‘It’s rich that the president just stood there and lied to the American people,’ says House Oversight chairman

House Oversight chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) on Tuesday called on White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to “issue a correction” after President Joe Biden denied that his family received a payout of more than $1 million from a CCP-backed energy company.FreeBeacon CarouselCalifornia Democratic Leader Proposed Lifting Red State Travel Ban a Day Before Newsom Announced Red State TourREAD MORE

“It’s rich that the president just stood there and lied to the American people,” Comer told Fox News. “It’s also rich that the mainstream media hasn’t called him out on it.”

Earlier this month, when asked about the payments to his family, Biden said to a reporter, “That’s not true.” Hunter Biden’s legal team, however, confirmed the payments from the Chinese energy company, according to a letter from Comer to the press secretary.

Comer’s comment comes as the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability ramps up its investigation of the Biden family’s foreign business dealings. Bank records obtained by the committee revealed that “State Energy HK Limited, a Chinese company, wired $3 million to Robinson Walker, LLC.,” which then sent over $1.3 million to three Biden family members.

“We’re going to get the truth out,” Comer told Fox News. “[T]he mainstream media is not going to be able to let him stand up there and lie to the American people about the fact that his family’s taken millions and millions of dollars from our adversary.”

SOURCE: The Washington Free Beacon