Hunter Biden was drunk or high when he pretended his father was sitting next to him in a successful attempt to persuade a Chinese company to pay the family $5.1 million, he told Congress today.
The president’s son was giving closed-door testimony today at the congressional impeachment inquiry into his father’s business ties when he made a stunning admission.
“Hunter admitted that he was high or drunk when he sent the ‘sitting here with my dad’ WhatsApp message, sent it to the wrong recipient and now feels embarrassed by the message,” a reading of his testimony was recorded.
Ten days after his threatening message, $5.1 million flowed from the Chinese company CEFC to accounts linked to Biden, according to information from a 2020 report by Republican-led Senate committees.
Hunter Biden and attorney Abbe Lowell arrive for closed-door testimony before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees.
The WhatsApp message to the CEFC was cited by IRS whistleblowers Joseph Ziegler and Gary Shapley last year as evidence of a Justice Department cover-up on the Bidens after they were denied permission to investigate it.
It was later learned that Hunter Biden was not with his father on the day it was sent, but was instead at Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware.
Before appearing before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees, Hunter accused House Republicans of spreading “baseless, MAGA-motivated conspiracy theories” about his father’s involvement in his businesses.
“I am here today to present to the committees the one indisputable fact that should put an end to the false premise of this investigation: I did not involve my father in my business,” he said in a statement.
‘Not while I was a practicing lawyer, nor in my domestic or international investments or transactions, nor as a member of a board of directors, nor as an artist. Never.’
But the president’s son will face a The public hearing after his six-hour closed-door testimony revealed “many discrepancies” about Joe’s involvement in his son’s shady dealings, says top Republican James Comer.
Comer, R-Ky., who chairs the House Oversight Committee, is leading the investigation into whether Joe Biden used his position and “brand” to enrich his family in a complex 20-year “influence peddling” scheme. millions of dollars.
He told reporters after Hunter’s six-hour deposition “proved several pieces of our evidence” and added “next time we will have a public hearing.”
“I think hopefully a public hearing will clarify some discrepancies between some of the statements made by some of the associates and what we heard today.”
The president added that he is “very optimistic, very excited” about the statement and promised to release the transcript of the interview in the coming days without revealing further details.
Hunter left the Capitol after a grueling day of questioning with a faint smile on his face, but he did not respond to questions shouted at him about whether he will participate in an early public hearing.
His attorney, Abbe Lowell, said today’s statement showed that Republicans “have no evidence.”
‘The Republican majority ends the day where it began. “They have not presented any evidence that would support the idea that there were financial transactions involving Hunter with her father,” she told reporters after the deposition.
“It seems to me that the Republican members wanted to spend more time talking about my client’s addiction than… anything having to do with what they call their impeachment investigation.”
Republicans, however, believe the deposition went well.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told reporters that Hunter lied in deposition about his involvement with Blue Star Strategies, a consulting firm that worked with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, where Hunter held a board seat.
“One thing that was interesting to me is that he lied when he was talking about Blue Star Strategies,” he told reporters. “He went from denying any involvement until we gave him evidence that he, in fact, was involved.”
When asked if any serious crimes or misdemeanors had been uncovered in the closed-door meeting, Greene responded: “Influence peddling…We can see that he sold his father’s name and business.”
The president’s son, a recovering drug addict, also ignored a shouted question about whether the cocaine found in the White House last summer was his.
Hunter fiercely defended his father to Republican investigators, strongly stating that “I did not involve my father in my business,” according to his initial statement obtained by DailyMail.com.
He detailed how Joe, who “saved” his life, was there during his “darkest days of addiction,” which have been politicized by the Republican Party to use in their “sham” impeachment.
“You have no evidence to support baseless, MAGA-motivated conspiracies about my father because there isn’t any,” he continued.
He also slammed Republicans, saying their “house of cards” is “built on lies” during explosive congressional testimony.
Democrats, meanwhile, called the impeachment inquiry a “disgrace” to Republicans, adding that their pursuit of the president’s son is nothing more than a “futile quest.”
Democrats, however, have repeatedly called the impeachment inquiry a sham and a waste of time.
“It’s so shameful that Republicans are continuing this futile pursuit of President Biden,” progressive Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, said Wednesday morning before testifying.
“I mean, they’re acting like Hunter Biden is running for president.”