House Republicans Oversell Latest Dirt On Hunter Biden

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled new documents they claimed showed President Joe Biden’s son Hunter had lied three times during his testimony to Congress earlier this year.

But the evidence they presented doesn’t actually show Biden lying about at least one of those claims.

During a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill in February, the younger Biden told lawmakers that he did not help foreign nationals obtain visas for traveling to the U.S. as part of his overseas business dealings.

“I’d never pick up the phone and call anybody for a visa,” Biden said, according to the transcript .

It’s a key claim, because an American helping a foreign national deal with the U.S. government can face criminal penalties if they fail to register as a foreign agent, under a law called the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Republicans have long said Biden’s work for various foreign nationals should have made him register.

One of the emails Republicans released Thursday is a February 2015 messagefrom Devon Archer, one of Hunter Biden’s former business partners, to officials with the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, which employed both Archer and Biden as board members.

“Hunter is checking with Miguel Alemán to see if he can provide cover to [Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky] on the visa,” the message says.

Citing that email, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said in a statement Wednesday that “Hunter Biden lied during his deposition when he said he never helped individuals obtain U.S. visas.”

But the documents Republicans released Wednesday show Biden’s associates talking about a Mexican visa, not an American one.

As the messages show, Archer was responding to a message from Burisma executive