With the release of another memo by Rep. James Comer came more revelations of just how enriched the Biden family became while Joe Biden was serving as vice president.

According to RedState’s reporting, a Russian oligarch named Yelena Baturina paid a Hunter Biden-created shell company $3.5 million.

The committee staff also uncovered new details in how Baturina, one of the wealthiest women in the world, paid $3.5 million to a shell company affiliated with Hunter Biden and his partner Devon Archer called Rosemont Seneca Thornton. Then, $1 million was siphoned off to Archer, while the remnant went to another venture called Rosemont Seneca Bohai.

It’s what happened after that which takes this disclosure from concerning to damning. In 2014, just after that incredibly large payment was made, Joe Biden showed up at a dinner at Cafe’ Milano where he met for an extended period of time with various business associates of his son. Who was one of those associates? Yelena Baturina.

“President Biden is compromised or corrupt, and our national security is threatened,” Comer said.

“This is made clear by meals at Café Milano where then-Vice President Joe Biden dined with oligarchs from around the world who had sent money to his son,” the chairman said.

Ask yourself, what did Baturina get in exchange for her $3.5 million payment? Hunter Biden and Devon Archer were not selling a product. They weren’t even selling their own advice or expertise. Rather, as Archer testified under oath, they were selling the “brand.” And who was the only member of the “brand” with any value? That would be Joe Biden, the then-Vice President of the United States.

Democrats continue to assert that the now-president was completely unwitting in all this. You see, he was just randomly jumping on business calls to talk about the weather and showing up at dinner with Russian oligarchs who had paid his family millions by sheer chance. No one who is intellectually honest actually believes that, though.

Then there’s the other dot that connects perfectly in all this, which is Hunter Biden complaining about having to pay his father’s bills.

Now might be a good time to remember Hunter Biden has complained about Joe Biden forcing Hunter to give him half his salary. https://t.co/cFgONB9c5X pic.twitter.com/xYUWm8HHlE

— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) August 9, 2023

House Republicans are never going to come across a check written out to Joe Biden for “bribes and beers.” The intricate network of shell companies his family put in place existed for a reason. How much of the money that went through them ended up paying for Joe and Jill Biden’s expenses? It’s likely that can be ascertained with further investigation of bank records, but to get those (especially related directly to the president), House Republicans are going to need to take the next step.

To this point, I’ve been rather understanding of the delays in beginning an impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden. Because the Republican House majority is so small, any mistake in the process could lead to a failure to pass eventual articles of impeachment on the floor. With that said, we now have millions of dollars being paid to the Biden family by a Russian oligarch, who then garnered an in-person meeting with Joe Biden. We also have Hunter Biden complaining that he was paying his father’s bills during the same time period. That is more definitive than anything raised during Donald Trump’s first impeachment.

An impeachment inquiry is the first official step in impeaching Biden, and it’s time to take that step. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has already set several deadlines to do so that have come and gone. He can’t keep kicking the can down the road and expect to retain support. To do so would be a betrayal that not only could cost him his leadership position but could also cost Republicans the House in 2024. We have arrived at put-up or shut-up time.