Hunter Biden was grilled behind closed doors for hours by House Republicans seeking to tie his overseas business dealings to his father.
Hunter Biden, left, son of President Joe Biden, arrives with attorney Abbe Lowell at the O'Neill House Office Building for a closed-door deposition in a Republican-led investigation into the Biden family, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. for hours by House Republicans seeking to tie his overseas business dealings to his father as part of their impeachment inquiry into the president while Democrats have dismissed the effort as a baseless political stunt.
Hunter Biden was insistent that his father was not involved in his business and blasted Republicans for pursuing a “destructive political charade” and using “innuendo, distortion, and sensationalism, all the while ignoring the clear and convincing evidence starting you in the face.” “I have no knowledge or understanding or any view into this whatsoever. None of it. I have no idea. Whatever it was was between my uncle and my dad. And all I know from the public reporting is my dad loaned my uncle money, and supposedly my uncle paid him back that money. That's all I know,” he said.
His addiction was part of his explanation for several issues raised by Republicans during the deposition, a point that frustrated some lawmakers after the hearing. “My father was not sitting next to me. My father had no awareness. My father had no awareness of the business that I was doing. My father never benefited from any of the business that I was doing,” Hunter Biden said.“My addiction is not an excuse, but I can tell you this: I am more embarrassed of this text message, if it actually did come from me, than any text message I’ve ever sent,” he said.
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