Main Topic: House GOP committee chairmen issue subpoenas to IRS and FBI officials regarding the investigation into Hunter Biden's tax violation allegations.
Key points:
1. The subpoenas are issued to IRS and FBI officials who were present at or had direct knowledge of a meeting where the investigation into Hunter Biden was discussed.
2. The House GOP committee chairmen have been looking into potential political interference in the federal probe.
3. The subpoenas are crucial to understanding if Hunter Biden received special treatment and who made the ultimate decision in his case.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and other officials as part of an inquiry into whether the Justice Department improperly informed the Secret Service about plans to interview Hunter Biden over alleged tax crimes.
The House Oversight Committee has demanded documents from President Biden's time as vice president, including calendars and communications, as Republicans threaten to launch an impeachment inquiry into Biden's involvement in his family's foreign business dealings.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer has requested unredacted emails from the National Archives involving communications between then-Vice President Joe Biden's office and Hunter Biden's business associates, citing evidence of collusion and the need for transparency.
The White House is preparing for a potential impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as prosecutors seek a criminal indictment against his son, Hunter Biden, on a gun possession charge, further fueling Republican efforts to investigate the president and potentially leading to political trench warfare.
House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin criticizes Chairman James Comer's investigation into the Biden family, calling it a "complete and total bust" and a ploy to boost Donald Trump's campaign.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer's investigation into corruption allegations against President Joe Biden has backfired and undermines the key allegations, according to the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin.
Republicans are continuing their investigations into Hunter Biden, with two IRS employees testifying privately about the federal probe into President Biden's son, raising concerns of interference from the Biden White House or Justice Department.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to endorse an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as the "logical next step" in obtaining bank records and other documents, although he currently lacks the votes to open one.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is demanding answers from the State Department regarding the Obama administration's foreign policy decisions that led to the dismissal of the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating Burisma Holdings while Hunter Biden was on the board, as part of an investigation into President Biden's connections to his son's business activities.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has not yet subpoenaed Hunter Biden due to the legal complexities, but indicated that he is open to Hunter Biden voluntarily testifying before the committee to clear his name.
House committee chairmen briefed their Republican colleagues on the impeachment inquiry into President Biden's alleged involvement in his family's foreign business dealings, calling for transparency and the release of bank records.
House Republicans plan to subpoena President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, as part of their investigation into his business dealings, although the timing of the subpoena has yet to be determined.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has requested more information and documents related to the Justice Department's investigation into Hunter Biden, including an interview with special counsel David Weiss and interviews with other top DOJ officials, amidst allegations of mismanagement and slow progress in the case.
House Republicans will hold their first impeachment inquiry hearing to investigate allegations of corruption and abuse of power against President Biden, with the House Oversight Committee likely to subpoena bank records of Hunter Biden and James Biden as part of the investigation.
House Oversight Chair James Comer, who is investigating President Joe Biden for potentially impeachable offenses, was given unrestricted access to a batch of his emails from his time as vice president, but the emails do not provide evidence that Joe Biden personally benefited from his son's business dealings.
The House Ways and Means Committee is considering releasing more sensitive information in its investigation into Hunter Biden, protected by strict taxpayer secrecy laws, regarding Republicans' conversations with IRS whistleblowers.
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed a bank for Hunter Biden's records and obtained two wire transfers from Chinese nationals to Hunter Biden in 2019 that listed President Joe Biden's home as the beneficiary address, marking the first time the committee has issued a subpoena specifically for his records.
House Republicans released more than 700 pages of IRS whistleblower documents that they claim demonstrate Hunter Biden's use of his father's political position in a global influence-peddling scheme, fueling the House GOP impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden centered on his son's foreign business dealings.
House Oversight Chair James Comer's evidence-free impeachment inquiry against President Biden is a partisan distraction and a childish political stunt, conveniently timed before a government shutdown, while there is no credible evidence linking Biden to any wrongdoing.
House Republicans released documents suggesting that IRS agents investigating Hunter Biden faced obstacles whenever President Joe Biden's name came up in the probe, though senior Justice Department prosecutors believed the investigators had legitimate reasons to avoid the elder Biden, and there is no evidence that DOJ officials acted at the request of senior leadership.
The House Oversight Committee's first hearing in the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden featured several false and misleading claims from Republican members, including claims about shell companies and payments to the Bidens, Hunter Biden's qualification to sit on the board of Burisma, the Justice Department's handling of a search warrant related to Hunter Biden, wire transfers to Hunter Biden from China, allegations of bribery involving Joe Biden and Burisma, Hunter Biden's failure to pay taxes, and a purported text message between James and Hunter Biden.
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is requesting access to classified documents and testimonies related to President Joe Biden's handling of foreign business deals that allegedly benefited the Biden family, as part of their investigation into a potential pay-for-play scheme.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer announced that bank records reveal a $200,000 direct payment from James and Sara Biden to Joe Biden in the form of a personal check, raising questions about President Biden's personal benefit from his family's influence peddling and access to him.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer raised questions about President Joe Biden receiving a $20,000 loan repayment from his brother, but the claim has been mocked online and dismissed by the White House as a distraction tactic.
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer has demanded that President Biden clarify the $200,000 check he received from his brother, James Biden, on the same day James received a similar transfer to secure a Middle Eastern investor, questioning whether it was a loan or evidence of personal profit from family influence-peddling.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is requesting documentation from the White House regarding a $200,000 loan made by President Joe Biden to his brother James Biden in 2018, expressing doubts about the legitimacy of the transaction.