VIDEO: Dem Rep Undermines Biden’s Denial of Knowledge on Hunter’s Business

WATCH: Dem Rep Accidentally Damages Biden’s Claim To Know Nothing⁣ About‍ Hunter’s Business

Democratic congressman Dan Goldman (N.Y.) appeared to contradict⁢ President Joe Biden’s claim not to know⁢ anything about Hunter Biden’s business dealings.

During the Wednesday hearings in the ​House’s Hunter Biden probe

Goldman asked IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley‍ about a lunch ​that Hunter Biden was holding for Chinese businessmen, during which “Joe Biden ⁣came to say hello.” Goldman then quoted ⁤Shapley’s⁤ testimony that, according to ⁤former Biden business associate⁢ Rob Walker, Hunter Biden “told his dad” that “I may be trying to start a company or try to do something with these guys.”

“That doesn’t sound much like Joe⁢ Biden was ‍involved in whatever Hunter Biden was doing,” Goldman went on, inadvertently implying that the testimony was​ factual.

“It does show that [Hunter Biden] ⁢ told his father he was ⁤trying to ‌do business” with the Chinese company⁢ and that‍ “he was talking to his ⁣father about the business,” Shapley⁢ said in response.

Joe Biden ⁤has‍ long denied⁢ knowing anything‌ about his son’s business, even as evidence mounts to the contrary. Shapley testified last month‌ that “Hunter Biden invoked his father’s name in a threatening text message” to his Chinese business partner, the Washington Free ⁣Beacon reported. Photographs from the first son’s abandoned laptop show that he was at ​Joe Biden’s home when he sent the ⁣text.

Two of Hunter Biden’s business partners, including Walker, have said Joe Biden was directly involved in business negotiations with ‍the Chinese company,⁣ CEFC China Energy.

Legal scholar Jonathan Turley referred to Goldman’s question as “friendly fire,” writing that the ⁣New York Democrat accidentally “seemed to demolish” the president’s defense.

“A few more minutes” of Goldman’s ‍questioning, Turley wrote, “and we might have ‍had ‌an open-and-shut case for the appointment of a special counsel.”