House Oversight Unveils Contempt of Congress Resolution Against Hunter Biden; House GOP Says Hunter Biden ‘violated federal law’ by Defying Subpoena, Prepare Contempt Resolution

By admin On Jan 9, 2024

House Oversight unveils contempt of Congress resolution against Hunter Biden:

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released a contempt of Congress resolution for Hunter Biden on Monday, just weeks after the first son dodged his deposition before the panel.

If adopted, the resolution would allow House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to “take all appropriate action to enforce the subpoena” already delivered to the 53-year-old, including referring him to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.

On Wednesday, the House panel will consider the bill during a markup session before eventually holding a vote to send it to the floor.

Comer, 51, said in a report accompanying the resolution that the president’s son had broken federal law by skipping his Dec. 13 interview with the committee, which the chairman called “a critical component” of Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into Hunter’s father, President Biden.

Hunter Biden, 53, appeared on Capitol Hill the same day to deliver an impassioned plea for sympathy alongside his attorney, Abbe Lowell, who is representing him against federal indictments charging illegal gun possession and tax fraud.

“For six years, I’ve been the target of the unrelenting Trump attack machine shouting, ‘Where’s Hunter?’ Well, here’s my answer, ‘I am here,’” the younger Biden told a crowd of reporters assembled outside the US Capitol building.

“Let me state as clearly as I can: My father was not financially involved in my business, not as a practicing lawyer, not as a board member of Burisma, not in my partnership with a Chinese private businessman, not in my investments at home nor abroad, and certainly not as an artist.”

Lowell had previously demanded that his client be allowed a public hearing rather than a private deposition, saying Comer had used “closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public.” —>READ MORE HERE

House GOP says Hunter Biden ‘violated federal law’ by defying subpoena, prepare contempt resolution:

House Republicans have prepared a resolution that would hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress after the first son, in a “criminal act,” defied a congressional subpoena and as part of the House impeachment inquiry against President Biden.

Fox News Digital on Monday obtained the contempt resolution and accompanying report from the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees.

Instead, Hunter Biden appeared on Capitol Hill to deliver a statement to the press, defying that subpoena, and said he would only testify in a public setting.

“Mr. Biden has violated federal law, and must be held in contempt of Congress,” the report reads.

The House Oversight report identifies Hunter Biden’s testimony as “a critical component of the impeachment inquiry into, among other things, whether Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as Vice President and/or President: (1) took any official action or effected any change in government policy because of money or other things of value provided to himself or his family; (2) abused his office of public trust by providing foreign interests with access to him and his office in exchange for payments to his family or him; or (3) abused his office of public trust by knowingly participating in a scheme to enrich himself or his family by giving foreign interests the impression that they would receive access to him and his office in exchange for payments to his family or him.”

“The Oversight and Accountability Committee, with the other investigating committees, has accumulated significant evidence suggesting that President Biden knew of, participated in, and profited from foreign business interests engaged in by his son, about which the Committees intended to question Mr. Biden during his deposition,” the report states.

“Mr. Biden’s decision to defy the Committees’ subpoenas and deliver prepared remarks prevents the Committee from carrying out its Constitutional oversight function and its impeachment inquiry,” it continues. –>READ MORE HERE

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