The White House on Monday declined to answer questions about what it claims is a “conspiracy theory” about corruption within the Biden family.
The denial comes ahead of a House vote expected this week on the launch of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden and the possible appearance of his son Hunter for a deposition before the House Oversight Committee, Deputy Press Secretary It took place as Andrew Bates spoke to reporters aboard an Air Force plane. The Judiciary Committee will meet on Wednesday.
“I’m not going to discuss that process other than to say that President Biden is focused on the issues that matter most to American families,” Bates said. “Today, you can see him preparing a delivery for firefighters in Philadelphia.As I said, we are making historic progress in advanced manufacturing to continue bringing jobs back from overseas. We are making an announcement.”
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President Joe Biden, White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates, and Hunter Biden. (Getty/Reuters)
“He’s focused on what’s important to American families, not Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracy theories about his own family,” he added, adding that Biden’s impeachment supporter and Republican Rep. Mar He referenced Rep. Jolie Taylor Greene, a Republican, who she said was a frequent target of Biden’s impeachment efforts. Democratic Party making political attacks.
House Republicans want to hold a formal vote this week on whether to open an investigation, but they face opposition from Democrats and some members of their own party. But Republican opposition to the investigation is waning as lawmakers representing districts won by Biden in 2020 have begun supporting it.
That includes Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska), who told Politico that he was switching from opposing the investigation to supporting it now that Biden is more likely to cooperate.
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”“The president said he wouldn’t provide information until there was an investigation, so I went from no to yes,” he told the magazine.
Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) is spearheading a major investigation into Mr. Biden, investigating Mr. Hunter and his various foreign dealings and the money he received from them. focused. The committee held impeachment hearings in September as part of its investigation.
The White House has repeatedly said Biden did nothing wrong and had no knowledge of his son’s business dealings.
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), left, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right. (Getty Images)
Additionally, despite the president’s son so far refusing to respond to subpoenas for behind-closed-doors testimony, the Oversight and Judiciary Committees approved Hunter’s Wednesday closed-door deposition last week. An official notification regarding the withdrawal has been issued.
Mr. Hunter’s attorney notified Mr. Comer and Mr. House. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordanthe Ohio Republican Party announced last week that the president’s son would appear only to testify before a committee in public.
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Comer and Jordan then threatened to hold him in contempt of Congress if he did not appear for a deposition.
Fox News’ Thomas Catenacci, Brooke Singman and Chad Pergram contributed to this report.
