Led by Chairman James Comer, Republican members of the House Oversight Committee hold a press briefing on alleged new information they’ve discovered about the Biden family’s business deals.
The committee alleges Joe Biden and members of his family received payments from foreign nationals and businesses through a complex structure of limited liability corporations (LLC) in order to purchase assistance in the form of influence from the United States government for their financial interests.
In the press conference, the committee members outlined how Romanian and Chinese individuals paid shell corporations controlled by Biden associates. The Biden associate LLC’s (shell corporations) then transferred funds to other companies, who then transferred the funds to the Biden family members. Each step in the process was created to hide the originating source of the payments. WATCH:
[ House Oversight pdf Summary ]
HOUSE OVERSIGHT – We have now established a network of over 20 companies formed by the Bidens and their associates. Most of these companies were LLCs and formed when Joe Biden was Vice President.
Based on the financial records we have obtained via bank subpoenas, we can now confidently trace at least $10 million in total from foreign nationals and their related companies going to the Biden family, their business associates, and their companies.
What services did the Bidens provide in exchange for this money?
It is unclear what they provided other than access and influence.
Joe Biden told the American people, on October 22, 2020, that Hunter never made money from China. That is a lie based on the bank records.
The Bidens took steps to hide, confuse, and conceal payments they received from foreign nationals. Here’s one example how a CCP-linked associate layered domestic limited liability companies to pay Hunter Biden.
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Multiple Biden family members received money from the Chinese after it passed through an associate’s account. Additionally, Hunter Biden received money directly into his company’s account from a Chinese-controlled entity.
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In addition to the China money ties, we are adding a new country to our growing list of places the Bidens received money from:
Romania.
The Biden family and associates’ activities in Romania reveal an influence peddling scheme from 2015 to 2017.
While VP Biden was lecturing Romania on anti-corruption policies, he served as a walking billboard for his son & family to collect money.
Hunter & his associates capitalized on a lucrative financial relationship with a Romanian national who was later convicted of corruption.
The Bidens received over $1 million for the Romania deal, with 16 of the 17 payments made during Biden’s VP term.
The money stops flowing from Romania soon after Joe Biden leaves office, establishing a pattern of influence peddling.
Due to the info we are releasing today and further developments our committee is aware of, the investigation will enter a new phase.
Representative James Comer will soon issue more subpoenas to banks for specific, targeted information.
In addition, he will provide one more opportunity for certain Biden associates—including his art gallerist and Rob Walker—to cooperate willingly with this investigation.
Additionally, James Comer is publicly releasing this Second Bank Records Memo to the American people so they can see for themselves the activities the Biden family has engaged in, despite the President’s statements to the contrary. (source)
So, when does the Biden Crime Family start bringing forth evidence of other corrupt politicians getting money to sell out the USA?
Never. The Demented Fraud will have a massive stroke and Crackhead will suicide himself with a double tap long before any of the scum turns on the rest of the criminals
Isn’t this what Sundance suggested they do some time back. Investigate and put out documents and report on their findings as they find them ? Seems a prudent way to me.
Never. Omerta
Swamp will get Medieval on the Biden’s if any of them talk.
If the slightest hint of an indictment gets rumored, Granddaughter-gropin’ Quit Pro Joe will pardon the entire Biden Crime family.
Santos is the Republican mini-me of Joe Biden, both pathological liars.
However, it’s an interesting coincidence that the DOJ only charged him after he spoke our in support of the opposition to Joe Biden’s paymasters in the Chinese Communist party
It’s not illegal to take payments from a non-profit corporation. Hillary Clinton has taken millions from her charity including the Haiti Scam and a non-profit is not the same as a charity at all. Non-profit hospitals pay their administrators millions of dollars in salaries and perks. What the DOJ is doing is criminalization of non-crimes.
But exposing US secrets, selling U1, exposing your emails to foreign enemies as Secretary of State to get those donations is espionage, treason, criminal.
Are you kidding?
Its long been public knowledge that Bejing Mitchs father in law recieved a billion $ ‘sweetheart deal’ loan from the CCP, to establish a vast shipping business, in order to capitalise on shipping China crap to America.
But PROVE that that ‘influenced’ Mitch, in his public policy decisions.
