James Comer’s own business dealings 'risk undercutting' Biden impeachment push: report
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) has been among the House Republican majority's most aggressive proponents of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, who, he claims, was part of corrupt business activities involving his son Hunter Biden — an unproven allegation that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) and other Democrats have forcefully pushed back against.
In an article published on December 14, meanwhile, the Associated Press' Brian Slodysko stresses that Comer's own business activities have been scrutinized.
"Rep. James Comer, a multimillionaire farmer, boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly all of his landholdings on congressional financial disclosure documents — roughly 1600 acres in all," Slodysko explains. "But there are six acres that he bought in 2015 and co-owns with a longtime campaign contributor that he has treated differently, transferring his ownership to Farm Team Properties, a shell company he co-owns with his wife."
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The AP reporter continues, "Interviews and records reviewed by The Associated Press provide new insights into the financial deal, which risks undercutting the force of some of Comer's central arguments in his impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden."
Slodysko points out that Comer has "attacked" Hunter Biden and others in his family over "shell companies" that "appear designed to obscure millions of dollars in earnings they received from shadowy middlemen and foreign interests."
"The companies used by the Bidens are already playing a central role in the impeachment investigation, which is expected to gain velocity after House Republicans voted Wednesday to formally authorize the probe," Slodysko notes. "The vote follows the federal indictment last week of Biden's son Hunter on charges he engaged in a scheme to avoid paying taxes on his earnings through the companies."
The reporter continues, "But as Comer works to 'deliver the transparency and accountability that the American people demand' through the GOP's investigation, his own finances and relationships have begun to draw notice, too — including his ties to prominent local figures who have complicated pasts not all that dissimilar to some of those caught up in his Biden probe."
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Read the full Associated Press report at this link.
