Biden pours cold water on GOP report that Hunter and Hallie got Chinese money trends now
President Joe Biden on Friday pushed back on a Republican report that members of his family received more than $1 million in payments from China, saying it wasn't 'true.'
'That’s not true,' Biden said when asked about it as he left the White House to spend the weekend at his home in Wilmington, Del.
He was responding to a report House Republicans released on Thursday that showed the president's Hunter Biden, Beau Biden's widow Hallie and other relatives of the president's family received more than $1 million in 2017 from an associate who had entered into a business deal with a Chinese energy company.
The findings were part of an investigation by the House GOP into Hunter Biden's business dealings and how the presidential son made his money amid allegations he used his father's position for personal profit.
President Joe Biden pushed back on a Republican report that members of his family received more than $1 million in payments from China
The House Oversight Committee, led by Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, has obtained more than a decade of bank records through subpoenas as it investigates the Biden family.
They have zeroed in on Hunter Biden's associate John R. Walker for questioning after poring over years' worth of his bank records and uncovering a $35,000 payment to Hallie Biden, Beau Biden's widow.
The GOP findings stated that Walker received a $3 million wire transfer from Chinese State Energy HK Limited, a firm affiliated with CEFC China Energy, then distributed $1.3 million to accounts associated with Biden family members.
Hunter Biden and Joe's brother Jim were the others to get a cut of the cash.
Comer wrote Walker that the panel 'is investigating President Biden's involvement in his family's business practices' and 'has identified you as a critical witness in this matter and has reviewed evidence showing you received millions of dollars originating from a Chinese energy company and elsewhere.'
The House Oversight Committee has 'invited' Hunter Biden associate John R. Walker to come in for a transcribed interview
The White House hit back after Republicans subpoenaed bank records and released documents purporting to show that Hallie Biden received a cut of $3 million in cash from China. Beau Biden's widow was identified on Thursday as the third member of the first family wrapped up in Rep. James Comer's investigation into allegations they used their names to profit on business deals
The committee 'invites you to participate in a transcribed interview with Committee staff, Comer wrote –in language that stopped short of an outright demand but which can be a prelude to a subpoena if a witness declines to comply.
Democrats fumed at Comer's public campaign Thursday, with the White House calling it an 'attack' on the president's daughter-in-law.
A spokesperson for Hunter Biden's legal team blasted the disclosures as old news – and said the funds transferred to Hallie Biden were part of 'sharing expenses.' Hunter has previously acknowledged he was in a relationship with her at the time.
'Here we go again as Rep. Comer takes something old and tries to make it new by wrapping it in a wild and baseless right-wing conspiracy,' said the spokeswoman in a statement provided to DailyMail.com.
'Hunter Biden, a private citizen with every right to pursue his own business endeavors, joined several business partners in seeking a joint venture with a privately-owned, legitimate energy company in China. As part of that joint venture, Hunter received his portion of good faith seed funds which he shared with his uncle, James Biden, and Hallie Biden, with whom he was involved with at the time, and
