WASHINGTON – President Biden acted as comedian-in-chief on Tuesday, claiming that he “bounced on some checks” when he was younger and that getting his old bank records is “really hard to do, man,” as House Republicans examine thoroughly the financial documents to view. if he received any foreign income.
Biden made cash gains as an ongoing House impeachment inquiry examines the finances of his brother James Biden and son Hunter Biden, whose associates from countries such as China and Ukraine interacted with Joe Biden while he was vice president.
“My administration prohibited banks and credit unions from charging fees for basic services like checking your account balance. I love it,” Biden, 80, said at a White House event touting financial regulations to reduce fees for retirees.
“I was really angry when I found out…recovering old bank records is really hard to do anyway,” Biden said.
“Or check your loan balance, that’s deadly, man. It costs a lot of money for those banks. They charge up to $30 for these services. and, you know, when you reject some checks like I did when I was trying to get started,… that’s over anyway.”
“We have collected these fees, now they are illegal,” he added.
The Biden administration’s effort to curb such tariffs is one of its most popular initiatives, polls indicate.
President Biden joked that he “bounced some checks” when he was younger and said getting his banking records is “really difficult.” AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Although the president found it “really difficult” to locate his old banking records, House Republicans found it surprisingly easy to get major financial institutions to reveal details about the first family.
The president did not respond to a question after the event about whether those bank records would show he received foreign funds.
Earlier this month, the House Oversight Committee revealed that James Biden paid Joe Biden $200,000 on March 1, 2018, the same day James received a $200,000 transfer from the troubled hospital company. rural Americore by pledging to use its political connections to secure an investor in the Middle East. .
Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) has said additional disclosures from bank records will soon be made public.
Biden’s comments come as the House Oversight Committee examines the finances of his brother James and son Hunter.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
James’ $200,000 check to Joe Biden was labeled a “loan payment” and Democrats in the House and White House have described the transfer as a non-story. Comer says Republicans have been unable to locate bank records showing that the president loaned his brother the same amount.
Hunter Biden wrote in a January 2019 message recovered from his old laptop that he had to give “half” of his income to Joe Biden, and the Oversight Committee in May identified nine members of the Biden family who allegedly received foreign funds. .
While vice president, Joe Biden attended two dinners at D.C. restaurant Café Milano in 2014 and 2015 with his son’s customers from Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer told the Oversight Committee. on July 31.
Among the dinner guests who met the then-vice president was Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to the board of directors of the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings, which paid Hunter up to $1 million a year starting in April 2014 to form part of its board of directors while his father assumed control of the company. The Obama administration’s policy toward Ukraine.
Hunter Biden walked away from a meeting in Dubai to “call DC” with Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky and Pozharsky in December 2015, Archer also told lawmakers.
An FBI informant file released in July by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky claimed in 2016 that he was “forced” to pay $10 million in bribes to Joe and Hunter Biden in exchange for the then vice president. he helps to remove Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Shokin.
The bribery allegation has not been proven.
Additionally, Joe Biden spoke by telephone while vice president during approximately 20 business meetings with Hunter’s foreign associates, including French and Chinese nationals, Archer told the Oversight Committee.
Joe and Hunter Biden meet with Kazakh trade partners. kiar
Then-Vice President Biden also met with Jonathan Li, Hunter’s business partner with ties to the Chinese government, in Beijing in December 2013.
The then second son co-founded state investment fund BHR Partners with Li as the company’s chief executive just 12 days after landing in Beijing with his father on an official visit. Joe Biden later wrote college recommendation letters for Li’s children and then spoke with him by phone during one of Hunter’s subsequent trips to Beijing, Archer said.
Li reportedly loaned the first son $250,000 in July 2019, three months after Joe Biden launched his presidential campaign, and Hunter allegedly transferred the debt to Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris, who also allegedly acquired 10’s stake. % of first child at BHR Partners at the end of the first Biden administration. year as president under conditions that are still unclear.
A text message released in June by House Republicans directly mentions Joe Biden as involved in the extortion of another company linked to the Chinese government: CEFC China Energy, which allegedly transferred at least $6.1 million to Hunter and James Biden in 2017 and 2018, shortly. after Joe Biden stepped down as vice president.
Hunter Biden wrote on July 30, 2017, that he was “sitting here with my father” and warned of the consequences if the deal was canceled after an initial payment of $1 million to the Biden family.
“I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled,” Hunter Biden wrote in the WhatsApp message provided to Congress by IRS supervising agent Gary Shapley.
“Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of control, and now means tonight,” the 53-year-old continued, warning that he would “make sure that the man sitting next to me and every person who “You know and my ability to hold a grudge forever, you will regret not having followed my instructions.”
“I’m sitting here waiting for my dad’s call,” Hunter reiterated.
Hunter was at his father’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, the same day he sent the message.
Within two weeks of the threat, $5.1 million flowed from the CEFC to accounts linked to Biden, according to a 2020 report by Republican-led Senate committees.
Hunter and James Biden associate James Gilliar wrote in a May 2017 email that the partners were considering a 10% cut for Joe Biden and an October 2017 email identifies Joe Biden as participating in a call on CEFC’s attempt to buy American natural gas.
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