'Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree': Chairman Comer Reacts to Biden's Refusal to Testify

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Late last month, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) formally invited President Joe Biden to testify before his Committee, just as he indicated he would be doing at the conclusion of the Biden influence peddling hearing that took place the week before. On Monday, however, Special Counsel Richard Sauber sent a letter to Comer indicating that the president would not be testifying.

Not only did Sauber’s letter to Comer indicate that Biden would not be testifying, but he also referred to the House Republican impeachment inquiry using scare quotes.

“Your Committee’s purported ‘impeachment inquiry’ has succeeded only in turning up abundant evidence that, in fact, the President has done nothing wrong. Yet rather than acknowledge this reality, your March 28, 2024, letter contains the same litany of false allegations that have been repeatedly debunked and refuted by the very witnesses you have called before your Committee and the many documents you have obtained,” he claimed. “Your insistence on peddling these false and unsupported allegations despite ample evidence to the contrary makes one thing about your investigation abundantly clear: The facts do not matter to you.”

House Republicans, including Comer’s Oversight Committee, have nevertheless provided evidence of plenty of wrongdoing. This includes from eyewitness testimony, such as from Tony Bobulinski, Devon Archer, and Jason Galanis, all who were former business associates of Hunter Biden. They referred to Joe Biden as “the Biden brand” and “the Biden lift,” and also acknowledged he was “the Big Guy” who Hunter referred to.

Bobulinski and Galanis both also participated in that March 20 hearing about influence peddling, during which they made clear that the Bidens lied. Despite how Hunter had been invited to and even asked for such a public hearing, he did not show up…