House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said Thursday he has subpoenaed records from the credit cards the Chinese government-linked CEFC China Energy allegedly gave members of President Joe Biden's family and their business associates to use for personal expenses.
"Through the interviews and depositions we’ve conducted thus far, we’ve learned that there were several credit cards that were used by members of the Biden family — we believe for personal expenses — and we believe that these credit cards were being paid by CEFC or through CEFC-funded affiliates," the Kentucky Republican said in an interview with Fox News.
According to an Oversight Committee staffer, the subpoenas are part of the committee's inquiry into Biden's activity during the time Biden was vice president, reported The New York Post.
Last month, former Biden family associate Rob Walker testified that Biden met personally with CEFC Chair Ye Jianming in Washington in March 2017, less than two months after finishing his vice presidency.
Further, Biden's son, Hunter Biden, and brother James Biden reportedly pulled in more than $7 million in 2017 and 2018 from the company, with the first $1 million of that coming after the Biden-Ye meeting, Walker said.
Comer's subpoenas also include the Biden family's associates.
"The American people deserve transparency, and these subpoenas will be more evidence of the Biden family’s influence peddling around the globe," the committee aide told the Post.
Subpoenas issued include the financial records for Hunter Biden, James Biden, and Sara Biden; associates Eric Schwerin, Gongwen Dong, and Mervyn Yan, and several Biden-affiliated companies, including Rosemont Seneca Partners, Rosemont Seneca Advisors, Rosemont Seneca Bohai, Owasco, P.C., and Hudson West III, the staffer noted.
Former Biden family associate Tony Bobulinski told committee members Tuesday that he and the president talked about the dealings with CEFC twice in May 2017. Biden was also named in an October 2017 email about the CEFC's attempts to buy natural gas from the United States.
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