House Republicans said Monday that a forensic accountant, a legal scholar, and a former assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s tax division will be the witnesses at its first hearing on the President Joe Biden impeachment inquiry.
On Monday, House Oversight Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said that Republican lawmakers had uncovered “an overwhelming amount” of evidence that President Biden “abused his public office,” during his tenure as vice president in the Obama administration, for his family’s financial gain.
The hearing aims to establish what the president knew, and his role, in the foreign business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden.
The House investigations leading up to the impeachment inquiry hearings were conducted by three powerful committees: the Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means.
The witness list includes Bruce Dubinsky, a forensic accountant who founded Dubinsky Consulting; Eileen O’Connor, a former assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice Tax Division; and Prof. Jonathan Turley, a nationally recognized legal scholar from George Washington University Law School.
The hearing will take place at the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday at 10 a.m.
“Thousands of pages of financial records, emails, texts, testimony from credible IRS whistleblowers, and a transcribed interview with Biden family business associate Devon Archer all reveal that Joe Biden allowed his family to sell him as ‘the brand’ around the world to enrich the Biden family,” said Mr. Comer in a statement.
“Joe Biden showed up on at least two dozen occasions to send signals of access, influence, and power to those who were paying the Bidens,” he added.
Mr. Comer said that based on the evidence uncovered by the panels, Congress is duty-bound to open an impeachment inquiry.
“Americans demand and deserve answers, transparency, and accountability for this abuse of public office,” Mr. Comer charged. “This week, the House Oversight Committee will present evidence uncovered to date and hear from legal and financial experts about crimes the Bidens may have committed as they brought in millions at the expense of U.S. interests.”