Pelosi negotiates yuge pieces of cra,…legislation which inevitablt creates “winners and losers” and of coarse NEVER discusses those consequences with her hubby, who can’t sort out holding a hammer by the right end, or drive sober but nevertheless is some kind of financial GENIUS, when it comes to stock pickings.
Even when you can SHOW by timing and picks, that there is a clear PATTERN of the pending legislation, and the “inside knowledge” she would have and his investment decisions, correlation isn’t proof.
More broadly, and again public knowledge no Congressman leaves ‘public service’ poorer than when he came in, just the opposite. They ALL have income far in excess of their salary.
Joe is a perfect example, as his Senate salary, VP salary etc. doesn’t come LOSE to explaining his known net worth, with numerous 10+ million $ mansions.
Point is, while he can probably be shown to have circumvented the intent if not the letter of “money laundering” of other banking laws, PROVE intent, and PROVE “influence peddling”; yes he took $ from “donors” including those with questionable backgrounds, but he made his policy decisions based on other factors, NOT because of the donations; PROVE OTHERWISE.
And, firstly we are to believe that Congress, and specifically “the Republicans” are going to “get to the bottom of it” and “hold Biden accountable” when they are JUST as guilty of doing EXACTLY the SAME thing, AND of supporting the SAME ruinous policies, while posturing and pretending to oppose them.
And,,Congress has subpoena power, but NO power to indict, convict or imprison; ALL they can do is make “criminal referrals to the DOJ, which will be ignored.
Santos is a fly on a bull’s arse – inconsequential really… no offense intended. Just a gnat gagger to this press conference!
IMHO.
There’s a long list of them.
Need to see indictments, impeachments, and perp walks before I’m convinced that anything will happen.
Another sternly worded letter won’t do?
Depends on the font they use.
Never happen until Trump gets in and cleans out the DOJ/FBI/IRS.
Just like he did last time.
CONgress can only impeach.
AG Merrick Gargoyle is not going to indict or perp walk anyone not named Donald John Trump. That was also true of Bill Barr.
Exactly, I feel like we’ve been thru this w Hilary and nada happened
And what will really become of this? Will a politician and or a member of their family be prosecuted for any crime?
If history has proved anything do not count on it, and you will not be disappointed.
Nothing will become of it. The Garbage Party will use it to posture and fund raise. That’s because many of them are blackmailed.
This is what I love about the Tree House. The education is such, that everyone now knows the methods, and expects no outcome. Everyone else is seated with popcorn waiting for Hannity and his BS…
And Comer’s committee is reported to be regrouping to send stronger subpoenas to law enforcement. Ooh, so scary.
I’m guessing that these revelations are only happening because the ruling party wants to change horses in mid-stream, so that they claim a clean, new era going into the next installations/coronations.
Can they at least give us Pippa Middleton’s best side at that event?
I went back and read almost all the comments after I’d shot from the hip after reading Sundance.
What a change.
For so long, grim comments about the immensity of our struggle to re-establish a functioning republic have been met on this site by many, aggressive responses that urge optimism at all cost.
This is a good thing. It’s a good day.
We can’t prevail if we don’t accurately name the evils that plague us.
FPM
Wray, Sessions and Barr had four years to act on the Biden crimes and instead went after General Flynn and Roger Stone? What does that tell you!
Sessions, in particular, should be on his knees before God, begging for forgiveness for his abject cowardice.
Emanuel I agree. The Uniparty is on a two front attack: remove Biden via his own grift and incompetence. Remove Trump via lawfare and MSM fodder. Make him “unelectable” according to Uniparty and it will be presented as such.
You notice they are not doing anything to try and stop the removal of Title 42. No new legislation in the House to then put on the Senate and Biden. Nope. Why not? Uniparty wants it to end. They need the swarm. And Biden will be the bag man. If they truly didn’t want the issue the House can put them on notice via new laws (I understand the make-up of the Senate and Biden’s stance.
The uniparties go to answer to the problems from the invasion at the border and the expiration of title 42 is using the manufactured crisis as another opportunity to call for more h-1b1 visas.
I question the broad concensus re: changing horses in mid-stream.
WHY arecwe SO convinced that they WILL push Joe aside?
First off, WHY? That is to say, what ADVANTAGE does a DIFFERENT candidate give them, over ‘sticking with Joe?’
