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.
Federal prosecutors are expected to seek a grand jury indictment of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, before the end of September in a gun possession case, while he is also under investigation for his business dealings.
House Democrats have differing views on how to best address GOP allegations regarding Hunter Biden, with some wanting a more forceful response and others believing it is a distraction from former President Donald Trump's criminal charges; however, Democrats are confident they can defend President Joe Biden against a potential impeachment inquiry.
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.
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 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 Republicans accuse Hunter Biden's legal team of intimidating and harassing IRS whistleblowers involved in the Hunter Biden tax probe.
Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit against a former Trump White House aide, Garrett Ziegler, accusing him of illegally accessing and disseminating his data online.
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.
An FBI agent involved in the Hunter Biden probe testified that the prosecutor leading it faced hurdles and lack of cooperation from other U.S. attorneys, but still had the authority to bring tax charges against Hunter Biden; the testimony comes amid investigations into the Biden family and Republicans' push for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer plans to obtain personal and business bank records of Hunter Biden and James Biden as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Biden's alleged corruption.
Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, has been indicted on charges of making false statements on a federal firearms form and illegal possession of a firearm, marking the first time in US history that the child of a sitting president has been charged by the Justice Department; the indictment follows the collapse of a previous plea deal and could potentially impact President Biden's 2024 reelection bid.
House Democrats have acknowledged that Hunter Biden's former business partner, Eric Schwerin, handled President Biden's finances during his vice presidency, according to a statement from a spokesperson for the Democrat minority of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Hunter Biden has been indicted and House Republicans have initiated an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, exposing the media's bias and their inability to protect the president from scandal.
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.
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, claiming that the agency unlawfully released his tax information and failed to protect his private records. He is seeking damages, documents related to the disclosure, and attorneys' fees.
Hunter Biden earned significant money from a Romanian real estate mogul while his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, pushed for anti-corruption reforms in Romania, and Hunter Biden failed to disclose his work as a lobbyist under the Foreign Agents Registration Act in Romania despite meeting with U.S. officials on behalf of his Romanian client.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee will hold its first hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Sept. 28, focusing on constitutional and legal questions surrounding his alleged involvement in corruption and abuse of public office, while also planning to subpoena the bank records of his son, Hunter Biden.
IRS officials Michael Batdorf and Darrell Waldon testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, contradicting Attorney General Merrick Garland's claim that Special Counsel David Weiss had "full authority" over whether to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes, revealing that the Justice Department's Tax Division would also need to authorize charges.
The House Judiciary Committee is preparing to hear testimony from special counsel David Weiss and interview other Justice Department officials related to their investigation into Hunter Biden, with the goal of shedding light on claims that the Delaware US Attorney's office could have brought charges against the first son.
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.
Hunter Biden received two wire transfers totaling more than $250,000 from Chinese business partners in 2019, with the funds listing Joe Biden's home address as the beneficiary, according to records obtained by the House Oversight Committee.
House Republicans claim to have evidence that Hunter Biden received payments from Beijing that were listed under President Joe Biden's Delaware address, leading to questions about the Bidens' financial entanglements and national security concerns, although Hunter Biden's attorney denies any wrongdoing and attributes the transfers to loans and personal investments.
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.
Newly released documents confirm that Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, traveled internationally to sell influence and access to the Biden "brand" and that there was a campaign by the Justice Department to protect the Biden family from investigation, particularly actions taken by Joe Biden himself.
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.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced that he will issue subpoenas for bank records of Hunter Biden and James Biden, as part of the House GOP impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, in an effort to find possible evidence of financial wrongdoing.
Documents released by the House Ways and Means Committee reveal an IRS agent relaying an inquiry from a CNN producer about an alleged email from Hunter Biden stating that his "stuff" would go away once his father became president.
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.
Joe Biden's defenders have been consistently making weak excuses for his family's influence-peddling business, but recent evidence of wire transfers to Hunter Biden with Biden's home address listed as the beneficiary address raises serious questions about the president's involvement.
House Republicans are raising concerns about a former Biden aide's messages to Hunter Biden in 2017, revealing that Hunter's CCP-linked business partner was willing to wire him tens of thousands of dollars, indicating potential influence peddling by the Biden family.
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has appeared in federal court in Delaware to be arraigned on firearms charges, marking the first time a child of a sitting president has faced criminal charges.
Hunter Biden, the president's son, is grappling with over $10 million in legal fees and is seeking new ways to fundraise for his trial on gun charges, while his father, Joe Biden, has not provided financial assistance, leading Hunter's team to explore potential obstacles in raising money without interfering with his father's re-election efforts.
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.