The White House was unaware Monday afternoon of the latest revelation from the House Oversight Committee: previous, reoccurring payments from Hunter Biden to his father.
Hunter Biden's lawyer was not unaware of the payments.
"The truth is Hunter's father helped him when he was struggling financially due to his addiction and could not secure credit to finance a truck. When Hunter was able to, he paid his father back and took over the payments himself." More specifically, the payments were for a high-performance pickup truck, a Ford Raptor.
Included in the itemization: "Ford Raptor - Reimbursement to JRB - $1380." According to a PDF attached to another email, the truck was purchased after the sale of a Chevy Silverado and insured under "JRB's policy." During the briefing and shortly after Hunter Biden's lawyer outlined the purpose of the payments, Jean-Pierre referred RCP to a spokesperson from the White House counsel's office, who did not comment on the record but who was more than happy to mock Comer in public.
"Can you be impeached," Ian Sams wrote on Twitter, "For Buying American?" Comer had touted the payments as "Part of a pattern revealing Joe Biden knew about, participated in, and benefited from his family's influence peddling schemes." The press release from Oversight announcing the revelation did not mention anything about a pickup.
Comer did emphasize that the payments came not directly from Hunter Biden but from his law firm, Owasco PC. According to Oversight, that company has "Received payments from Chinese-state linked companies and other foreign nationals and companies." "This wasn't a payment from Hunter Biden's personal account but an account for his corporation that received payments from China and other shady corners of the world," Comer said in a statement.
Devon Archer, a former business partner of the younger Biden, testified before Congress that a Kazakh businessman, Kenes Rakishev, wired $142,000 to Hunter Biden in April 2014 to purchase a Porsche.
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