All uf the usual suspects will clearly continue the policies of the Biden admin, so a new face can’t plausibly run on reversing energy policy, trans policy, etc.
Hence, they will inherit the same abysmally low “approval ratings” Joe has.
As for the EXCUSES for removing him, that would be offered, first there is “Dementia”; pulease!
Fienstien, Leahy, now McConnell and FETTERMAN, who they blatantly installed AFTER his cognitive decline was obvious.
So, cognitive issues is hardly seen by the Uniparty as a disqualifier.
As for the “corruption”;
“Oh, he took $ from foreign governments in exchange for policy, including from our adversaries, hence we can’t have hin be the nominee for POTUS!”
HILLARY CLINTON, I rest my case. Uranium one, a stint as SOS when it became obvious she logged more air miles than any previous SoS because she was bagwomen for Dems “protection racket” (nice country you got here. Be a shame if something happened to it!) and then McStain/Graham would come in behind, and get THEIR cut for McConnell, in exchange for Congress releasing the “aid package”.
Point is, I don’t recall ANY talk of “dropping” Hillary as the D nominee, just because of exposure of her scandals, violations of the espionage act, and cover up.
And finally, IF the plan all along was to “push Joe aside”, WHERE is the groomed replacement, ready to ‘step in’?
Hopefully by now we all understand how both wings of “the big club” start grooming a POTUS candidate 4-8 years prior to “making the move”; RDS’s handlers didn’t start positioning him for a POTUS run after his REelection as FLA. Gov, they started after his FIRST election.
So, where is the D candidate that has been groomed? Nuisance? His policies are highly unpopular in his home State, and won’t resonate well at all in a National contest.
So, I remain unconvinced that its a,”given” that they will push Joe aside, this “scandal” is no worse than Hillarys was.
And I wonder,…
WHAT ARE WE MISSING, by making this assumption?
A reasonable analysis but the ruling party still seems wedded to the routine of “the illusion of choice” as Sundance says. I too can see that our noses might be rubbed in the absurd second installation of the demented one, who for 25 years was the joke candidate of his own party.
It is also possible that a younger, not demented, but addled with ideology candidate might used to stoke enthusiasm among the mushed brain leftists, especially the young and the media types.
It is a bit sad that Hunter buying sex-trafficked girls and women in an international slavery ring is not more of the focus. Money crimes are also crimes, but this allows the slavery to continue without even being spoken of in polite society.
They are ALL in on it, so it WON’T get traction.
Its like Bill and Hillary INTIALLY being investigated for financial dealings of “Whitewater” which inevitably led to the drug running operation in Arkansas with CIA involvement, and land purchases for $ laundering, and so shifted to Bill playing “hide the cigar” with an intern.
In Joes case they will A) conceal/distract from the reality that R’s are just as complicit as Joe, AND B) the darkest aspects of what it is they are ALL involved in.
Its the “limited hangout” or “investigate to exhonerate” of Goudy hearings, “investigation” of Hillary, etc.
The Swamp has engaged in a worldwide criminal enterprise of human, drug and arms trafficing, extortion, corruption, and coercion on a MASSIVE scale, for MANY years, and THEY ARE ALL IN ON IT.
And thats the truths they are concealing, while “showing a little leg” with this “exposure”.
Pathetic. Only $10 million for Biden’s services? He’s a cheap U.S. Pres.
The price makes sense though…..for what you get.
Peter Schwietzer documented $31 million in his book, written several years ago, and he had no subpeona power at all.
And that doesn’t include the art scam.
Or the Barisma scam … the Ukrainian “war” scam … etc, etc, etc.
That didnt include Ukraine, did it?
I don’t think so.
….we can now confidently trace at least $10 million in total…
I like to think $10 million is what they can actually prove in court based on the receipts they have.
The point of all this is not to arrest Joe or hunter or anyone it is to keep
Joe from running in 2024. They will also be sure to keep POTUS off the
ballot then they run Newsome vs. DeSantis.. that is the end goal.
I agree that is the goal. It’s plain as day. DeSantis given 2024 and then lose to Newsome in 2028 because DeSantis won’t reverse any of the economic devices implemented to destroy our economy….they will give him some social issues to then use that against him in 2028.
Biden will NEVER be charged or arrested for anything VP as that exposes Obama.
