Posted 4/16/2024, 3:37:00 AM
Biden Declines Invitation to Testify in House GOP Probe of His Family’s Foreign Business Dealings
- President Biden formally declined an invitation from House Republicans to testify in their impeachment inquiry against him.
- White House lawyer said Biden has "done nothing wrong" and the inquiry is a "partisan charade."
- House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer alleged evidence shows Biden lied about interactions with his son's overseas business associates.
- Comer proposed Biden testify at an April 16 hearing to explain alleged $24 million that flowed from foreign sources to Biden's family.
- Biden is the first president since Ford in 1974 to decline an invitation to publicly testify before Congress.