The Republican Party regained the majority in the House of Representatives after the midterm election last week, taking the required number of 218 seats, compared to 211 seats for the Democrats, with six seats remaining to be called..It's expected the Republicans would launch a number of investigations into the Biden administration on topics including the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the ongoing migration crisis at the US-Mexico border and first son Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings, says the New York Post..“In the days before the midterm Democratic D-Day, President Joe Biden increasingly sounded like Werner Pluskat*. And he’s right,” Jonathan Turley, an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School, told the Post..“While Biden may or may not be the subject of an impeachment, a Republican-controlled House has plenty to investigate, and impeachment is unlikely his greatest fear.”.The Republicans wasted no time proving Turley correct, alleging Biden was directly involved in in overseas business dealings alongside his son Hunter. .Republican Reps. James Comer and Jim Jordan made the allegation at a press conference Thursday, saying Hunter Biden and Joe Biden participated in "waste, fraud, and abuse" in international business dealings..The Republicans say they've uncovered evidence of conspiracy or defrauding the United States, wire fraud, violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, money laundering, tax evasion and other crimes..Comer said the Biden family "flourished and became millionaires by simply offering access to the family.".“Joe Biden told the American people he had nothing to do with and never had conversations with his family about their business dealings,” said Comer at the press conference. .“That was a lie.” .“A whistleblower described President Biden as chairman of the board for these businesses he personally participated in meetings and phone calls and documents show that he was a partner with access to an office,” continued Comer..“To be clear, Joe Biden is the big guy.”.Comer said the evidence raises troubling questions about whether the president is a national security risk and about whether he is compromised by foreign governments.“Despite the president's claim he wasn’t involved in Biden family business schemes, this is an investigation into Joe Biden,” he said, making the distinction between an investigation of Hunter Biden.."Was Joe Biden directly involved with Hunter Biden's business deals, and is he compromised? That's our investigation," Comer said..Comer is the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee and Jordan is expected to soon chair the Judiciary Committee..The Republicans released a report Thursday outlining their findings..The executive summary of the report opens with: “During the 2020 presidential campaign, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden assured the American people he was not involved in his family members’ multi-million-dollar global business deals. He assured Americans he had always remained apart from his family’s business interests while he was vice-president.”.“Evidence obtained by Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans shows these assurances were false. President Joe Biden participated in his family’s global business ventures with America’s adversaries. He has misused his public positions to further his family’s financial interests. These actions have created the potential for President Biden to be susceptible to influence, blackmail, or extortion by a malign or foreign entity, including the Chinese Communist Party.”.In the report, the Republicans single out mainstream media and high tech as being complicit in the cover-up of evidence found on Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop..“A review of Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop, as well as information from whistleblowers, reveals a decade-long pattern of influence peddling, national security risks, and political cover-ups. Biden family members used their connections with Joe Biden to enrich themselves through the expectation of access to Joe Biden and promises about what a future Biden Administration might do for them. There are numerous unanswered questions raised by these suspicious activities that warrant further investigation.” .“During the final weeks of the 2020 presidential election campaign, the media’s response to Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop — full of documents detailing suspicious business deals worth millions of dollars — was not to report this information, but to hide it.” .“Some outlets were frank about their disdain for the story. An official NPR Twitter account tweeted to its audience, ‘We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories.’ ”.“In addition, Big Tech actively suppressed this information on social media. Twitter blocked users from posting links to stories about the laptop’s contents; it even locked the New York Post’s account for refusing to take down the article.”.“Facebook used its algorithms to limit the spread of stories about the laptop.” .“Intelligence officials — who are now television pundits — labeled the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation.”.With the Republicans now holding the House majority, this story will take on a new life when Congress reconvenes Jan. 3, 2023..*Pluskat was a major, commanding the 1st Battalion of the 352nd Artillery Regiment of the German 352nd Infantry Division during the Normandy invasion.
