Republicans announced Friday that they had uncovered a “direct payment” to President Joe Biden — exactly the kind of evidence they’ve sought linking Biden to his family’s foreign business deals.

But the March 2018 payment came from Joe Biden’s brother James, not a Ukrainian oligarch or Chinese tycoon, and the check was marked as a “loan repayment.”

Still, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who obtained the records via subpoena, said the $200,000 check looks suspicious for the president.

“Does he have documents proving he lent such a large sum of money to his brother,” Comer said in a video, “and what were the terms of such financial arrangement?”

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    2018

    Ah yes, when he held the extremely influential and prestigious governmental office of checks notes former vice president

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    Okay. If this was an example of influence peddling, let’s pursue it. Let’s also investigate the billions of dollars the Saudis invested into Kushner while he was operating from the White House.

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      Don’t forget the copyrights that Ivanka had approved while her father was in the Oval Office. She had unsuccessfully tried to get those for years and they were worth millions, but they mysteriously got approved once daddy was President.

      But the GOP thinks all this is totally fine while screaming “HUNTER BIDEN.”

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    Yeah 200 thou is so much money he needs to prove it was actually loan repayment.

    Now if it was 2 million dollars from the Saudis…. Well that’s totally different!

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      That’s why they’re making such weak accusations: to make people tired of the whole exercise so that when credible accusations are made against Trump “moderates” can say ‘both sides! this is just what political parties do against their opponents’ and ignore the strength of the evidence.

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    “Does he have documents proving he lent such a large sum of money to his brother,”

    My guess would be a cancelled check for $200,000. This should not be considered all that unusual for a guy worth roughly $10 million.

    Comer said in a video, “and what were the terms of such financial arrangement?”

    None of his freaking business.

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    Objection your honor, conjecture.

    Oh shit, my bad this is the court of public opinion.

    We must start holding our politicians accountable.

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    Who writes a personal check for $200,000? It’s been a really long time since I’ve written a check, but I think that 3rd ‘0’ would trigger my anxiety, I would start sweating on the 4th, and the 5th one would make me break down and cry.

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      It’s nothing to the rich, they lend each other what we consider crazy sums all the time but to them it’s not a big deal since they have more than they’ll ever need. Joe isn’t fuck you rich, but he’s certainly comfortable enough that floating a sibling a house worth of cash isn’t out of question

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        I didn’t know for sure but $200k sounded cheap for house money. I looked it up - the median home price in the us is about 350k. Jesus.

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          200k gets you a pretty decent place in some parts of the country even today, but in 2017 it was a nice house in many parts of the country

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      To be fair, even middle class people lend or give each other big sums of money when it’s family. It’s hard to afford a down payment, pay for college, or start a business without help from family.

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      I mean at Biden’s level you don’t. You call your financial advisor and have them shuffle money around and print the check.