{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-calls-special-counsel-investigate-former-vice-president-joe", "Congressman Biggs Calls for a Special Counsel to Investigate Former Vice President Joe Biden's Involvement with Son's Business Dealings", "2020-10-19", "2020", "2020-10", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Andy Biggs", "B001302", "biggs.house.gov", "biggs", "https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "GILBERT, ARIZONA \u2013 Today, Congressman Andy Biggs and ten Members of Congress sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, requesting that the Department of Justice immediately appoint an independent, unbiased special counsel to investigate recent issues that have been raised about former Vice President Joe Biden's involvement with his son's business dealings.\n\nRepresentatives Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04), Ted Budd (NC-13), Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Jody Hice (GA-10), Mark Green (TN-07), Debbie Lesko (AZ-08), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Ted Yoho, D.V.M. (FL-03), Andy Harris (MD-01), and Steve King (IA-04) co-signed the letter to Attorney General Barr.\n\nRead the text of the letter below:\n\nOctober 19, 2020\n\nThe Honorable William Barr\n\nAttorney General\n\nU.S. Department of Justice\n\n950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW\n\nWashington, D.C. 20530\n\nDear Attorney General Barr,\n\nLast week, reports surfaced about an uncovered hard drive and laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden. Emails, allegedly on the hard drive, have indicated that Hunter Biden may have helped to orchestrate a payout to his father, former Vice President Joe Biden, from his dealings with a Chinese energy corporation, and that he may have compromised the integrity of his father's role as Vice President of the United States with his business dealings in Ukraine.\n\nThese alleged revelations raise serious issues about former Vice President Joe Biden's reported participation with his son's business dealings, specifically whether the former vice president (1) received foreign monies during his tenure in the Obama administration, and (2) if former Vice President Biden allowed his son to peddle access to his father with foreign business entities.\n\nAmericans deserve public officials who take great care to protect the integrity of their offices. Our constituents place great trust in their leaders at every level of government to conduct the people's business with the utmost honesty, transparency, and accountability.\n\nIf these reports about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, are true, the former vice president fell far short of his responsibility to uphold his constitutional oath and betrayed the sacred trust of the American people.\n\nIt is imperative that the American people receive answers and a full accounting of former Vice President Biden's dealings with his son and his son's business partners, and if the former vice president misused his office for personal gain.\n\nWe request that the Department of Justice immediately appoint an independent, unbiased special counsel to investigate the issues that we have raised \u2013 as well as any corresponding legal or ethical issues that might be uncovered from the former vice president's 47 years in public office.\n\nWe ask for a response to our request by Friday, October 23, 2020, at 5 PM EST.\n\nSincerely,\n\nAndy Biggs Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S.\n\nMember of Congress Member of Congress\n\nTed Budd Jeff Duncan\n\nMember of Congress Member of Congress\n\nJody Hice Mark Green\n\nMember of Congress Member of Congress\n\nDebbie Lesko Louie Gohmert\n\nMember of Congress Member of Congress\n\nTed S. Yoho, D.V.M. Andy Harris, M.D.\n\nMember of Congress Member of Congress", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:34:36Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-calls-special-counsel-investigate-former-vice-president-joe"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8147959597408772, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}