WASHINGTON — The US Republican party on Saturday demanded a probe to isolate
President Donald Trump to summon Hunter Biden, son of the Democratic
front-runner, to face him in the next presidential election to appear as a
witness.
Trump
has repeatedly accused Hunter Biden and his father Joe of corruption on the
grounds that the son of the Democratic candidate took office on the board of
Ukrainian oil company Borisma when he was the US vice president.
The chief Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, which is
investigating Devin Nunes, revealed there were reports that Borisma had paid
Hunter Biden $ 50,000 a month for membership on its board.
Knowing the actual tasks Hunter Biden carried out in Borisma would help the
American people understand the nature and extent of corruption in Ukraine,
Nunis wrote.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing by pressuring his Ukrainian counterpart
Volodymyr Zelinsky to open a graft investigation against Joe Biden and his
son Hunter.
Hunter Biden's testimony would promote transparency in an opaque and unfair
process, Nunes said.
Nunes also demanded that the informant, who was informed of the July
telephone conversation between Trump and Zelensky, appear before the
investigation as a witness.
The approval of Republican witnesses' requests requires the approval of
Democrats, who form a majority in the House of Representatives, and the
request for Hunter Biden and the informant is expected to be rejected.
Adam Schiff, chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence
Committee, said the committee would pay due attention to witnesses as part
of the investigation to isolate the president.
But he vowed that the investigation would not be a means of conducting mock
investigations against Joe Biden and his son ... like the one the president
pressed Ukraine to do for personal political gain.
In the history of the
United States, only two presidents have been sacked, so if Democrats achieve their goal,
Trump will become the third US president to be sacked.
Trump has called his telephone conversation with Zelensky ideal, although
the White House report appears to support the charges against him.
In their testimony to investigative committees, more than a dozen witnesses
have so far confirmed the accusations made by Democrats, including
withholding US military assistance from Ukraine and linking it to the
opening of an investigation against Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
All the hearings of the commissions of inquiry were closed but will be held
next week in public.
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