Mr. Biden.
Thank you. I am here today to provide the committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business, not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions, domestic or international, not as a board member, and not as an artist, never.
You read this fact in the many letters that have been sent to you over the last year as part of your so-called impeachment investigation. You heard this fact when I said it weeks ago standing outside of this building. You heard this fact from a parade of other witnesses, former colleagues, and business partners of mine, including my uncle, who has testified before you in similar proceedings. And now, today, you hear this fact directly from me.
For more than a year, your committees have hunted me in your partisan political pursuit of my dad. You have trafficked in innuendo, distortion, and sensationalism, all the while ignoring the clear and convincing evidence staring you in the face: You do not have evidence to support the baseless and MAGA-motivated conspiracies about my father because there isn't any.
You have built your entire partisan house of cards on lies told by the likes of GalLuft, Tony Bobulinski, Alexander Smirnov, and Jason Galanis. Luft, who is a fugitive, hasbeen indicted for his lies and other crimes;
Smirnov, who has made you dupes in carryingout a Russian disinformation campaign waged against my father, has been indicted forhis lies; Bobulinski, who has been exposed for the many false statements he has made;and Galanis, who is serving 14 years in prison for fraud.
Rather than follow the facts as they've been laid out before you in bank records,financial statements, correspondence, and other witness testimony, you continue yourfrantic search to prove the lies you and those you rely upon keep peddling. Yes, they are lies.
To be clear, I have made mistakes in my life, and I have squandered opportunitiesand privileges that were afforded to me. I know that. I am responsible for that.And I am making amends for that. But my mistakes and my shortcomings are my ownand not my father's
LMAO. And that was just a snippet of his opening.
I can't wait to read Raskin/Moskowitz's questions.