Pence praises James Comer report on alleged Biden household enterprise offers

Former Vice President Mike Pence praised Rep. James Comer (R-KY) on Wednesday for releasing monetary information associated to Hunter Biden-linked enterprise offers in Romania and China.

Pence mentioned he felt assured that Republican leaders within the Home of Representatives would maintain the Biden household accountable for alleged lies over accepting cash from China and an alleged battle of curiosity by having Hunter Biden sitting on the board of a overseas firm.

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"Once I was vp of the US, my son wasn't sitting on the board of a overseas company," Pence instructed Fox News host Sean Hannity. "I feel probably the most jarring factor that got here out within the listening to as we speak is when congressman Comer revealed that again in 2020, when [President] Joe Biden mentioned repeatedly that he and their household, their corporations, had by no means acquired any cash from China. Now utilizing the subpoena energy of the Congress and going to financial institution information, they've came upon that Chinese language cash flowed into [an] account managed and owned by the Biden household."

Comer, who's the chairman of the Home Oversight Committee, launched a 36-page memo on Wednesday, which claimed that financial institution information the committee subpoenaed present “the Biden household, their enterprise associates, and their corporations acquired over $10 million” from corporations belonging to overseas nationals whereas Biden served as vp beneath former President Barack Obama and after he left public workplace in early 2017.

The brand new memo doesn't hyperlink any of the funds on to the president, but it surely does hyperlink them to a number of relations.

Pence mentioned he couldn't "comprehend" the revelations in regards to the funds however claimed there can be justice for the antics of the Biden household.

"The American folks deserve solutions, and I simply am so happy with members of Congress for holding them accountable," Pence mentioned. "Because of this now we have a separation of powers beneath the Structure. And for this reason the Congress has the authority they've, they usually've received to unravel it. They have to carry Joe Biden and his household accountable for the reality. The American folks deserve no much less."

Pence's look on Fox occurred shortly after former President Donald Trump made his first look on CNN since his 2016 presidential marketing campaign. Throughout the city corridor, Trump refused to apologize for slamming Pence within the aftermath of the 2020 election, sustaining that his former vp "did one thing incorrect."

The 2 former working mates have hardly ever appeared collectively since leaving the White Home. Pence is contemplating a competing bid for the Republican nomination for president in 2024 towards Trump, who has already introduced his marketing campaign. Pence is anticipated to make a closing determination in June.