GOP lawmakers call on DOJ to brief Congress on details of Hunter Biden investigation

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Home lawmakers are calling on the Division of Justice to transient Congress on the investigation of Hunter Biden and his enterprise dealings, arguing that few particulars have been disclosed to the general public. 

“[L]egal questions plaguing Hunter Biden proceed to come up and forged doubt on President Joe Biden and his administration,” Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., and 14 different lawmakers, wrote in a letter to Legal professional Basic Merrick Garland. 

They argued that the investigation raised questions that concerned potential violations of felony or civil regulation by President Biden or different senior administration officers. 

Their letter comes amid a probe into Hunter Biden’s revenue and funds he acquired whereas serving on the board of a Ukrainian power firm.

The lawmakers stated “little element” of the investigation, headed by Delaware’s U.S. Legal professional David Weiss, has been disclosed to the general public.

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“It’s crucial that the Division of Justice transient Congress on the character of Mr. Weiss’s investigation into Hunter Biden,” they stated. “Congress has a constitutional obligation to conduct oversight of the Govt Department and an ethical obligation to look at if the President of america or any senior official in his administration is ethically compromised or injured.” 

President-elect Joe Biden embraces his son Hunter Biden after addressing the nation from the Chase Heart November 07, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. 
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The GOP lawmakers stated Congress must be knowledgeable of the DOJ’s inquiry into Hunter Biden’s alleged worthwhile relationships with overseas nationals in China, Serbia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Additionally they homed in on Hunter Biden’s alleged sources of revenue from Ukrainian natural-gas firm Burisma, Chinese language firm CEFC, his laptop computer containing “doubtlessly compromising materials,” and his efforts to assist White Home chief of employees Ron Klain increase $20,000 for the Vice President’s Residence Basis. 

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Main media retailers just like the Washington Publish and the New York Occasions have authenticated the trove of emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, which was first reported by the New York Publish. 

The letter was signed by U.S. Reps. Bob Good of Virginia, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Jeff Duncan and Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Mary Miller of Illinois, Chip Roy and Michael Cloud of Texas, Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jody Hice of Georgia, Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, Ken Buck of Colorado, Matt Gaetz of Florida, and Vicky Hartzler of Missouri. 

The investigation into Hunter Biden’s enterprise dealings has already introduced a political headache for the Biden administration heading into the 2022 midterms. 

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on fuel costs in america fromthe South Court docket Auditorium of the White Home on March 31, 2022, in Washington, DC. 
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The White Home has stood by the president’s assertion in a 2020 debate that his son had not had unethical enterprise dealings with Ukraine or China. 

The investigation might additionally pressure a fragile choice for the Justice Division, which has sought to claim its independence and has publicly harassed its willingness to let the info and proof, not political choices, information its investigative and charging choices.

Hunter Biden confirmed the existence of an investigation into his taxes in December 2020, one month after the presidential election. He stated in an announcement on the time that he was “assured {that a} skilled and goal assessment of those issues will display that I dealt with my affairs legally and appropriately, together with with the good thing about skilled tax advisors.”

The breadth of the subpoena highlighted the wide-ranging scope of the investigation into Hunter Biden, although there isn’t any indication that the probe consists of any scrutiny of the president himself. Biden has stated he didn’t focus on his son’s worldwide enterprise dealings with him and has denied having ever taken cash from a overseas nation.

Fox Information’ Adam Sabes and The Related Press contributed to this report.