Distraction to avert attention from southern border.
which is why the DOJ decided to indict Santos today. It enabled them to bury the lead.
So the republicans use this theater to bury the invasion from the news, then the corrupt FBIe indicts Santos to bury the republicans theater?
Everyone seems to understand how easy it is to manipulate the media.
The sadest part of the whole theater is that the Cackling Ho is on deck
Neil Diamond just said:
Cacklin’ Ho’s a store bought woman 🙂
Ho on the rocks?
I hope I’m wrong — but this almost surely will be more smoke mirrors and 💩 from the rino uniparty.
It all sounds good but what’s going to happen?
Any Biden family members going to the hoosegow?
Democrats routinely engage in this level of crime (tho this is looks terrible) with no consequences. What makes anyone think this will be different. The Republican Party has no stomach to indict democrats for anything.
I believe we need to be open to fundamental changes in our political and legislative processes and leaders.
Hate to admit this, but without a defined quid pro quo transaction, just an obfuscated money trail to bribem family.
Maybe thats not correct but it sure seems like the way it will be spun.
Look out! Sternly-worded letter from the GOP incoming!
The weak and pathetic Republican party will do nothing about this. Exhibit A: Hillary Clinton is still free.
…she… hrc…. is ” out of country”…as VSGPDJT….would say…
A Republican Attorney General in a state where any of these transactions was processed by a bank wire transfer room would have jurisdiction
For example, Wells Fargo uses a wire transfer location in North Carolina. Wire transfers have a tendency to bounce around through several states. A state AG can easily trace them and then have jurisdiction.
Surely all these AG’s are far too busy investigating voter fraud? :0)
If there was ever a case for the House to subpoena the tax records of a president, this it. When Democrats did it to Trump, the reason (excuse) was to fashion legislation for conflicts of interest of future presidents. Well, Biden is a future president under their rationale so why not expand on that subpoena instead of holding a press conference?
When do articles of Impeachment begin? Let’s start playing their game.
Un I Par Ty Ka Bu Ki The at er.
They are ALL in on it. It must be torn down and started over. There is no other way.
Nothing the people in government, media, judicial, or behind the scenes do is an accident or error or incompetence.
It is all done on purpose trying to bring down the USA. We are the last so called free people on the planet with enough arms to stop them from being overt in their actions. It is the only thing that has save3d us and I’m not sure it can last nuch longer without a fight.
Starting to believe there is no other course that can be taken.
2020 was a color revolution. It was successful.
Maybe the communists will surrender power without a fight, but it has never happened before.
1989 Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, DDR
Did anyone else notice, during Biden’s presser, when Biden said, “The White House INSTRUCTED me to [do whatever, I dont recall]….”.
Do we need anymore evidence the man is a puppet?
All I heard during this event was; Yada Yada Yada Blah Blah Blah. I will be a true believer when I see the actual Indictments and Impeachments begin.
On Rudi G radio show. He said he brought this case to southern district of NY DA years ago. They told him to get lost. Then tried to prosecute him.
My guess, all known long ago just confirmed due to the need to remove. Imagine, had the steal not happened, Biden would be still rolling in the dough acting as Obama proxy trying to thwart the Trump administration’s policies. The republicans (Uniparty) would be OK with it, now exposing the web serves a purpose.
Curious what Joe will say when they allow him out of the basement.
Republicans aiding Democrats in their efforts to get rid of Joe, that’s all this is. Next.
The dilemma: POTUS will not be charged with a crime while in power. Not from DOJ.
How to overcome the dilemma. (DOJ refusing to prosecute sitting presidents)
1. The house is perfectly and legally capable of constructing a INDEPENDENT COUNSEL. WITH PROSECUTORIAL POWERS.
2. FROM THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, CONGRESS MAY THEN PROCEED TO IMPEACH JOE MALARKEY.
it really is that simple.
Question: does the house have the spine to do what is necessary to remove this senile navel gazing pathological liar bigot and criminal from office?
Stay tuned
God Bless America
No independent counsel will ever happen. Notice McCarthy is silent!
McCarthy didn’t even show up!
Nice charts, lots of evidence, so when is a grand jury impaneled? Where is the special counsel? These are rhetorical questions.
“alleged new information they’ve discovered about the Biden family’s business deals.”
