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CORRECTION: Gal Luft was indicted in November 2022 in a filing that was unsealed on Monday. A previous version of this story included incorrect information.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are asking the GOP to turn over information detailing its interactions with Gal Luft, a recently charged think tank leader who called himself “patient zero of the Biden family investigation.”

Luft was indicted in November in a filing that was unsealed on Monday on numerous serious charges, including failing to register as a foreign agent when recruiting and paying an unnamed former high-ranking U.S. government official on behalf of China.

He is also accused of brokering illicit arms deals and violating Iran sanctions by setting up meetings between Iranian officials and a Chinese energy company to discuss oil deals. 

Luft has played a central role in Oversight Chair James Comer’s (R-Ky.) investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings as well as a probe into whether President Biden, in connection with son Hunter Biden, accepted a bribe – an assertion both men have flatly denied.

“We are concerned that an official committee of the House of Representatives has been manipulated by an apparent con man who, while a fugitive from justice, attempted to fortify his defense by laundering unfounded and potentially false allegations through Congress,” Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) wrote in a letter alongside Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.).

Luft was arrested Feb. 17 in Cyprus but fled after being released on bail and remains a fugitive, according to court filings from the Justice Department.

“Although Mr. Luft has been on the run for months, you touted him as a ‘potential witness’ and even prepared to interview him as part of your investigation. As recently as Friday, you described Mr. Luft as ‘a very credible witness’ about matters relating to the President’s son’s financial dealings with Chinese companies,” the two Democratic lawmakers wrote.

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