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House Republicans have once again changed their target in an ongoing probe into the family finances of President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, claiming they no longer need to cough up evidence that the president financially benefited from his son’s business ventures to prove his corruption.
In a memo released Wednesday by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, the majority appeared to drop its long-held target of directly proving the president’s corruption, writing: “President Biden’s defenders purport a weak defense by asserting the Committee must show payments directly to the President to show corruption.”
“This is a hollow claim no other American would be afforded if their family members accepted foreign payments or bribes,” the memo reads. “Indeed, the law recognizes payments to family members to corruptly influence others can constitute a bribe.”