Republicans demand Biden family business associate appear for questioning in impeachment probe
House Republicans on Thursday sent a letter to Michael Lewitt, a Biden family business associate, demanding a transcribed interview as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are seeking testimony from Biden family business associate Michael Lewitt as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
In a letter Thursday, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan cited Lewitt's ties to James Biden, the president's younger brother and a former business associate of Lewitt.
"The Committees have identified you as possessing information relevant to the impeachment inquiry and seek your testimony regarding related topics," said the letter from Comer, R-Ky., and Jordan, R-Ohio.
Specifically, the GOP chairmen referred to a $200,000 loan the president made to his brother in 2018. NBC News has reported that James Biden repaid the loan a few months later, and Comer has noted that bank records obtained by his committee show that James Biden paid his brother $200,000 the same day he received $200,000 from Americore Health, a company that at the time was embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings.
“Given the above, the Committees are interested in your involvement with Americore and your relationship with James Biden,” Comer and Jordan said in the letter. “In particular, the Committees seek information you possess regarding your business dealings with both Americore and James Biden, including, but not limited to, the ‘loans’ that James Biden received from the financially struggling company.”
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