House GOP probes Prison Bureau's treatment of Hunter Biden business partner

The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees on Tuesday opened a probe into the Biden administration's treatment of Jason Galanis, a former business associate of first son Hunter Biden who is currently in Bureau of Prisons custody.

Galanis participated in a transcribed interview with both committees last month during which he claimed to be a "victim of a pattern of retribution by the Department of Justice in order to prevent my home confinement, which would have allowed full and free access to congressional investigators," wrote Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, Oversight Chairman James Comer, and Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs wrote to BOP Director Collette Peters and Assistant U.S. Attorney Negar Tekeei.

Galanis testified to his involvement in a scheme with Devon Archer and Hunter Biden in which he was to secure cash for a hedge fund he created with the pair.

"Mr. Galanis specifically alleged in his transcribed interview that he has been singled out for unequal treatment while in BOP custody after he asserted in a petition for commutation of his sentence that Hunter Biden and another business associate, Devon Archer, were complicit in the same illegal acts that landed Mr. Galanis in jail," they wrote.

"In particular, Mr. Galanis alleged that his application for home confinement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was initially approved by local BOP officials in Florida and California, was subsequently denied for political reasons," they continued.

Both letters further included transcripts of Galanis making the allegations. They then asked that the BOP and Tekeei provide documentation related to Galanis's application for home confinement and the request's rejections.

The trio of Republican lawmakers set a deadline of March 19 for Tekeei and Peters to comply with their requests.

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