The Lead with Jake Tapper: Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Is Interviewed About House Republicans Accusing Biden Of Corruption
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Well, before we release the memo, we interviewed Devon Archer, who was one of the associates who was partial owner of one of the Shell companies that the Biden's were receiving money from foreign nationals and then laundering it into Biden bank accounts. So the associate, Devon Archer, testified that Joe Biden had in fact spoken to over 20 of the people who had wired the money to the Biden family members.
Now the reason that's important, Jake, is because the President said repeatedly, he had never spoken to his son or anyone affiliated with his son in their business dealings. Now, there is no business. So what the business was, according to Devon Archer was they were taking money from foreign nationals. And they were marketing Joe Biden. Joe Biden was the brand. So that is the first associate that came in implicated Joe Biden as being the reason they we're getting this money.
And the money is from bad people. The money is from people who are either incarcerated in the countries where they wired the money or they are on the flee from being incarcerated. So we're concerned that the President is compromised, because of the millions of dollars in his family to proceed. And remember, Jake, the President hasn't been truthful with the American people.
First of all, he said he never communicated with these people. Devon Archer testified that he has 20 times in fact, at least, and then he said that none of this money ever happened while he was vice president. We didn't know this at the beginning of that investigation. But what we know now is the overwhelming majority of the wire transfers happen while Joe Biden was vice president. And they happen days after he left those countries with foreign aid checks are talking about foreign aid.
So there is a pattern here that should concern every American with respect to corruption in the White House.
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No. We're trying to do that. That's been the goal from day one is to have a legislative fix. A lot of the President's defenders especially in the media say that well, this influence peddling is a cottage industry in Washington. Well, it needs to change. But let's just go back to not having any evidence of wrongdoing with Joe Biden. Look, six banks --
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Well, remember when we started this investigation at the end of January that's when I got subpoenaed about the last week of January, the narrative was the laptop with Russian disinformation. Joe Biden's family never received money from China. Joe Biden family never received any of this money while he was vice president. And Joe Biden never communicated with any of the people that sent his family this money. All four of those things have been proven false.
So our investigations already turned up a lot of information. Now, I think, even though there may not be the curiosity, by my friends at CNN, I think there's curiosity by majority of Americans, wait a minute, you're telling me --
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And I appreciate it.
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Yes, look, and I've been vocal that I think that what Kushner did crossed the line of ethics. What Christie said it happened after he left office, still no excuse, Jake. But it happened after he left office. And Jared Kushner actually has a legitimate business. This money from the Biden's happened while Joe Biden was vice president, while he was flying to those countries, he flew. Days after he left Romania, his family started receiving wires from corrupt Romanian for national.
Days, they got four days after he left, including his granddaughter, what's his granddaughter doing getting a wire from a Romanian foreign national. This is why we're investigating. And it's difficult, Jake. It's very difficult. The Biden attorneys are obstructing. They're intimidating witnesses. The DOJ will not cooperate with us. The FBI will not cooperate with us. The FBI will not cooperate with us. The IRS will not cooperate with us. Thank God we had whistleblowers from the IRS testify on our committee that they were told to stand down by the DOJ.
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Well, CNN done a better job than a lot. That's why I'm on the show. And I'm a fan, Jake. And I'm working with you on this. But I do think that there's certainly overwhelming evidence. Remember there's a text message from Hunter Biden to his daughter complaining that he had to give his father half his salary. So we've gone through a lot of bank records.
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We haven't gone through all the bank records. But look, we've caught Joe Biden and several lies, including they never spoke with any of these corrupt people from these foreign countries that sent his family money. He had dinner with some of them we found in this. He had, you know, so there's, I think, more than enough evidence to show that Joe Biden hasn't been truthful with the American people. And, you know, he had knowledge that his family was money laundering. He had to -- you think the Treasury --
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And that's why the judge picked it out. That's one of the reason the Delaware judge rejected the sweetheart plea deal. There was clearly violations of the Foreign Agent Registration Act and money laundering.
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We will work with you, Jake. Thanks for having me.
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