Comer and his brother, Thomas Comer, have been involved in land swaps related to their family farming business, according to a recent article citing public records. One of these transactions included a $200,000 loan and a shell company, raising concerns about the transparency and legality of the deals.
For months, Comer has criticized the Biden family for using their name to conduct business deals and for using shell companies to obscure their transactions with foreign parties and questionable individuals. He has also accused the president’s son, Hunter Biden, of nine tax charges related to the shell companies.
However, a series of interviews and records searches conducted by the AP revealed that the Kentucky Republican did something remarkably similar, transferring a six-acre parcel of land co-owned with one of his major campaign donors, Darren Cleary, to a shell company he created in 2017 with his wife.
“This is actually a real problem that anti-corruption activists would love to get legislative reform on,” Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, told the AP. “It is hard to trace assets held in shell companies. His is a good example.”
Last month, Democrats railed on the Kentucky Republican following a Daily Beast report that revealed the first inklings that Comer had engaged in his own shell company, involving intra-family business dealings. At the time, Commer snapped back that it was the kind of thing “only dumb, financially illiterate people pick up on.”
Moskowitz also mocked Comer by recreating a video of him signing subpoenas for the president’s son Hunter Biden, brother James Biden, and their business partner Rob Walker. In the video, Moskowitz signed a subpoena for Comer and his brother, saying “Plagiarism is often a matter of confusion rather than deception,” quoting a paper on academic integrity.
The controversy has sparked a heated debate about the use of shell companies and personal loans in political circles. It has also raised questions about the role of family members in politicians’ financial dealings. As the story unfolds, it remains to be seen how it will impact Comer’s political career and the ongoing impeachment probe into President Biden.
Relevant articles:
– We Now Have Even More Details About James Comer’s Shady Shell Company
– James Comer is mad someone would abuse the term ‘shell company’
– James Comer Under Increasing Pressure Over Loans to his Brother – Newsweek
– Biden family hid money with over 20 shell companies