The Republican-led committee sent a series of letters requesting information about financial transactions by members of the Biden family that were flagged as suspicious activity. 9News
GOP investigations into the Biden family are nothing new. Republican legislators and their staff have been analysing messages and financial transactions found on a laptop that belonged to Hunter Biden for the past year.
But Republicans now have subpoena power in the House, giving them the authority to compel testimony and conduct a far more aggressive investigation. Republicans have discussed issuing congressional subpoenas to foreign entities that did business with Hunter Biden, and they recently brought on James Mandolfo, a former federal prosecutor, to assist with the investigation as general counsel for the Oversight Committee.Hunter Biden's taxes and foreign business work are already under federal investigation, with a grand jury in Delaware hearing testimony in recent months.
While he never held a position on the presidential campaign or in the White House, his membership on the board of a Ukrainian energy company and his efforts to strike deals in China have long raised questions about whether he traded on his father's public service, including reported references in his emails to the "big guy."
Joe Biden has said he's never spoken to his son about his foreign business. And there are no indications that the federal investigation involves the president in any way.
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