Facilitating access to my attorney. Hunter biden did not appear. He testified privately last all right. Committee will reconvene. The chair now recognizes mr. Perry from pennsylvania for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I will turn my question to you. I hope i can see you on the screen there shortly. Are you there . If we can jump right into another biden chinese deal made while joe biden was in office, a deal i think you described in your interview as a print where the chinese spent millions in exchange for a post bp job for President Biden. Can you tell us what was burnham . Burnham was an 85yearold Financial Company in new york and a securities dealer. Are relative to the chinese, it was an unimportant and small player. I think it was a scale of 1. 5 billion dollars versus a 100 million billion Hunter Bidens interest in Chinese Company. What was g the situation . I think hunter biden was already working with them when he created the bhr harvest and according to hunter palace email, he described activity with bhr. Activity as one of his only focuses, and his other focus would be the focus between harvest directly and burn him. So in writing, it was to be his only focus in on the priority with the chinese on a goforth basis. Did you also say the interest in working with burnham was to make billions instead of millions. Is that correct . I was on the basis of looking to become a much Larger Company were his equity interest would be worth a lot of money. Billions. Not millions. You said it was a 300 million Chinese Financial Services company. Was a connected closely to the Chinese Communist party and the Chinese Government . That is my understanding. Okay. And who is henrys out . Ri bed to he has been described to me as the chairman. But he is essentially the head of harvest and i think he has had a couple of different roles over the years but chairman and decisionmaker for that entity. Right. So he is the chairman of the 300 billion chinese entity connected to the Chinese Government to the Chinese Government party and he is based where . Where was his base of operations . In china. Prc. You heard him referred to occasionally as chairman zhao. Yes. Out of respect for the chairman. Okay. And there came a point where they wanted to bring henry zhao into business with burnham. Is that correct . And why would he do that . It was financial. The chinese wanted money and he offered political access in exchange. Fair enough. It is pretty obvious what harvest brings. 300 million. But why would harvest be interested in burnham versus other Financial Institutions . I am sure there are other was out there. Is fairly small to the 300 billion. Why would they care about this small burnham . I mean, the selfevident answer is that political access. And the underscoring to that is that there are at least two emails produced that talk about exactly that. The influence of what henry zhao and hunter had characterized as interest in the access vehicle. So that was explicit and in writing. Okay. So joe biden was going to sit on the board of a Chinese Company connected to the Chinese Communist party and stepping back from your dealings with hunter, what was the value that hunter brought to the table . It was the inducement of to induce Companies Like this Harvest Group to participate in burnham. We will call it relationship capital that he brought to the table. Not financial capital. Relationship capital. Relationship capital that you described as the biden lift. What was the biden lift . It was definitely hunters access to his father, and his fathers power of prestige in influencing the growth of Financial Services businesses that relied on his reputation and that ability to attract other clients. I am running out of time here but it sounds like a print quote quote to me. Sir, harvested in fact invest money in burnham . You called it a material inducement. Can you explain what that means and how much the chinese paid . I believe that it was out of the picture towards the end of 2014. I believe they ended up paying 4 million into burnham. I believe you all the legal entanglements that i encounter that the transactions did not happen the way people expected or that they had written about in terms of what the chinese were expected to do. Okay. Mr. Galanis, one more question. I will show you a draft email that you provided to the committee. Now, mr. Chairman, i yield. Good job. The chair now recognizes mr. Crockett for one minute or five minutes. One minute. All right. First of all, mr. Bobulinski, do you know who elections llc is . Yeah. Well it is not a who. Do you know what it is . Yes. It is an llc. Is at the llc that your attorney works for . I believe so. You believe so . Okay. I would ask for unanimous consent that that law firm representing Tony Bobulinski was paid 10,000 as recently as january of this year by the save america pact which you may recognize as Donald Trumps pact. Without objection. Thank you. Now, so far in this hearing it has felt like the worst episode of the apprentice. I am sure you are familiar with that show. It seems like you and some others are trying to become the next Vice President of the United States of america. Your addition or Something Like that because mr. Bobulinski, i know you take exception to the fact that your credibility has been called into question over and over but when someone comes to testify under oath whether it is before this committee, behind closed doors, or in person, then we have to evaluate someones credibility and, sir, i definitely have always had issues with your credibility as i know you are very well aware of. So let me remind you what happened behind closed doors. I am asking a question. Okay . You are . When i ask you