Hunter Biden's statement to Comer's committee ...

[marble falls]

From Hunter Biden's meeting with Comer's committee:

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Hunter-Biden-Transcript_Redacted.pdf

His opening statement:

Mr. Biden: Thank you.
I am here today to provide the committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business, not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions, domestic or international, not as a board member, and not as an artist, never.

You read this fact in the many letters that have been sent to you over the last year as part of your so-called impeachment investigation. You heard this fact when I said it weeks ago standing outside of this building. You heard this fact from a parade of other witnesses, former colleagues, and business partners of mine, including my uncle, who has testified before you in similar proceedings. And now, today, you hear this fact directly from me.

For more than a year, your committees have hunted me in your partisan political pursuit of my dad. You have trafficked in innuendo, distortion, and sensationalism, all the while ignoring the clear and convincing evidence staring you in the face: You do not have evidence to support the baseless and MAGA-motivated conspiracies about my father because there isn't any.

You have built your entire partisan house of cards on lies told by the likes of Gal Luft, Tony Bobulinski, Alexander Smirnov, and Jason Galanis. Luft, who is a fugitive, has been indicted for his lies and other crimes; Smirnov, who has made you dupes in carrying out a Russian disinformation campaign waged against my father, has been indicted for his lies; Bobulinski, who has been exposed for the many false statements he has made; and Galanis, who is serving 14 years in prison for fraud.

Rather than follow the facts as they've been laid out before you in bank records, financial statements, correspondence, and other witness testimony, you continue your frantic search to prove the lies you and those you rely upon keep peddling. Yes, they are lies.

To be clear, I have made mistakes in my life, and I have squandered opportunities and privileges that were afforded to me. I know that. I am responsible for that. And I am making amends for that. But my mistakes and my shortcomings are my own and not my father's, who has done nothing but devote his entire life to public service and trying to make this country a better place to live.

During my battle with addiction, my father was there for me. He helped save
my life. His love and support made it possible for me to get sober, stay sober, and rebuild my life as a father, a son, a husband, and a brother. What he got in return for being a loving, supportive parent is a barrage of hate-filled conspiracy theories that hatched this sham impeachment inquiry and continue to fuel unrelenting personal attacks against him and me.

Over the last year, Republicans have taken my communications out of context, relied on documents that have been altered, and cherry-picked snippets of financial or other records to misrepresent what really happened.

Examples of this include a few references to my family in emails or texts that I sent when I was in the darkest days of my addiction. If you try to do that today, my answers will reveal your tactics and demonstrate the truth that my father was never involved in any of my businesses.

My testimony today should put an end to this baseless and destructive political charade. You have wasted valuable time and resources attacking me and my family for your own political gain when you should be fixing the real problems in this country that desperately need your attention.

Thank you

[PatSeg]

1. Excellent

Like something out of an Aaron Sorkin movie.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Powerful. But will fall on deaf ears.

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But we have read this statement and will not fall on deaf ears.

The House MAGAts are DEPLORABLE people. Heaven has no place for their ilk. For Jesus knows how hardened their hearts are.

[rubbersole]

3. Mic drop, bitches.

Now crawl back under your disgraced "oversight" rock and eat shit.

[byronius]

4. Good lord, that's presidential.

[orangecrush]

5. Fuck off GQP

The stench from that side of the aisle is unbearable.

[Ligyron]

6. Perfect!

He could have added they were afraid to make this a public hearing, one the public had a right to hear since the real story would make them look like the lying idiots and clowns they are and that they wouldn't then be free to lie, spin and disassemble about what really transpired in there.

Who thinks the transcript will come out before the election?

[samsingh]

7. Excellent. compare that to what comes out of the republican swines

[mountain grammy]

8. K&R. I hope everyone reads this.

[NoMoreRepugs]

9. To the "base" that will probably be interpreted as a confession. How do those people even brush their teeth?

[orleans]

10. that was great.

i went to the link and started reading. only on pg 17 (out of 229 pages!) omg! i have things i have to do today!


thanks for posting this!

[wiggs]

11. I find the whole transcript informative and interesting. I now have a different impression of Hunter, much

different than how he's portrayed in media discussions.

[Haggard Celine]

19. I like him too.

He's made plenty of mistakes, like I have and many others have, but he acknowledges his problems upfront. I think he's basically a good guy. He's lucky to have his family, not that they've bailed him out of situations, but because they've been there for him in an emotional way. The Bidens are a great family, and they don't deserve to have their dirty laundry aired so that these people in Congress can play their political games.

[Martin Eden]

12. Great Statement, pulls no punches

Rethugs, with no shame in their soul, will continue this charade.

[GiqueCee]

13. Now, THAT'S how it's done...

... take those malicious troglodytes and rub their snouts in their own shit. But, being sociopaths to a man – or woman, as the case may be – they are incapable of shame. But those outside the conservative fart bubble will see these lowlifes for what they really are: Liars, cheats, and thieves who defile every principle to which this nation aspires. America will be a far, far better place without their malign influence.
To any of those MAGAts that may dimly perceive the error of their ways, vote the motherfuckers OUT, or bear their treacherous stain forever.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. Paragraph that should be read on all the Sunday Republican talk shows:

You have built your entire partisan house of cards on lies told by the likes of Gal Luft, Tony Bobulinski, Alexander Smirnov, and Jason Galanis. Luft, who is a fugitive, has been indicted for his lies and other crimes; Smirnov, who has made you dupes in carrying out a Russian disinformation campaign waged against my father, has been indicted for his lies; Bobulinski, who has been exposed for the many false statements he has made; and Galanis, who is serving 14 years in prison for fraud.

[struggle4progress]

16. Trump's circle considers Luft, Bobulinski, Smirnov, and Galanis choirboys

[Hekate]

15. Kick

[SergeStorms]

17. Wish I could rec this 1,000 times.

These republican dickheads ignored abundant, factual evidence in two impeachments of Donald Trump.

They have ZERO factual evidence in their impeachment of Joe Biden, but they keep the proceedings going as if they do.

You're lying, cheating asswipes who've done nothing for the American people.

[TeamProg]

18. Hear Hear!

[Rstrstx]

20. And that's why they didn't want a televised hearing

[no_hypocrisy]

21. Hunter Biden's speech reminds me of Woody Allen in "The Front".

[SunSeeker]

22. Great statement!

[cstanleytech]

23. This will never see the light of day with any of the Republican news agencies such as Fox unless

it's to cherry pick something and distort it.