WASHINGTON – Hunter Biden’s main backer since his father entered the White House spoke to House investigators on Thursday as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
The first son of the so-called “sugar brother,” Hollywood attorney Kevin Morris, agreed to appear for questioning by three House committees leading the investigation into Joe Biden’s ties to his relatives’ foreign business dealings and an alleged Justice Department cover-up.
Morris, 60, initially met then-candidate Joe Biden at a Hollywood fundraiser in late 2019, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters, and later paid not only Hunter’s taxes but living expenses and rent luxuriously pad in Venice, Calif.
As Hunter’s chief philanthropist, Morris replaced Chinese, Ukrainian and other sources of income since the elder Biden’s vice presidency.
Morris gave or lent at least $4.9 million to the now 53-year-old Hunter, including donating $875,000 for his new art and allegedly buying his 10% stake in Chinese state-owned investment fund BHR Partners during Joe Biden’s first year in the White House.
Hunter Biden’s so-called “sugar brother”, Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris (left), agreed to appear for questioning by three House committees. AP Morris (back right), 60, reportedly met Hunter for the first time at a California fundraiser for candidate Joe Biden in 2019. Stephen Yang
In the end, Comer said, the Oversight Committee believed the loan could be as much as $7 million — but added that Morris was “not exactly clear” on the terms.
“He said there will definitely be a balloon payment in 2025,” Comer said. “He said he’s confident Hunter Biden will be able to pay back five, six, seven million dollars, even though Hunter Biden is unemployed and has no money. I find it hard to believe.”
The Oversight chairman also said that Hunter’s taxes were a “political problem” for the Biden campaign because his father is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination — and their repayment by Morris may have been an ethics violation.
“Kevin Morris testified that he has donated around $700,000 to political candidates. That’s a pretty big amount,” Comer said, calling Morris a major donor who had never visited the White House before meeting the Biden family but has since at least three times.
Jill Biden speaks at Hunter High School on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. AP
“Joe Biden, he has a problem with his son,” he added. “Kevin Morris entered the scene and started paying all these bills, paying his tax bill first because that was the most important thing for Joe Biden, not to have a son who went and was taken to jail for not paying his taxes.”
Republicans say that recently disclosed emails from Morris on February 7, 2020 show that he was motivated at least in part by politics rather than mere friendship and argue that the transactions could amount to illegal campaign contributions.
In the email, Morris wrote to accountants on Hunter’s behalf that they should speed up their work on the tax papers to avoid “significant personal and political risk.”
Congressional sources told The Post that key questions for Morris will focus on how he and Hunter met and his motive for providing so much money. REUTERS Morris gave or loaned at least $4.9 million to cover tax refunds and living expenses for Hunter, now 53, according to reports. Daniel William McKnight
A series of additional high-risk interviews have been ordered with impeachment inquiry witnesses.
Former Biden family associates Mervyn Yan and Rob Walker are set to testify next week, with Eric Schwerin appearing the following week, sources told The Post.
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