According to AFP, Joe Biden’s son and brother were summoned on Wednesday by the Republican-led congressional committee investigating the president’s impeachment.

Conservatives, who have held the majority in the House of Representatives since January, accuse the Democratic leader of lying to the American people about his youngest son Hunter’s controversial dealings abroad. The president categorically denies this.

Voters specifically accuse Hunter Biden of running shady deals in Ukraine and China when Joe Biden was Barack Obama’s vice president (2009-2017), relying on his father’s name and networks.

“The House Investigative Committee tracked the financial trail and amassed a wealth of evidence demonstrating how Joe Biden knew about, was involved in, and benefited from his family’s influence peddling schemes,” Chairman James Comer said in a statement.

The influential Republican-elect summoned the son and brother of President James Biden to appear before Congress in early December “to question him about this evidence.”

This investigation is strongly opposed by Democrats.

“This investigation, which lasted a year, did not reveal the slightest wrongdoing on the part of the president simply because there was none,” White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre dismissed.

The investigation has virtually no chance of success, but could turn into a headache for the White House ahead of the 2024 presidential election, in which Joe Biden is running.