An undotted “i” or uncrossed “t” that they missed three years ago? I guess it depends on what the meaning of the term “new information” is.
“Republicans Finally Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden.”
The White House laughs it off
Yet, these tools can impeach PDJT based upon a perfect phone call to the Ukrainian president. They could find all kinds of links, influence, knowledge, and public exposure on the part of PDJT.
I didn’t watch the vid, what was “the document” he was waiting on from the FBI?
The one 95% redacted and full of national security concerns.
It is a document describing actual criminal activity by Biden. DJ probably won’t produce it but I suspect Republicans already have it as they know it was unclassified so no,problem them having a copy eh?
I liked this press conference. I like that I now have simple questions to ask.
More like talking points:
1) Don’t you find it odd that the Biden family doesn’t own a business? They don’t manufacture or build anything or sell anything tangible but are paid large sums of money? And,
2) Why doesn’t the Biden family just have the money sent directly to them? Why must payment go through others?
spoiler: many people are focused on the epstein island list, which is appropriate, but seem to miss a central question of WHY so many people depended on epstein to direct their money through “investments”. Fact is, that epstein had a knack for designing quite complex off shore LLC and tax avoidance and legal avoidance schemes. (earlier in his “career” he was known as a capable hedge fund manager, but his edge lost out to near real time brokers set up legally in the NYC and NJ area where they could legally enter trade orders effectively before any one else, and could also “delay” orders on the fly…like a time machine. I think forbes called it “edge trading” at the time. So people like epstein found their math based schemes were subject to counter trades when edge trading became a thing. He then turned to wealth management..which is a fancy way of saying: how to avoid tax and legal problems. And also he was invested in sex trafficking…which had the benefit to him of compromising and then using that influence to drive his customer base..The panama papers do not directly implicate epstein, but much of what you can learn about how many of those businesses operated are similar to how epstein operate many of his wealth management schemes…and yes, alot of fraud created to cheat people out of insurance and inheritance and property schemes. What the panama papers show is just how deeply entrenched dark money is and how it is usually traveled with some of the most criminal elements in the world…like drug runners, and arms dealers and cyber criminals, etc. Epstein probably had his own network of 10’s of thousands of shell companies that operated in the dark that cycled money this same way.
God Bless America
So Politico sez “so what, you can’t show us what VP Biden did, so you’re investigation is all crap” I’m paraphrasing of course /sarc
Very disingenuous of the reporter and Democrat defenders to state none of it has anything to do w ole Joe.
I would ask them what services were all or ANY of the Bidens getting paid to provide? That could be another angle to come at this from… If you can’t show proof of any services then why would these foreigners being paying $$?
Our Republic is about to fall into the abyss because virtually no one in a position of power is willing to stop this madness. It seems almost everyone holding public office is on the take and is taking regularly. The DOJ, including the FBI, are all compromised and now unwilling to stop the corruption. The solution to end this madness is shrinking rapidly. Where is our leadership? Why is the silence so deafening?
“Our Republic is
about to fallfalling into the abyss……………..”Edited for accuracy…
Not intending to personally offend with this statement, but…
If you’re still thinking in terms of nation states, you haven’t yet comprehended who is wielding the power to war against your Constitutional rights.
The agencies, as well as the most influential elected officials, are doing as directed. Some are evil, but most are just convinced that there is no other viable alternative. The financial institutions (globally) have given up on democracy and sovereignty (both individual and national), and are committed to the CCP model to mitigate risk in the global marketplace.
Think globally, but act (and resist) locally.
I’m about to drive an hour away to buy a type of mattress box spring that will fit up my staircase, just to avoid buying it from Amazon or a Byrne-less Overstock. Tilting at windmills? Yes–until the people I encourage do similarly, and they encourage another hundred people do similarly, and another thousand, and another hundred thousand…
about to?
TELL IT TO A COURT FOLLOW THROUGH IF NOT STFU.
SO – who believes anything like arrests, prosecutions, impeachment and removal from office – will come of the Durham, Comer, Jordan investigations of the Biden Crime Family?
Interesting that it’s known Russia and Ukraine paid off the Bidens. They are left out of this, but Romania is dragged in. Perhaps stink on Romania to get them in line with the West’s side of the Russia/Ukraine conflict. Romania is almost as culturally conservative as Hungary.
