House Republicans call for Biden's brother to be prosecuted

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are now calling for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute James Biden, the brother of President Joe Biden. 

U.S. Rep. James Comer, the head of the House Oversight Committee, made the request on Friday.

"House Oversight Chair James Comer is requesting President-elect Trump’s Justice Department prosecute President Biden’s brother, James Biden, for making 'false statements' to Congress," he wrote on his X account.

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House Oversight Chair James Comer is requesting President-elect Trump’s Justice Department prosecute President Biden’s brother, James Biden, for making 'false statements' to Congress. @FoxNews https://t.co/ZYmQo4oLAF

— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) January 17, 2025

Here's what is going on:

The Biden DOJ has not been particularly amenable to Republicans' investigations of the Biden family, but this could soon change. This, of course, is because President-Elect Donald Trump is about to enter the White House, and it is looking as though he will do so with several allies going to top DOJ positions.

The question, in recent months, has been whether Trump's allies might look to prosecute Biden or other members of the Biden family, assuming that an investigation reveals criminal wrongdoing. Trump, for his part, has said that he will leave such decisions up to the DOJ, while he works on getting America back on track.

Now, Comer is already trying to put a Biden prosecution in motion, by requesting that the incoming Trump DOJ investigate and perhaps prosecute James Biden.

Comer made the request in a recent letter that he sent to Pam Bondi, Trump's nominee to be the next attorney general of the United States.

As we will see, Comer is accusing James Biden of having committed perjury by lying to Congress.

The allegations

Fox News provides the relevant background about Comer's allegations.

The outlet reports:

House Republicans in June sent criminal referrals for James Biden and Hunter Biden to the Justice Department recommending they be charged with making false statements to Congress about "key aspects" of the impeachment inquiry of President Biden. Specifically, Comer at the time said the alleged false statements implicated President Biden’s "knowledge and role in his family’s influence-peddling schemes" and that they appeared "to be a calculated effort to shield Joe Biden from the impeachment inquiry."

The Biden DOJ, of course, did not act on the request, so now Comer is hoping to have better luck with the Trump DOJ.

In his letter to Bondi, Comer wrote:

[I want to] remind incoming Department of Justice leadership of Hunter Biden’s main accomplice in his influence peddling schemes (aside from Joe Biden himself), whom the House Committees on Oversight, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means previously identified to Attorney General Merrick Garland as having misled Congress regarding Joe Biden’s participation in his family’s influence peddling and deserving of prosecution under federal law: James Biden, the President’s younger brother."

Comer went on to express hope that Bondi will move forward with the prosecution of James Biden.