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House Oversight, Judiciary to consider resolution recommending Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress

by January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024
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House Republicans will consider a resolution Wednesday morning that, if passed, would set up a full House vote on whether to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena as part of the House impeachment inquiry against President Biden.

The House Oversight Committee will meet for a markup Wednesday at 10 a.m. to consider the resolution that recommends contempt proceedings against the first son after he refused to comply with a subpoena compelling him to appear for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees.

The House Judiciary Committee will hold a similar markup at 10 a.m. on a measure recommending Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress. 

‘Our investigation has produced significant evidence suggesting President Biden knew of, participated in and benefited from his family cashing in on the Biden name,’ House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is expected to say in his opening statement, obtained by Fox News Digital. 

‘We planned to question Hunter Biden about this record of evidence during our deposition, but he blatantly defied two lawful subpoenas.’ 

Comer will say, ‘Hunter Biden’s willful refusal to comply with the committees’ subpoenas is a criminal act’ that ‘constitutes contempt of Congress and warrants referral to the appropriate United States Attorney’s Office for prosecution as prescribed by law.’

‘We will not provide Hunter Biden with special treatment because of his last name,’ Comer is expected to say. ‘All Americans must be treated equally under the law. And that includes the Bidens.’ 

Hunter Biden, ahead of his subpoenaed deposition, had offered to testify publicly. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan rejected his request, stressing that the first son would not have special treatment and pointed to the dozens of other witnesses that have appeared, as compelled, for their interviews and depositions. Comer and Jordan vowed to release the transcript of Hunter Biden’s deposition.

The first son, though, defied the subpoena, ignored the offer and delivered a public statement outside the Capitol.

‘On December 13, 2023, Robert Hunter Biden failed to comply with deposition subpoenas issued by the Committees on Oversight and Accountability and the Judiciary for testimony relevant to the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry and the Committees’ oversight investigations,’ the House Oversight report, first reported by Fox News Digital on Monday, says. 

‘Instead, Mr. Biden opted to read a short, prepared statement in front of the Capitol. Accordingly, Mr. Biden has violated federal law and must be held in contempt of Congress.’

Meanwhile, 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 report states that Hunter Biden’s ‘flagrant defiance of the Committees’ deposition subpoenas — while choosing to appear nearby on the Capitol grounds to read a prepared statement on the same matters — is contemptuous, and he must be held accountable for his unlawful actions.’

The report says House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer ‘recommends that Congress find Robert Hunter Biden in contempt for his failure to comply with the Committee subpoena issued to him.’

Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., blasted the move, saying there ‘is no precedent for the U.S. House of Representatives holding a private citizen in contempt of Congress who has offered to testify in public, under oath and on a day of the committee’s choosing. Chairman Comer repeatedly urged Hunter Biden to appear at a committee hearing, and Hunter Biden agreed.’ 

If the resolution advances out of committees Wednesday, sources said a full contempt of Congress vote on the House floor could take place in the coming days. 

Last month, Comer and Jordan expanded their investigation to probe whether President Biden was involved in his son’s ‘scheme’ to defy his subpoena for deposition earlier this month, conduct, they say, ‘could constitute an impeachable offense.’ 

Hunter Biden, when making his public statement last month, said his ‘father was not financially involved in my business.’ 

‘No evidence to support that my father was financially involved in my business because it did not happen,’ he said. 

The House impeachment inquiry against President Biden was formalized by the full House last month. The inquiry is being led by Comer, Jordan and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo.

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