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Another GOP Bombshell About Joe Biden Turns Out To Be A Dud
Republicans impeachment inquiry continues to limp along in the background of their speaker drama.
By
Arthur Delaney
Oct 23, 2023, 03:11 PM EDT
Updated 4 hours ago
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/james-biden-payment-joe-biden_n_6536badee4b0689b3fbd8cf1
"SNIP.........
These records actually show that President Biden was the one who stepped in to help family members when they needed support, including by providing short term loans to his brother, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the committees top Democrat, said in a statement.
Raskin added that the 1,400 pages of records Republicans got from their subpoenas, which asked banks for several years of records relating to the presidents brother and son, show no wrongdoing, but do reveal payments for things like groceries, vet visits, and plumbing repairs.
HuffPost obtained check images and a spreadsheet reflecting wire transfer records that mostly corroborate Raskins claim about the $200,000 transaction from March 2018. The documents suggest an account connected to Joe Biden sent James Biden $40,000 in July 2017 and $200,000 in January 2018, and that James Biden paid the money back without interest. The wire transfer records do not say, however, that the payments to James Biden were loans.
Paul Fishman, an attorney representing James Biden, called the Oversight Committees description of the $200,000 repayment check from his client to Joe Biden highly misleading.
..........SNIP"
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)applegrove
(133,103 posts)I find that I lose data if I just preview my op and then go and get more data. I am on my cell phone.
Qutzupalotl
(15,856 posts)They don't recognize caritas when they see it. To them, it looks suspect.
Or they might say, If he was helping his brother, why didn't he brag about it like we do?
Captain Zero
(8,954 posts)GOP IS A bunch of third rate lawyers who never passed the bar because they never studied Latin.
calimary
(90,796 posts)Hey! Dont I get any? Why cant I get some of that action, too!
getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)That will be the real red meat bombshell.
I still won't be surprised if there is an indictment in the works.
This should have been wrapped up months ago.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,940 posts)they will believe it... and if 30% of the population believes it the disinformation will have been a success. A minority, but still enough to do real damage ! That's how that works.
SCantiGOP
(14,758 posts)is getting direct payments every month from the government. It is from a shadowy deep state group who calls themselves The Social Security Administration.
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