There’s nothing too trivial to indict or impeach Trump for but if you’re a Democommunist …
I think for the most part, Hunter is probably somewhat innocent in all this. I think he’s mostly just been in if for the whores, the crack, and the status. Who knows, maybe if someone (or some entity..) had not been feeding him the whores, the crack, and the status as he was growing up, he might’ve turned out to be a good boy.
I think Joe is not really all that responsible for any of this either. He’s done his job very well, and may even be one of the most successful presidents that we’ve ever had. His administration has wreaked more destruction and in such a short amount of time, that even his puppetmasters must be surprised at the success. He has performed admirably at the duties for which he was assigned. Not being aware of what you’re doing isn’t such a capital crime.
I any case, I think both of these guys were simply doing the things that they were being encouraged/told to do. Its not their fault, and maybe they are even worthy of some redemption at some point…
Hunter is probably somewhat innocent as you write /s. This is just the “family business” that he grew up in.
What a smuck I am!!! Paying taxes all these years!! Think of how many family members I could have helped with that money. And all I needed to do is tell the irs my bad.
NOTHING will ever be done about any of this CORRUPT criminal politicians, both Democrat and supposed Republicans, lie and cheat and steal and dedicate all over us and “we’re gonna get to the bottom of this” bu(($hlt.
McCarthy should have been in the photo. His absence is understandable. The real issue is the Biden corruption is beyond his family and he’s doing what the rest of the politicians are and have been getting away with for decades. We are 31 trillion in debt and nobody knows where it went and who it went to. The money JoeBama crime family got was funneled from foreign influence. The tip of the iceberg. Our trillions over the years in foreign aid, NATO funding, Welfare. Financing college tuition and many more are big losses and who got rich. Not one tangible thing to show for it. Recycling money laundering operations.
Comer and Co. are preaching to the choir and showing their hands in the process.
Very disappointing.
Was Comer an intern of Newt Gingrich’s? asking for a friend.
Now if we just had a department of justice maybe there could be an indictment.
Nice effort by this House Oversight Committee, but I expect them to be about as effective as that “Government Do Not Call list” was to stopping a telemarketer.
State AGs need to take the info now and run with it. Find the link with Obama, et al and charge them too.
This sounds a little serious.
Soon all of America will know we have a crime family running the White House.
I’m just wondering if anything will come of these revelations.
We’re going to find out just how far gone our govt. has gotten.
Maybe massive, obvious corruption just isn’t that big a deal anymore.
“Soon the whole WORLD will know we have a crime family running the White House.”
Unless the committee can tie those payments to legislation, government purchase, or fund distributed to foreign nations…it’s got nothing.
Corrupt demented clown will get a pass.
Wake me up when they start arresting these criminals. Until then, it means nothing. The GOP won’t even impeach him, for crying out loud.
Exactly on point.
August 4, 2020
If you own stocks, there’s no need to lose sleep over the possibility Joe Biden will raise taxes, according to UBS. So reports Bloomberg.Any corporate tax increases imposed under a Democratic regime are likely to be offset by massive spending packages aimed at helping the country recuperate from the pandemic, according to Solita Marcelli, UBS’s chief investment officer for the Americas.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/no-worries-for-the-wealthy-51596473409?refsec=things-to-know
yes yes the Biden family is a corrupt political machine. But the steps they are outlining are being used by nearly every DC politician in the US government, Including by some of those standing in the photo op. Why are they pointing this out in one of their own right now? Forcing Biden to step aside? The DC cabals control every breath he takes (probably literally) so they could just announce he is stepping aside at any point. (Joe would never know) without all the exposure. Honestly I think the whole setup is so they can have precedent in prosecuting a president to open up yet another attack lane at President Trump.
Most of these companies were LLCs and formed when Joe Biden was Vice President.
What did President Obama know?
When did he know it?
What was his piece of the action?
Whatever Leo wants, Leo Getz
I want to know what Artist is responsible for doing Hunter Bidens paintings. There is no way he was doing any of these paintings. Does it really matter, no, but I never saw the question asked. Grabbing $500K per piece, I’d just like to know.
(maybe GWB…. He paints ☺)
Did you ever wonder why GWB paints? Nobody ever asked where his paintings go
I really hope Rep. Mace isn’t playing Candy Crush on her phone in that photo.