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President Biden spent Sunday afternoon playing golf with his younger brother James Biden as House Republicans stepped up their investigations into the Biden family’s foreign business deals, including those of James “Jim” Biden and first son Hunter Biden, who is under federal investigation. runs.
Photos Sunday showed Biden, 80, driving a golf cart with James, 73, in the passenger seat on the golf course at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
The Republican National Committee tweeted video from the golf trip on Sunday, describing the younger Biden as a “key player” in the Biden family business “scandal.”
In 2017, James and Hunter, along with John Robinson “Rob” Walker, James Gilliar, and Tony Bobulinski, entered into a joint venture called Sinohawk Holdings, which was intended as a partnership with now-bankrupt energy company CEFC China Energy Company Limited. a company backed by the Chinese Communist Party.
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President Joe Biden and his younger brother, James Biden. (Getty Images / AP Images)
President Joe Biden sits in the golf cart while playing golf at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on June 4, 2023. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
The venture ultimately failed, but Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and House Oversight Committee Republicans said they obtained records by subpoenaing Bank of America that showed James, Hunter and Hallie Biden received lucrative payments from a bank account owned by Walker and his company Robinson Walker LLC.
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Comer said Walker received $3 million from State Energy HK Limited, a Chinese company affiliated with CEFC, and in turn paid more than $1 million to Hunter, James and Hallie, the widow of Beau, the son of President Biden, who was in a relationship with Hunter. . Walker did not respond to multiple previous questions from Fox News Digital about what the payments were for.
James Biden, brother of President Biden (AP)
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In February, Comer sent James a request for data to determine whether members of the Biden family were using Biden’s position as vice president to sell access to foreign entities.
“The Oversight and Accountability Committee is investigating President Biden’s connections to certain international and domestic business transactions and practices, including family members who used influence to generate millions of dollars for the Biden family,” the committee wrote in a letter to James.
“The commission has reviewed documents implicating you as a central figure in these transactions,” the letter read. “There is evidence that you have communicated with Hunter Biden and others regarding relevant companies, investments and payments. The committee is requesting documents and communications related to our investigation into President Biden’s involvement in his family’s financial conduct.”
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During the 2020 campaign, Fox News approached Biden’s brother outside a residence on Maryland’s east coast about claims that Biden had knowledge of the family’s foreign business dealings when he was vice president.
“I don’t want to comment on anything,” Biden’s brother said at the time.
The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment about Biden’s golf outing.
Brooke Singman of Fox News contributed to the reporting.
Jessica Chasmar is a digital writer on the Fox News and Fox Business political team. Story tips can be sent to [email protected].
