.SenRonJohnson and Sen ChuckGrassley are accusing SecBlinken of “false testimony” and are demanding records after it was revealed he may have lied under oath when he denied exchanging emails with Hunter Biden.
Blinken wrongly claimed to the Senate in December 2020 that he did not communicate via email with now-President Joe Biden’s son during his time as deputy secretary of state under former President Barack Obama, even though he had, according to emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop hard drive that were verified by the Washington Examiner.Sens.
“Have a few minutes next week to grab a cup of coffee? I know you are impossibly busy, but would like to get your advice on a couple of things. Best, Hunter," Hunter Biden wrote to Blinken. The lunch between Blinken and Hunter Biden eventually took place on July 22, 2015. Blinken told Senate investigators in December 2020 that all he remembered from the meeting was talking about the then-recent death of Hunter Biden’s brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer.
At the time, Hunter Biden had been working for over a year on the Burisma board. Wittmann had asked Blinken in December 2020 if he was aware that Joe Biden’s son was serving on the board, and Blinken replied, “I was not.”
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