The House Ways and Means Committee has made public a legal document that discloses potential criminal charges federal investigators were considering against Hunter Biden, the son of Democrat President Joe Biden.
According to the document, federal authorities contemplated pursuing sex trafficking charges against Hunter Biden. The committee acquired this document as part of its investigation into the president’s son.
In conjunction with the House Oversight Committee’s inaugural impeachment inquiry hearing against President Biden on Thursday, congressional investigators released a substantial batch of documents this week.
The document from October 2020 reveals that IRS tax crimes prosecutor Jack Morgan referred nine cases involving Hunter Biden and prostitutes to Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf. Morgan provided several instances of Hunter Biden allegedly paying escorts to travel from New York and Boston to Los Angeles for sexual purposes.
Wolf forwarded the list to her colleagues, but there is no further information on what transpired afterward.
The House Ways and Means Committee made this document available as part of the release of numerous IRS whistleblower records. These documents were published shortly before the commencement of the first impeachment inquiry hearing.
The House Oversight Committee conducted its first impeachment inquiry hearing on Thursday, focusing on President Biden’s alleged involvement in his son Hunter’s foreign business activities.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) revealed that investigators have uncovered a “mountain of evidence” indicating that President Biden had previously leveraged his public office for personal gain for his family.
“The bottom line is that the committee has shown the Bidens alone brought in over $15 million in their foreign influence peddling, over $24 million if you account for their associate’s earnings from the schemes,” Comer said.
“We have established in the first phase of this investigation where this money has come from: Ukraine, Romania, Russia, Kazakhstan, China; it didn’t come from selling anything legitimate,” he continued.
“It largely went unreported to the IRS.
“It was funneled through shell companies and third parties to hide the Bidens’ fingerprints.”
“This deserves investigation,” he added.
“This deserves accountability.
“The American people expect this committee to investigate public corruption.”
Comer also outlined the committee’s next steps in the inquiry.
“Now we know much of the money goes. Hunter Biden, Haley Biden, James Biden, Sarah Biden, other Biden family members and their business entities,” Comer said.
“What we need to understand is where it goes next.
“That is the question this committee has to answer.
“And the evidence supports that next step.”
