“No evidence” was the liberal media’s communal cry when House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and the other Republicans on the committee exposed the Biden family’s web of shell companies that were allegedly used to take in money for corrupt means. The media proclaimed it didn’t mean anything because it supposedly wasn’t linked to President Biden directly. But on Friday, after Comer revealed direct payments to Biden, the liberal broadcast networks ignored it.
Instead of reporting on Comer’s latest revelation, ABC’s World News Tonight spent over a minute (1:08) gushing about Lady Gaga singing with The Rolling Stones. CBS Evening News found rain in the northeast to be more important. Meanwhile, NBC Nightly News found a local Maryland murder story to be bigger news spending nearly two minutes (1:44) on it.
In a video released by the House Oversight Committee, Comer explained that their investigation found that Joe’s brother James Biden and his wife Sarah paid Joe the money via a personal check.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) October 20, 2023
We have found a $200,000 DIRECT payment to Joe Biden.
@RepJamesComer lays out the money trail. 👇 pic.twitter.com/0vq3lqhRHz
Reviewing the “important context,” Comer recounted that “In 2018, James Biden received $600,000 in loans from Americore, a financially distressed and failing rural hospital operator. According to bankruptcy court documents, James Biden received these loans, ‘based upon representations that his last name ‘Biden’ could open doors, and that he could obtain a large investment from the Middle East based on his political connections.’”
“On March 1, 2018, Americore wired a $200,000 loan into James and Sarah Biden’s personal bank account; not their business bank account,” he further explained. “And then, on the very same day, James Biden wrote a $200,000 check from this same personal bank account to Joe Biden.” The money paid to Joe was allegedly for a “loan repayment.”
As an apparent part of the investigation, Comer wanted to know if Joe had documented evidence that he had loaned his brother that large sum of money, “what were the terms,” and if he has similar arrangements with members of this family.
Fox News Channel’s Special Report did manage to give Comer’s findings a quick news brief. “House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says his panel has uncovered evidence that in 2018, current President Joe Biden received a $200,000 direct payment from his brother and sister-in-law,” anchor Bret Baier reported.
Adding: “Comer is demanding the President answer questions about financial arrangements with members of his family. Comer has been leading an investigation into the Biden family's business dealings and whether the President was involved in those ventures or personally benefited from them.”
Baier also noted that “A White House spokesman said today it was a repayment for a loan the President had previously given to his brother.” Although, the White House did not provide evidence of the initial loan payment the President had supposedly given his brother.
The transcript is below:
Fox News Channel’s Special Report
October 20, 2023
6:19:42 p.m. EasternBRET BAIER: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says his panel has uncovered evidence that in 2018, current President Joe Biden received a $200,000 direct payment from his brother and sister-in-law. Comer is demanding the President answer questions about financial arrangements with members of his family.
Comer has been leading an investigation into the Biden family's business dealings and whether the President was involved in those ventures or personally benefited from them.
A White House spokesman said today it was a repayment for a loan the President had previously given to his brother.
