[MAIL] Republicans are claiming that President Joe Biden was involved in his son Hunter's controversial foreign business deals, which allegedly spans 50 different countries, lawmakers said in a press conference on Thursday.It comes one day after the GOP clinched 218 seats in the House of Representatives, cementing their majority - and investigative powers - in the next Congress.
The president has long denied involvement in and knowledge of his son's foreign dealings - some of which are being investigated by federal authorities.
But Rep. James Comer accused Biden of being 'chairman of the board' of his family's business dealings and even claimed the White House spent more than $250,000 to deflect negative stories about Hunter.
'This is an investigation of Joe Biden,' he said. 'I think we've laid out the evidence as to why we feel it's important, and we're going to move forward with that.'
He said later, 'We're trying to stay focused on - was Joe Biden directly involved with Hunter Biden's business deals, and is he compromised?'
Comer said he'd even like members of the Biden family to testify before the House when asked, but said the main focus of their probe right now was to access bank records.
'As part of our investigation, we have evidence that the finances, credit cards, and bank accounts of Hunter and Joe Biden were commingled, if not shared,' the Republican lawmaker said.
'One of Hunter's closest associates, Eric Schwerin, was accessing Joe Biden's money and writing checks to reimburse Hunter.'