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![]() Several payments totaling $150,000 went to the unspecified "Biden" account. ![]() Hallie Biden received two payments totaling $35,000, which the memos said originated from State Energy HK and Bladon Enterprises. and CEFC Infrastructure, two Chinese companies.Īnd $142,300 that came from Kazakhstani millionaire Kenes Rakishev's Singapore-based company, and was used to buy Hunter Biden a sports car.Ī company linked to James Biden received more than $350,000 that originated with State Energy HK. $700,000 that originated from State Energy HK Ltd. Popoviciu is a Romanian businessman who was convicted in Romania on criminal corruption charges. $2.6 million for his work on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.Ībout $949,000 that originated from Bladon Enterprises, a company linked to Gabriel Popoviciu, according to the memos. Given this information, we counted it as a payment to an associate we will update if more evidence comes to light.ĭevon Archer, Hunter Biden's former business partner, arrives on Capitol Hill July 31, 2023, to give closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee. Republicans alleged some of this money went directly to Hunter Biden, but Archer testified the money was for an unrelated real estate transaction and did not go directly to Hunter Biden. These payments to associates originated from companies including Burisma, Bladon Enterprises, State Energy HK and, in one instance, from Yelena Baturina, a wealthy Russian whose name has also been spelled "Elena."īaturina wired $3.5 million to a bank account linked to Hunter Biden and Archer, according to the memos. 17, former Vice President Mike Pence, who's running for the Republican presidential nomination, told Fox News that when Joe Biden was vice president, his "family accepted some $20 million, which is a hard fact." Other Republicans have echoed this talking point, without McCarthy’s careful phrasing. McCarthy did not respond to PolitiFact’s request for comment. The records also do not reveal that Joe Biden engaged in wrongdoing. The records show no evidence that any payments went to Joe Biden, who was vice president when some of the payments occurred. The lion’s share of the $20 million went to Biden family business associates about $5 million went to Biden family members. That’s not what bank records PolitiFact has reviewed show. Together, the convoluted, sometimes repetitive, maze of financial records largely supports McCarthy’s carefully phrased claim that "$20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates." But his word choice as he announced an impeachment inquiry into the president could give the impression that Biden family members, or even Joe Biden himself, received an equal share of the financial gains. PolitiFact analyzed this memo, along with two previously released memos. 9, said the House Oversight Committee had "identified over $20 million from foreign sources that benefitted the Biden family and their business associates." James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the House Oversight Committee, which has been investigating Biden family business dealings. McCarthy’s claim aligns with memos of bank records released by Rep. Over the past several months, House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct-a culture of corruption. I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The impeachment inquiry, McCarthy said, would empower House committees to gather more evidence. "We know the bank records show that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies," McCarthy, R-Calif., said during his U.S. ![]() 12, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said a Republican-led investigation had already uncovered evidence of a Biden family "culture of corruption."Ĭentral in the yearslong investigation into Biden family members’ and associates’ business dealings are allegations they received millions of dollars in payments from foreign sources. Announcing an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Sept.
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