Top committee Dem accuses Comer of misrepresenting Biden family probe

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has accused Speaker James Comer (R-Ky.) of misrepresenting his investigation into the Biden family and sharing information, including a copy of Hunter Biden’s laptop hard drive. accused of refusing to

Important reasons: Mr. Comer made the allegations of influence by the Biden family the focus of the commission and publicly promoted hearings from four key witnesses. .

News promotion: In a scathing letter sent to Comer on Thursday, Surveillance Ranking member Jamie Ruskin, D-Md. Appeared on cable television to advertise investigative procedures that may never have taken place.” .”

• “It’s been about three months since you assumed responsibility for the Commission, and in the meantime, try to hide information from Democrats on the Commission, including information gathered as part of an investigation into members of the President’s family. I feel more and more uneasy about your efforts to

Raskin cites multiple citations to the media from Comer, in which the Republican chairman spoke to four different people who were linked to “Biden’s influence peddling around the world.” claim to be.

• The letter states that when Democratic Commission staff asked their Republican counterparts about the statement, they were told that “no new witness information … I was only referring to the
• The two are Eric Schwerin, a business associate of Hunter Biden, and Kathy Chan, a former aide to President Biden, the letter said.
• In a statement to the letter, Comer claimed:[m]Multiple individuals have approached the Oversight Board as whistleblowers with a desire to share information confidentially,” it added, adding, “It is not surprising that whistleblowers do not trust Ruskin.” added.

What they say: “Your misrepresentation and refusal to disclose relevant information to the Commission raises serious questions about your investigative skills, the “facts” you uncovered, and the narrative you appear to be intentionally trying to create. ,” Ruskin wrote in the letter.

• “Ranking member Ruskin is playing a lawyer for the Biden family rather than engaging in true surveillance of the American public,” Comer said in a statement. “But unlike Ruskin’s distortion of ranking members, bank records don’t lie.”

Raskin is currently demanding Access to documents and materials related to Hunter Biden, including laptop hard drives and information about how Republican staffers received hard drives.

• According to the letter, he also asked for the names of the four witnesses that Comer alluded to, as well as “access to information on witnesses you have trusted in your public statements.”

What to see: The letter came as oversight officials spent weeks digging through suspicious activity reports (SARs) related to the Biden family provided by the Treasury Department.

• “There’s more than we thought,” Kammer told Axios late last month.
• “Despite evidence to the contrary, Comer has continued to argue.”[p]Public reports indicate there are more than 150. [SARs] Ruskin is linked to the Biden family’s undertaking to justify the issuance of the subpoena,” Ruskin said in a statement to Axios, noting that the document “clearly overturned this ‘public coverage.'” added.

Big picture: This is not the first time Democrats have questioned Republican witnesses.