{"id":10820,"date":"2023-10-29T00:55:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T00:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/29\/speaker-johnson-biden-engaging-in-cover-up-of-role-in-hunter-business-dealings-impeachment-probe-continues\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T00:55:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T00:55:06","slug":"speaker-johnson-biden-engaging-in-cover-up-of-role-in-hunter-business-dealings-impeachment-probe-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/29\/speaker-johnson-biden-engaging-in-cover-up-of-role-in-hunter-business-dealings-impeachment-probe-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson: Biden engaging in \u2018cover-up\u2019 of role in Hunter business dealings, impeachment probe continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>House Speaker Mike Johnson said President Biden is engaged in an \u2018ongoing cover-up\u2019 and has \u2018lied repeatedly\u2019 about his involvement in and knowledge of Hunter Biden\u2019s business dealings, while telling Fox News Digital that the impeachment inquiry against him will continue \u2018methodically\u2019 and without a \u2018predetermined\u2019 outcome.<\/p>\n

Johnson, R-La., was elected speaker of the House of Representatives this week. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., launched the impeachment inquiry against Biden in September.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital Friday evening, the speaker said the inquiry will continue under his leadership.<\/p>\n

\u2018We are the rule of law team, and so we have to respect and regard due process and do this in a way that the founders would have intended,\u2019 he said. \u2018Impeachment is an awesome power that Congress has, and it is not intended to be, nor should it be, used as a political tool to be wielded lightly.\u2019<\/p>\n

Johnson added, \u2018We take this very seriously.\u2019<\/p>\n

The speaker said House Republicans will continue investigating, \u2018collecting evidence and following the truth and that evidence wherever it leads.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019ve not predetermined the outcome of this. We\u2019ve not pre-judged it,\u2019 he said. \u2018But I think everyone can see how it is unfolding,\u2019 he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Johnson, a constitutional lawyer and former member of the House Judiciary Committee and House Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, has been involved in the impeachment investigation first-hand.<\/p>\n

The inquiry is led by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith.<\/p>\n

\u2018They\u2019ve just really done exceptional work uncovering the evidence,\u2019 Johnson said. \u2018They\u2019ve done a great job, and they\u2019ve been very methodical here.\u2019<\/p>\n

Johnson said impeachment was \u2018designed by the framers of the Constitution to be a very careful and sensitive thing that has to be handled legally and appropriately, and that\u2019s what has been done by our chairmen.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Legal experts have been torn on whether Congress can initiate impeachment proceedings for alleged treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors that transpired before holding the office of the presidency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The scope of the impeachment inquiry covers the span the time of Biden\u2019s vice presidency to the present, including his time out of office.<\/p>\n

When asked for his theory on the matter, Johnson said: \u2018I think I can argue the case that it should extend that far, but I\u2019m not sure that we will have to in this case.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We have an ongoing cover-up of the important facts as Joseph Biden is sitting in the Oval Office,\u2019 Johnson said. \u2018We know that he stared right into the camera as the president and lied repeatedly\u2014I mean, multiple times\u2014he lied directly multiple times about his involvement and knowledge of his son\u2019s business dealings. We all know that now.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018He is, you know, as the sitting president, he has been involved in covering it up.\u2019<\/p>\n

Johnson said he believes there is \u2018an overwhelming amount of evidence, and that seems to indicate that he was involved and that they did know about this, and that the family did benefit from it.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I think we might be arguing about high crimes and misdemeanors, but I\u2019m not so certain bribery is not involved in some way here, either,\u2019 Johnson said. \u2018And of course, bribery is specifically listed in the Constitution, and so we have an obligation to pursue it.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added, \u2018There\u2019s a lot of smoke here, and we\u2019re going to find out very soon how big the fire is.\u2019<\/p>\n

Johnson, pointing to the records being collected by House Republicans in the ongoing inquiry, said \u2018Bank records don\u2019t lie.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018We have receipts now, we\u2019re connecting the dots, and I think this will continue in earnest,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Comer, R-Ky., has collected bank records belonging to the Biden family, and is continuing to do so. His panel is currently collecting subpoenaed personal and business records belonging to Hunter Biden and James Biden.<\/p>\n

Comer so far has said his panel has uncovered that the Biden family and their business associates brought in more than $24 million between 2014 and 2019 by \u2018selling Joe Biden as \u2018the brand\u2019 around the world.<\/p>\n

The White House maintains that President Biden was never in business with his son and had previously insisted he never discussed business with his son or his family. White House officials have blasted the impeachment inquiry against the president as an \u2018evidence-free\u2019 political stunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Johnson told Fox News Digital that there are \u2018a lot of Americans who are really anxious to have accountability.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018But I want to assure everyone that we are working through the process in the appropriate and constitutional manner,\u2019 he said. \u2018And I think we\u2019re well-positioned to bring accountability to the American people\u2014they deserve it.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Johnson had a \u2018pleasant meeting\u2019 with President Biden at the White House this week.<\/p>\n

\u2018He was engaging and personable,\u2019 Johnson said. \u2018This is not a personal thing that I have with him. I have to do my job, and he has to do his, and my job is to bring accountability to people, and so, I don\u2019t make any apology for that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Johnson was on the impeachment defense team for former President Trump in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u2018I saw firsthand how the Democrats took a sledgehammer to hundreds of years of precedent,\u2019 he said. \u2018And we were decrying that all along the way and pointing out that they were opening a Pandora\u2019s box and really just diminishing the institution for, kind of, a political vendetta against President Trump.\u2019<\/p>\n

When asked how he would respond to Democrats casting the continued impeachment inquiry against Biden as political, Johnson quoted John Adams.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t expect anything different from our colleagues on the other side of the aisle with regard to this but as John Adams said, \u2018facts are stubborn things,\u2019 and we are going to present the facts and we\u2019re going to follow the truth,\u2019 Johnson said. \u2018And so it doesn\u2019t matter what the mainstream media narrative is or what the Democrats say\u2014we\u2019re going to lay the facts bare for the American people to draw their own conclusions, and I think they\u2019ll draw the right ones.\u2019<\/p>\n

As for a timeline, Johnson said he doesn\u2019t have one.<\/p>\n

\u2018And I haven\u2019t prejudged anything,\u2019 he said. \u2018If I had, I would be guilty of everything that I\u2019ve pointed out Democrats have done wrong, but I do believe that we\u2019re going to draw a lot of this to conclusion soon.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m anxious to do that because I think the American people are owed that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Beyond investigating Biden\u2019s ties to his family\u2019s business dealings, House Republicans are also probing the alleged obstruction of the Justice Department\u2019s years-long federal investigation into Hunter Biden. The allegations stem from IRS whistleblowers who allege politics influenced prosecutorial steps throughout the probe.<\/p>\n

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Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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