White House maintains Joe Biden ‘is not lying about anything’ regarding Hunter Biden inquiry

The White House strongly denied that Joe Biden ever lied about his son, even as the president’s story has evolved significantly over time.

Hunter Biden slammed the GOP during a surprise appearance at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, meanwhile refusing to comply with a subpoena from House Republicans who say the president has been far less than forthcoming about involvement with his son’s businesses.

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“Is there an easy way to counter the central message that the president interacted with [Hunter Biden’s] associates and has been lying about it since?” New York Post reporter Steven Nelson, formerly of the Washington Examiner, asked during the afternoon press briefing.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was not pleased with the question.

“The president is not lying about anything as it relates to what House Republicans are trying to do,” she said. “It is baseless, it is a political stunt, and it has not proven that the president has done anything wrong.”

During his statement, the younger Biden said that his father was not “financially involved” in his businesses, which House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) described as another modification in the story.

Hunter Biden’s carefully worded statement appeared to account for new evidence that suggests Joe Biden did participate in aspects of his son’s business dealings, both during his vice presidency and in the years after.

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Jean-Pierre did not delve into those specifics during her response, instead accusing House Republicans of wasting time that could be better spent elsewhere.

“They are wasting their time, they are wasting the American people’s time,” she said. “They’re going to go home [for recess] but they haven’t taken care of what they need to do in order to make sure that we are helping Ukraine. There’s going to be, potentially, a shutdown next month. They have done nothing to avert that shutdown.”