Hunter Biden

The House of Representatives had plenty of fireworks Wednesday during the Oversight and Accountability Committee’s hearing into the impeachment of President Joe Biden. Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, was one of the star witnesses of the hearing and so was his Blackberry. How Important Was it for Jason Reitman to be a Part of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire?More than an hour into the hearing, Bobulinski answered questions regarding his business affairs with Hunter Biden and the texts between him and…

The Republican impeachment push against President Joe Biden has always rested on the thinnest of evidentiary ice, but with one of their key informants facing criminal charges for lying to federal investigators, the charade is now on the verge of falling apart.  On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee — one of the three Republican-controlled committees overseeing the Biden impeachment inquiry — held a hearing in an attempt to salvage the effort.  Democrats brought in Lev Parnas, a former Rudy Giuliani crony…

Republicans are trying to spin the Biden impeachment inquiry forward after an hours-long deposition with his son Hunter Biden on Wednesday. It’s proving difficult, as the closed-door hearing doesn’t seem to have yielded many revelatory details. Some Republicans are even conceding that Biden performed well under questioning. “I think when the transcript comes out, it’s gonna read well for him, because they did a great job prepping,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told Fox News host Harris Faulkner Thursday. GOP Rep.…

Hunter Biden skewered Republican efforts to impeach his father Wednesday ahead of his closed door testimony before Congress, calling the inquiry a “destructive political charade” and the supposed evidence a “house of cards of lies.” During opening remarks before the House Judiciary and Oversight & Accountability Committees, the junior Biden denied any malfeasance during his work as a businessman, practicing lawyer, investor and artist. “For more than a year, your Committees have hunted me in your partisan…

A former FBI informant charged with fabricating accusations of corruption against President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, told law enforcement that he has been in contact with high-level Russian intelligence officials who were “involved in passing a story” about Hunter Biden. According to a Justice Department filing released Tuesday, Alexander Smirnov — who was arrested last Thursday in Las Vegas — told authorities who conducted his custody interview that he had “contacts with multiple foreign intelligence…

The prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation last week indicted a key witness in the GOP’s case against Hunter Biden, Alexander Smirnov, for lying to the FBI. But Rep. Mike Turner, GOP chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, wants the Republican impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden regarding his son’s business dealings to continue, even though Rep. Jim Jordan recently said that “the most corroborating evidence” against the Bidens stems from Smirnov’s claims. Turner appeared on Sunday’s Meet the…

Alexander Smirnov, an FBI informant, has been charged with fabricating claims related to Hunter Biden's association with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma The Department of Justice has charged a former FBI informant — whose claims Republicans used to bolster allegations of a corrupt bribery scheme involving Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma — with two counts of making false statements to federal authorities. The indictment, announced Thursday by Special Counsel David…

For weeks now, Hunter Biden has been sparring with House Oversight Committee Republicans over their demands that he give closed-door testimony in response to a congressional subpoena. Biden has insisted on answering questions in a public setting, instead, which would prevent the GOP from cherry-picking and warping his testimony in their favor. Committee Chairman James Comer threatened to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress, and on Thursday the president’s son finally agreed to sit for a closed-door…

A day after he walked out on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) during a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee hearing, Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to tax evasion in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles Thursday. He received a trial date of June 20. It was the first court appearance for President Joe Biden’s son after a federal grand jury indicted him December 7 on nine charges alleging he “willfully failed” to pay $1.4 million in taxes while living an “extravagant lifestyle.” According to…

Rep. Jared Moskowitz has been taking Republicans to task all day over their obsession with Hunter Biden House Republicans held a hearing on Wednesday as part of their push to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify behind closed doors. The president’s son has said he will testify publicly about his business dealings overseas, and even showed up to the hearing on Wednesday, but Republicans haven’t been interested in transparency, insisting on questioning him…