have no fear. biden has an official visit, threatens the president to he lied about this during the campaign. specifically said it was not true. sure enough, they conspired. if you have any questions about whether he fired him, he brags about eight years later. ladies and gentlemen, the american people, that is the scheme. that is the proof of concept. they replicated it again and again because they never dreamed he d be president. he is vulnerable. he is vulnerable. and our national security is vulnerable because of it. we are not here to prosecute hunter biden. we care about our country is
of them to create this money? yes, i saw that evidence. you also looked at these bank records. yes. you went on to say this is like t textbook. you ve got to have a promissory note. to find interest. none of them were included. so, hunter biden claims this is a loan, but the company he got it from does not claim that. there is now promissory note, no repayments. they actually booked it as a deduction. the meaning that it would have been a payment to him, so it would have been income to him, then payable with tax. excellent. it was not just the bank documents that you looked at. you also have the opportunity to
lavishly through his corporate bank account. mr. ziegler, did you actually review these bank knowledge, not knowledge that someone is relating to you, you actually looked at these documents. that is correct. i looked at them. mr. shapley, hunter biden, when he did, that he told burisma to send that infor information, and when the money came back to him, he booked it as a loan. should have been taxable as soon as it became income, and whatever he did with that after that was just a scheme to evade taxes that year. did not book this as a loan itself, so treating it differently than they did. is this actually you are viewing
turner. inc. you for being here. i appreciate your courage and your dedication to the truth and your sense of obligation. surprisingly, my questions are going to be about your testimony. we are going to have a little shifted to actually talk about what you are here for. i am going to cite specific spots of your transcript testimony, but i don t think you will have to read along. if i ask a question after having cited one and you want to refer to it, please let me know, but i think pretty much we will be able to follow along. mr. ziegler, you stated on page 17 that you started this investigation in november 2018 after reviewing bank reports related to another case that you were working on. those bank reports identify hunter biden as paying prostitutes. also evidence that he was living
investigators who had experience working complex cases. this investigation occurred over several years, spanned the multiple agencies and divisions and had an expert team. the time, personnel, and all the resources devoted to this investigation make it abundantly clear that this investigation was taken seriously by both the irs and doj while our witnesses here today may disagree with the u.s. attorneys decision, it is undeniable that hunter biden was subject to a thorough and rigorous investigation. i thank you, and i yielded to the ranking member. the lady yields back. as promised to witnesses, we are going to take a ten minute recess that which we will reconvene in approximately 10 minutes. john: all right, fascinating hour and 15 minutes of testimony, the main message here is that the whistle-blower