Top Republican James Comer formally invites Joe Biden to testify on Capitol ... trends now
Joe Biden has been invited to testify in his own impeachment inquiry as Republicans hope to secure damning information on the president's alleged 'self-enrichment schemes' in a last effort to find evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to the president Thursday asking him to answer questions and inviting him to Capitol Hill to testify in the Republican's investigation into his family's 'influence peddling.'
The committee has been investigating Biden, his family and business associates for over six months and claim they have received 'a body of evidence' that proves Biden was 'indeed involved in these pay-for-influence schemes' totaling over $24 million.
'I invite you to participate in a public hearing at which you will be afforded the opportunity to explain, under oath, your involvement with your family’s sources of income and the means it has used to generate it,' Comer wrote to Biden.
The Republican suggested earlier this month that Biden could testify in a just few weeks time.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to Joe Biden Thursday inviting him to testify publicly under oath about his involvement in what the Republican alleges is an influence peddling scheme
President Joe Biden has repeatedly said he was not involved in any of his family's business ventures despite Republicans claiming otherwise
The invitations comes as Republicans have exhaustively scoured the president and his family's bank accounts to find evidence of his wrongdoing.
The saga has included testimonies from the president's son, Hunter Biden, and his brother, James Biden, among others, and Republicans see the president's potential testimony as the crown jewel of their probe.
But it is all but certain the president will decline Comer's offer.
He would likely opt to not have a potentially embarrassing made-for-TV-moment that could lend credibility to the GOP's efforts.
The Kentucky Republican's letter also details many of the committee's findings, most notably focusing on how over $24 million has flowed from foreign sources to Biden, his family and their business associates.
'You have repeatedly denied playing any role in your family’s business activities, but the Committee has amassed
