Brown: Nothing this majority has claimed about [Joe Biden] or his family has merit.
Stansburg: Donald Trump, the man twice-impeached for abuses of power, and, of course, recently indicted for thirty-seven counts of criminal activityโฆthe real criminal, and the actual threat to our democratic institutions, is Donald Trump.
Higgins: I think I clarified for America why we were interested in Hunter Biden. Because he sold access to his father, The Big Guy. And you Americans out there may have a compromised president in your White House.
Garcia: Today's hearing is like most of the majority's investigations and hearings. A lot of allegations, zero proof, no receipts, but apparently, some dick pics.
Shapley: Since I made these protected disclosures, that are legally protected, the IRS has chosen to retaliate against me in multiple ways..my immediate supervisor, and two levels above him, haven't spoken to me since June 1st of 2023, even though I am sending them emails and trying to conduct my business on a daily basis.
Ziegler: I essentially made disclosures up to the Commissioner of the IRS [Daniel Werfel], I said what happened, and the response I got a few days later was I, 'may have broken the law', and 'don't ever do this again. Your emails need to go through your leadership.'
Frost: Since January 6th, these republicans and Trump have complained about a two-tiered justice system, co-opting the language of the decades-long civil rights movement for black lives and black freedom. A movement that they are actually looking to eliminate.
When they weren't talking about Trump, they were talking about muh racisms
Casar brought the jokes today.
Crockett: The insinuation that this committee is trying to make, or at least one side of this committee is trying to make, is that for some reason there was interference, and my colleagues continue to make sure they outline the fact that this investigation actually started under the Trump administrationโฆat the end of the day, we have no evidence whatsoever that [Joe Biden] or the attorney general of the United States interfered.
Goldman to Comer: You have no idea why or why not they [Bidens] received that money
LaTurner: You stated in public interviews that you and your team were stopped from taking certain investigative steps that you believe could have, potentially, connected this Hunter Biden case to [Joe Biden]. Is that correct?
Shapley: That's correct.
LaTurner: We have two credible, non-partisan IRS investigators, confirming that there are millions of dollars in foreign payments to shell companies, to the Biden administration. We have Hunter Biden, who most of us wouldn't hire to dog-sit, receiving these millions of dollars for services that they cannot come forward and tell us about. And potentially this is linked to [Joe Biden], but we don't know that for a fact because you were shut down. You were not allowed to pursue the investigative angle you wanted to.
Fallon: So the US attorney tipped off the lawyers of a person who was the subject of a year's long criminal, felony investigation, is that what you're saying? Did Leslie Wolf tip off Hunter Biden's lawyers?
Zieglar: Regarding the storage unit? [nodding head]
Fallon: Because once you know that, if you're the subject of a criminal investigation, any of those documents that can incriminate you are probably going to meet a match and some gasoline.
Perry: Have you ever been threatened before in an investigation?
Zieglar: I have not, and I've come to learn that this 6E Grand Jury threat may have happened before to other people inside the IRS.
Perry: What we're talking about here is obstruction of justice. You were seeking justice, and you were obstructed. It's against the law.
Boebert: We saw a lot of evidence today about millions of dollars being shuffled through these shell companies, we've seen delayed warrants to impact a 2020 election, prosecutors instructed not to involve 'The Big Guy', because optics. Well the optics are very, very clear: Hunter Biden sold access to his father, with an influence-peddling scheme, which in my opinion, compromised the current president of the United States. The Biden Family has never sold anything in their life but their influence in Washington, DC. Every business they have is monetizing their grift of the American people.
Zieglar: In my transcript, I did not mention anything regarding Tony Bobulinski, but what I can do is provide any information I have relating to him to the House Ways and Means Committee.
Fry: In March of 2023, the committee showed, through bank records, that Hunter Biden, James Biden, Hallie Biden, all received money originating from China, funneled through Robinson Walker LLC, a company owned by Rob Walker, who is a well-known Biden associate. When presented with this evidence by a reporter, [Biden] said, "That's not true." Is it true that [Biden's] family received money originating from China, that was funneled through the Robinson Walker account?
Ziegler: That is correct.
Langworthy: Given all you've just told us; you gave over fifteen combined hours of testimony to Ways and Means, hours of public testimony today, and these facts have been public now for weeks, and yet, not one single person has been able to contradict a single fact about your testimony.