Hallie Biden is 'new' family member in 'shady' business deals probe trends now
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer told colleagues that Hallie Biden is the unidentified third Biden family member who received payment from a Hunter Biden associate who himself got a $3 million transfer from a Chinese company in 2017.
Comer spelled out the information in a Thursday memo, a day after committee staff viewed 'suspicious activity reports' at Treasury and after it was revealed that his panel had subpoenaed Bank of America for financial records.
The Kentucky Republican said Biden family members, including James Biden and Hunter Biden, received payments totaling $1.3 million – revealing that Hallie Biden, the wife of the late Beau Biden, was among them. He cast it all as part of what he terms 'influence peddling' by Biden family members.
'The Biden family members who received money from this account included: Hallie Biden, who received two separate payments totaling $35,000 in 2017; James Brian Biden Sr. (James Biden); Robert Hunter Biden (Hunter Biden)' Comer told colleagues.
He also referenced 'a bank account identified as an unknown 'Biden' and said the committee was continuing to investigate. James Biden is the president's brother. Hunter is his surviving son, and Hallie is his late son Beau's widow.
Hallie Biden, seen here with Beau Biden, received $35,000 from Biden associate Mr. John Robinson Walker, according to Rep. James Comer. Comer, who as chair of House Oversight subpoenaed bank information, says Walker's company got $3 million from a Chinese firm in 2017
In the memo, which was obtained by DailyMail.com, Comer asked 'why Hallie Biden—publicly reported to work as a school counselor—received money from Robinson Walker, the account holder who got the initial deposit from the Chinese firm.
He also took a shot at ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who accused him of running a 'dragnet' for personal financial information on Walker, a former Hunter associate who also goes by John R. Walker.
'Ranking Member Jamie Raskin mischaracterized the substance of the bank records by referencing payments related to Mr. Walker’s miscellaneous purchases such as “Papa John’s” and “coffee at Starbucks,' he wrote, referencing a blistering memo by Raskin blasting the probe as a dragnet.
'Rep. Raskin omitted material facts that Robinson Walker, LLC received a $3 million wire from a Chinese company in March 2017—less than two months after Vice President Joe Biden left public office—and that Mr. Walker then transferred over a million dollars to various bank accounts associated with the Bidens in the following months,' he wrote.
The memo is to Oversight Committee members, and is stated as being from Republican majority staff. It is titled: 'New Evidence Resulting from the Oversight Committee’s Investigation into the Biden Family’s Influence Peddling and Business Schemes.'
The memo comes after Republican staff for the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday got their first look at scores of 'suspicious activity reports' that U.S. banks flagged related to transactions involving Biden family members and associates.
The White House has repeatedly denied President Biden had knowledge about family members' business arrangements
Hallie Biden, 49, is the widow of Beau Biden, the president’s eldest son, who died of brain cancer in 2015, and the mother of two of the president’s grandchildren, Natalie and Robert Hunter. After her husband's death from glioblastoma in 2015, Biden became the chairwoman of the board of directors for the Beau Biden Foundation For the Protection of Children.
She dated the president’s other son, Hunter Biden, from around 2016 to 2019.
The White House has repeatedly denied President Biden having knowledge of family members' business dealings. He continues to socialize with family members frequently, traveling with Natalie Biden – Hallie and Beau's daughter – to the West Coast this week, and dining at Hallie Biden's home in Delaware last week.
The transactions cited by Comer are from 2017, during the period after Beau's death when Hallie Biden and Hunter Biden were romantically involved.
The memo also references Biden associate James Giliar.
'After the Chinese company wired Robinson Walker, LLC the $3 million, the Biden family received approximately $1,065,692 over a three-month period in different bank accounts. Notably, EEIG, James Gilliar’s affiliated company, received almost the exact same amount— $1,065,000—on March 2, 2017.'
DailyMail.com has reached out to the White House seeking comment on Comer's revelations, which follow a series of appearances on Fox News,
Comer says he issued the subpoena Feb. 27. He writes that it was in pursuit of 'legislative solutions' – a statement that recalls the court fight over Democratic efforts to claw tax information about President Donald Trump. They argued it court it was part of their legislative purpose.
Comer (R-Ky.) has been pushing to gain access to the information as part of what he terms Biden family 'influence peddling,' and Treasury acceded to the request Monday.
That set up the chance for Comer staff, who are focusing their efforts on the business practices of Biden family members, to go to the Treasury Department to view the sensitive information in person.
'Oversight Committee staff will begin
