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Republicans announced Friday that they had uncovered a “direct payment” to President Joe Biden — exactly the kind of evidence they’ve sought linking Biden to his family’s foreign business deals.

But the March 2018 payment came from Joe Biden’s brother James, not a Ukrainian oligarch or Chinese tycoon, and the check was marked as a “loan repayment.”

Still, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who obtained the records via subpoena, said the $200,000 check looks suspicious for the president.

“Does he have documents proving he lent such a large sum of money to his brother,” Comer said in a video, “and what were the terms of such financial arrangement?”

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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 144 points 1 year ago

2018

Ah yes, when he held the extremely influential and prestigious governmental office of checks notes former vice president

[-] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 103 points 1 year ago

Okay. If this was an example of influence peddling, let's pursue it. Let's also investigate the billions of dollars the Saudis invested into Kushner while he was operating from the White House.

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Don't forget the copyrights that Ivanka had approved while her father was in the Oval Office. She had unsuccessfully tried to get those for years and they were worth millions, but they mysteriously got approved once daddy was President.

But the GOP thinks all this is totally fine while screaming "HUNTER BIDEN."

[-] SnowboardBum@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Don’t forget the copyrights that Ivanka had approved while her father was in the Oval Office.

Yeh, don't see this one talked about enough.

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[-] fresh@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

I’m not in favor of investigating things frivolously when there is no reason to think there’s any wrongdoing.

[-] oleorun@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Apparently Congress is tho.

[-] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 19 points 1 year ago

Only while Republicans hold the majority.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

and only when the target is a democrat

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago

Hey that reminds me, did they ever figure out how many babies Hillary Clinton ate in Benghazi?

[-] bquintb@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bet it's on Hunter Bidens lappytahp

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The Laptop thats in the child sex dungeon of a pizza place?

[-] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I get that. This is another nothingburger from Republicans to create the illusion that they've found criminal activity on the part of the President. They're very conspicuously not mentioning how this took place in 2018 while Biden was a private citizen and hadn't announced his candidacy for President.

But if they really want to follow evidence of clear influence peddling with breathtaking bribes, they could look closer at Jared and Ivanka during their tenure in the White House.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

This is another nothingburger from Republicans to create the illusion that all political investigations are nothing burgers. The hope is the next time a Republican in being charged for actual crimes people will dismiss it as nothing more than the Joe Biden investigation. 'It's just what political parties do'.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 65 points 1 year ago

Republican's couldn't grasp the concept of anyone paying off a debt.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

Yeah 200 thou is so much money he needs to prove it was actually loan repayment.

Now if it was 2 million dollars from the Saudis…. Well that’s totally different!

[-] sudoshakes@reddthat.com 59 points 1 year ago
[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 30 points 1 year ago

Only off by 1000x. A tiny mistake, really.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

What is the difference between 1 million and 1 billion?

About 1 billion.

[-] fluckx@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Are you undervalueing your assets again for tax purposes!?

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's understandable, there's just so many zeros.

[-] badaboomxx@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Or 130 thousand of funnel money to pay for a ..... thing.

[-] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 year ago

These allegations apply way more to Trump than Biden. The hypocrisy is real

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago

That's why they're making such weak accusations: to make people tired of the whole exercise so that when credible accusations are made against Trump "moderates" can say 'both sides! this is just what political parties do against their opponents' and ignore the strength of the evidence.

[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

“Does he have documents proving he lent such a large sum of money to his brother,”

My guess would be a cancelled check for $200,000. This should not be considered all that unusual for a guy worth roughly $10 million.

Comer said in a video, “and what were the terms of such financial arrangement?”

None of his freaking business.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 35 points 1 year ago

The crime appears to be that President Biden didn’t charge his brother interest.

[-] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Crime against capitalism, the worst kind of crime

[-] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago

One day they're gonna get one of these right and not know how to deal with it.

[-] shadowspirit@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Objection your honor, conjecture.

Oh shit, my bad this is the court of public opinion.

We must start holding our politicians accountable.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

lol, these fucking idiots.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago
[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who writes a personal check for $200,000? It's been a really long time since I've written a check, but I think that 3rd '0' would trigger my anxiety, I would start sweating on the 4th, and the 5th one would make me break down and cry.

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

It’s nothing to the rich, they lend each other what we consider crazy sums all the time but to them it’s not a big deal since they have more than they’ll ever need. Joe isn’t fuck you rich, but he’s certainly comfortable enough that floating a sibling a house worth of cash isn’t out of question

[-] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

I didn’t know for sure but $200k sounded cheap for house money. I looked it up - the median home price in the us is about 350k. Jesus.

[-] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago

Not in 2017. I had to look it up, but the U.S. median home price in 2017 was $235,000.

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

200k gets you a pretty decent place in some parts of the country even today, but in 2017 it was a nice house in many parts of the country

[-] hglman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That money is used as the down payment on a commercial loan.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I wrote a $450K check when I bought my house.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

We have a wealthy land owner over here. I bet they can even vote

[-] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago

To be fair, even middle class people lend or give each other big sums of money when it’s family. It’s hard to afford a down payment, pay for college, or start a business without help from family.

[-] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

I mean, I did it and quite a bit more when I bought a house. That down payment check was the largest I ever wrote.

[-] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I mean at Biden's level you don't. You call your financial advisor and have them shuffle money around and print the check.

[-] Spacemanspliff@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago

They see 1,000,000 the way most folks see 1,000.

How many is this now? Got to be close to triple digits

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Knowing them not a huge shock.

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