A former business associate of Hunter Biden disclosed during testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that a prominent Democratic representative was informed in October 2020 about text messages suggesting then-presidential candidate Joe Biden’s direct involvement in business dealings with his son Hunter and brother James Biden.

Tony Bobulinski testified that he contacted Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and “was begging” him “to go on CNN and tell the world in October 2020” about the allegations. He indicated that initially, he received a positive response from the lawmaker, as reported by the New York Post.

“You have always demonstrated to me that you are nothing but an honest, with the highest integrity, individual,” Khanna texted Bobulinski, the former Biden business associate told the committee during often-raucous testimony on Wednesday.

However, Khanna “ducked out” of the hearing before bringing the issue up with Bobulinski during the hearing, The Post reported.

“I have extensive emails with Congressman Ro Khanna in 2021 and 2022 where I begged him and his staff to sit down with me and look at my Blackberry phones that the Democrats are so focused on, to hire forensics experts and go through all of the factual information that I had,” Bobulinski further testified.

“So the fact that he did not even address me — and then scurried out of here — is disgusting to me,” Bobulinski said during the hearing before stopping to take a question from Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).

The Post added:

Bobulinski’s heated statement comes as House Republicans are seeking to gather evidence of corruption against the president as part of an impeachment inquiry launched in September.

“Tony reached out a few times and Rep. Khanna was always gracious because he respects Tony’s service, but made it clear that any evidence would have to be reviewed through proper committee procedure,” a spokesperson for the Silicon Vally Democrat’s office told The Post on Wednesday.