a question, that is when you answer and otherwise i am talking. Excuse me . With my time, i want to be clear that when we are behind closed doors you caught a number of people liars. You called Cassidy Hutchinson a liar. You called the fbi a when we were behind closed doors, you called a number of people liars here you called the wall street journal liars. You called Cassidy Hutchinson a liar. You called the fbi a liar. You called hunter biden a liar. You called jim biden a liar and today you added to your list, you called my colleague, mr. Goldman, a liar as well. It seems according to you the only person telling the truth is you and everyone else is lying. But i want to move on to Something Else. Is that a question . It is not a question. You will know when i ask you a question, i promise. The other thing i want to talk about is the fact my colleague from the other side of the aisle talked about the company that we keep and she wanted to go through a list of people that she felt like were bad im company because right now the majority has been relying upon the testimony of someone who is currently sitting in federal prison and we know that your company is the company of somebody who has been found liable of fraud, as well as defamation, as well as sexual assault, and for whatever reason, cant pay his bills at this point in time, but i am going to ask, are you aware if trump had any associates that have been found guilty of anything . Yes, lots of them. Me included. Lots of them . You included . Okay, so when you are called here to testify, you arent called here to testify for any reason than to tell the truth. Correct . Yes, congresswoman. We started this whole sham because of the 1023 and that was debunked by you. Was it not . Yes, congresswoman. Way before we started this impeachment inquiry and you mentioned a man by the name of Rudy Giuliani. Yes. Everyone is surprised hunter and here today, but hunter cant testify behind closed doors for six hours and they were limited to five minutes. There is a full transcript of his testimony so i dont know what else they wanted to do besides put on a show, but let me tell you something. This is based on something Rudy Giuliani came up with. And we try to subpoena him. That is what i remember. We asked. We said, hey, we should subpoena giuliani but when we tried to get his cell phone, they shut it down because they didnt want the facts. You would agree with me that considering youre working under Rudy Giuliani at the time you went to ukraine, that he has maybe some valuable information that he could offer this committee asked whether or not there is anything we should be investigating in the first place. Absolutely, congresswoman. I wish this committee would put him under oath, alongside me, to get to the bottom of the truth of what actually happened in ukraine. As a manipulation trump and the team want to do. I agree with you, but somehow it doesnt look like we will get there. Time has expired. Mr. Big seam arizona . Mr. Galanis, on may 9th, 2014 , you received in the mail or you wrote any mail confirming that ms. Was investing 15 20 million. Is that true . Yes. Lets talk about the predicate for that. Shes the Richest Woman in russia and you knew her. Were you invited to a party she attended . Yes, in brooklyn. Lets have the invitation, please. Is this a copy of the invitation you received . Is that right . I cant see it, congressman. I received an email invitation. Yes, an email invitation and did you go to the party . Yes. Was hunter biden at that party . Yes, he was. We know he was because we have confirmation on his calendar, the next exhibit. It was noted and he showed up there and so all of that is true. I will verify it right there. And then Yelena Baturina and her husband were at the party. Correct . With devon archer as well . Correct. Hunter pulled them away from where the party is and you go to a separate area where it is quieter because there were over. 100 people at that party. Is that true . Yes. Hunter says, okay, i am going to make a phone call. He makes a phone call, does he not . He does. To whom . His father. What was said on the call, please . Wait a second. The reason you know is because he put it on speakerphone, right . He did. After he said hello, he put it on speakerphone. I heard it and summit up. Im sorry. Please sum up that phone call for us, mr. Galanis. It was our friends have come in from outoftown that then the exchange was related to things are going to proceed and he said that the Vice President had said, look after my boy. It was five days after that party that you received word from devon that miss baturina was in for 15 to 20 million with you guys, right . Correct. Lets go to a different issue, the harvest issue. Refresh everyones recollection. When devon archer was there , at that time we had this great conversation and i said hey, did hunter ever say he might join the company with one of the companies advisors . Mr. Archer said, did he intimate that . And i said, diddy indicates that to you . He said i dont recall, but potentially. Potentially. You dont recall but it is not new to you . The concept is not new to you . Is that what youre saying . Why wasnt it new to him . Why wasnt it new to him . Go ahead. It wasnt explicit amongst us that that was an inducement to the chinese to invest in the burnham business. The vps position is the official position. On the board of advisors . Of the Chinese Company, harvest. Yes. When you say us, who was the us . What i was referring to in ab making that comment was hunter, devon, and myself. Lets go do Something Else. It was a broader circulation reflecting in an email from the thorton group who circulated a draft email that indicated he had a conversation and drafted a letter based on that understanding. How long have you been incarcerated, mr. Galanis . About eight years. And you offered to tell the ncc about Hunter Bidens company and they rejected your offer, didnt they . Thats correct. Why do you think they rejected that offer . Your time has expired, but please answer the question, mr. Galanis. All i can tell you is what counsel said to me. Counselor indicated to me he had never seen a prosecution reject information, particularly information that could have corroborated my verbal statements. Thank you. My time has expired. Very good. