Republicans made grand accusations during an impeachment hearing Wednesday that President Joe Biden actively participated in his son’s and brother’s business dealings to enrich his family.
But Democrats repeatedly dismissed the claims as lies and denounced the hearing as a waste of time, underscoring the partisan divide over the inquiry, which has stretched more than six months but shown no signs of leading to an impeachment vote.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) opened the hearing by highlighting what he described as a Biden family “scam.”
“Joe Biden shows up, shakes a few hands in front of his son, and says, ‘Take care of my boy,’ or something similar, and the money flows,” Comer said.
Republicans’ two witnesses at the hearing, Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis, repeatedly reinforced this claim, while a third witness, Lev Parnas, whom the
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