James Biden Denies President Involved in Business Dealings in Deposition as Impeachment Inquiry Hits Snag by Joseph Lord – US Politics News

Businessman James Biden, younger brother of President Joe Biden, said on Feb. 21 in a closed-door deposition to House impeachment investigators that the president was not involved in his business dealings.
The deposition comes at a critical moment for House Republicans’ Biden impeachment inquiry after a key witness in the probe was charged by special counsel with lying about the alleged role of the president and his son Hunter Biden in the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
Mr. Biden, 74, delivered the remarks to the House Judiciary Committee, which is assisting in an impeachment inquiry into the president.
Past findings by the GOP have alleged that the president’s brother benefited from first son Hunter Biden’s business dealings, raking in around $360,000 on at least one known occasion. The finding came as part of a larger GOP-led investigation into allegations of influence peddling by the first family, and potentially by the president himself….