST
Comer uncovers pattern in Biden family business probe: 'Very concerning'
James Comer told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo the Biden family owned an 'influence-peddling scheme'
By Alicia Warren FOXBusiness
The investigation into the Bidens’ businesses is heating up in the House as Republicans continue to dig into the family’s "very concerning" patterns.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight Committee that’s spearheading the investigation into the first family, revealed the findings that are surfacing in the probe, during his appearance on "Mornings with Maria" Tuesday.
"I think we’ve established a pattern, a pattern that Joe Biden did communicate with every single person that wired his family millions of dollars. We’ve uncovered a pattern that they were selling the brand," Comer said.
"There’s no buying businesses when the media says Hunter Biden and Jim Biden owned an energy company, they didn’t own an energy company. They owned an influence-peddling scheme. That’s all this is," he declared.
On Friday, Biden announced that the U.S. will impose more than 500 new sanctions on Russia as a result of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. However, it has since been revealed that two Russian oligarchs linked to Hunter Biden were spared in the president’s decision, Yelena Baturina and Vladimir Yevtushenkov.
In August, the committee provided screenshots of bank records they say demonstrate that Baturina, the widow of former Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, wired $3.5 million to Rosemont Seneca Thornton on Feb. 14, 2014. Hunter Biden's longtime business partner Devon Archer confirmed the payment during his interview.
"That [sanctions] looks like a policy decision that Joe Biden made in return for millions of dollars that his family received from an adversary," Comer said.
The Kentucky GOP rep. continued, calling the act "very concerning" as he highlighted the "firm evidence that the Bidens took millions of dollars from a shady character in Russia" and as a result, failed to put sanctions on "this particular Russian oligarch."
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