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I am here today once again to focus on the real issues in our community instead of this partisan circus. Let me say that influence peddling is absolutely a very serious issue. Full stop. But we all know the truth. Donald trump is the and essential influence peddler in chief. Despite this, for well over a year now, House Republicans have spent dozens of hours of Committee Time hearing testimony from nearly 20 witnesses on their baseless, increasingly embarrassing attempts to link President Biden to actions of his family members and implicate him by association. Even after all of this time and effort, they havent been able to muster up any credible link between the wi president and his sons business dealings. All they have proven is due whatever it takes including using their razor thin majority ships and charities to waste everyones time. Let this be the final nail in the coffin of this sham impeachment investigation. Admit that their quest to impeach the president has completely collapsed. They have fallen short and with each passing deal they are losing votes and credibility even within their own conference. It is time for them to move on, but that is not likely to happen because my colleagues dont care about responsible government or making peoples lives better. They dont have in a formative event agenda. They would rather have accusations against the president so it is no coincidence under Republican Leadership 2023 marked the most unproductive year in modern history for congress. Aside from a failed impeachment investigation, threeweek stint without a speaker, bringing our country to the brink of a catastrophic Government Shutdown multiple times, republicans have done absolutely nothing to demonstrate why they deserve to control any chamber of commerce , let alone the white house foru which their coleader, a twice impeached, for time indicted former president is running to d gain influence and control again. They are just grasping at straws. It would be comical if it werent leading to real harm and real hurt in our communities. The people in our countries are paying the price for their failure to actually govern. Instead of wasting our time, our hours and hours going down fake rabbit holes and baseless conspiracies, we could focus on actual policy. We could focus on substance and on saving and improving the lives of our constituents, not wasting precious time and resources. I would rather focus on the people who dont have the money to buy influence, the millions harmed by the ongoing refusal of the federal government to take responsibility for the Manhattan Project waste and who are still getting sick from exposure to toxic, radioactive waste their own government created. It lingers in communities across the country, like in st. Louis, missouri, where proper cleanup remains undone. I am the Ranking Member on the growth and Energy PolicyRegulatory Affairs and i have requested a hearing on waste and its countless victims. Im still waiting. We could focus on any of the crises of nonviolence. Everyday 327 people are shot in the United States. Every year, 42,654 people die from gun violence. More children die from guns than anything else in this country. Why are we not acting to protect them . How are we not treating us like the Public Health emergency that it is . We could focus on improving thea lives of incarcerated individuals and the state. Currently an incarcerated individual is our witness today. I applied your inclusivity. If folks convicted of crimes can testify before congress, they should be allowed to vote. Why not enfranchise them . What about reproductive rights of freedom . We have a Public Health crisis where millions of reproductive age cant get the care they need. People are forced to give birth against their well. Republicans need and use abortion care like the rest of us. Why not meaningfully address this issue . We need to focus on ending the atrocities in gaza and israel. Since january, malnutrition has nearly doubled. Famine is a minute for 1. 1 million people. Half the population due to catastrophic food insecurity. Why are we not trying to prevent famine and the spread of disease and ending the slaughter of palestinians . We do not have infinite time and resources. I will stop there. Thank you and i yield. Thank you so much. I want to point to a photo here. Mr. Bobulinski, you said you met mark meadows, then chief of staff for donald trump, at a rally in georgia behind secret service cars. Your time has expired. Sir, you went over a minute late with mr. Perry. We can have a little extra time. At the trump rally your time has expired. Mr. Chairman, could we have basic equity . If someone else wants to yield, she had eight seconds. Hes already been up here with a speech and he has abused his privilege about making a motion. The chair has rolled. The chair has rolled. What are you afraid of, mr. Chairman . The chair recognizes the gentle man from oh, what purpose do you seek re recognition, mr. Biggs . Introduce the records documents into the record. Without objection. One was the invitation mentioned end of the other was