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The House Oversight Committee heard testimony from James Biden today as it continues its impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
In his opening statement obtained by Fox, Biden testified that, “Joe Biden has never had any involvement or any direct or indirect financial interest in those activities. None."
"I never asked my brother to take any official action on behalf of me, my business associates, or anyone else," James Biden said. "In every business venture in which I have been involved, I have relied on my own talent, judgment, skill, and personal relationships—and never my status as Joe Biden’s brother."
He added: "Those who have said or thought otherwise were either mistaken, ill informed, or flat-out lying."
James Biden stressed that Joe Biden "played no role, was not involved with, and received no benefits" from his work with Chinese energy company CEFC, or the healthcare company Americore.
"With my appearance here today, the Committees will have the information to conclude that the negative and destructive assumptions about me and my relationship with my brother Joe are wrong," James Biden said.