{"id":12372,"date":"2023-12-02T02:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/02\/comer-jordan-demand-hunter-biden-appear-for-deposition-say-he-will-not-receive-special-treatment\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T02:58:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:58:01","slug":"comer-jordan-demand-hunter-biden-appear-for-deposition-say-he-will-not-receive-special-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/02\/comer-jordan-demand-hunter-biden-appear-for-deposition-say-he-will-not-receive-special-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Comer, Jordan demand Hunter Biden appear for deposition, say he will not receive \u2018special treatment\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan demanded Hunter Biden appear for his deposition later this month as part of their effort to determine whether the House of Representatives will draft articles of impeachment against President Biden.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers also stressed to Hunter Biden\u2019s attorney that the president\u2019s son will receive no \u2018special treatment.\u2019<\/p>\n

Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Hunter Biden for a deposition earlier this month. The deposition is set for Dec. 13.<\/p>\n

But Hunter Biden\u2019s attorney Abbe Lowell offered the president\u2019s son for a public hearing instead, where he would answer questions and offer his testimony directly before the American people.<\/p>\n

In a letter to Lowell on Friday, Comer and Jordan said Hunter Biden\u2019s testimony \u2018will occur initially in a deposition setting, as has been the consistent practice of Committees of the majorities\u2014as well as these Committees during this inquiry.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We also appreciate your confirmation that Mr. Biden is willing to testify at a public hearing,\u2019 they wrote. \u2018We look forward to his testimony in a hearing at the appropriate time.\u2019<\/p>\n

Comer and Jordan, who are leading the impeachment inquiry against President Biden along with Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., explained that the committees require Hunter Biden\u2019s testimony \u2018to inform potential legislative reform relating to federal ethics and financial disclosure laws.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018In addition, the Committees are investigating whether sufficient grounds exist to draft articles of impeachment against President Biden based on evidence received to date showing that President Biden was aware of at least some of his family\u2019s business ventures and sought to influence potential business deals that financially benefited his family,\u2019 they wrote.<\/p>\n

Comer and Jordan also said that Lowell has suggested that there is \u2018no evidence to support a finding\u2019 that Hunter Biden\u2019s business dealings \u2018implicate the official actions of his father.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018This is contrary to the facts already established through the investigation,\u2019 they wrote. \u2018As we have detailed in the memorandum explaining the scope of the impeachment inquiry, witnesses have testified not only that Mr. Biden sold the Biden \u2018brand.\u2019 But also how Mr. Biden placed his father on speaker phone twenty times with business associates and how he introduced his father in-person during business meetings with foreign business partners.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comer and Jordan also pointed to the FBI FD-1023 form in which an FBI confidential human source \u2018detailed a bribery scheme in which President Biden allegedly participated with his son.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Despite your bluster, the evidence remains undisputed,\u2019 they wrote, adding that Lowell is just working to \u2018discredit the allegations against Mr. Biden, distort the truth, and attack the integrity of witnesses against Mr. Biden.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

They added: \u2018Your attempts to now bully and intimidate the committees will not stand.\u2019<\/p>\n

Regarding Lowell\u2019s request for Hunter Biden to testify at a public hearing, Comer and Jordan said that is an effort to \u2018avoid sitting for a deposition\u2019 and said it \u2018amounts to a demand that he receive special treatment from the committees.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Mr. Biden will not succeed in attempting to dictate to the Committees how they conduct their investigation,\u2019 they wrote. \u2018The subpoenas Mr. Biden has received compel him to appear before the Committees for a deposition; they are not mere suggestions open to Mr. Biden\u2019s interpretation or preference.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comer and Jordan noted that Justice Department, FBI and IRS officials have all testified in transcribed interview and deposition settings, as well as Hunter Biden\u2019s business associate Devon Archer.<\/p>\n

They also noted that other Biden business associates are \u2018also cooperating with our subpoenas and not demanding a public hearing first.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Mr. Biden seems to believe that he should be treated differently than other witnesses before the committees,\u2019 they wrote. \u2018Nonetheless, if it helps to alleviate your stated concerns, you should be aware that, consistent with House and Committee rules and practice, we intend to videotape the deposition and release the deposition transcript soon after its completion.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comer and Jordan added: \u2018The committees\u2019 investigation will proceed apace without interference or obstruction.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comer and Jordan gave Lowell until Dec. 4 to confirm Hunter Biden\u2019s attendance at his deposition, scheduled for Dec. 13.<\/p>\n

Lowell, earlier this week, accused Comer and Republicans of using \u2018closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We therefore propose opening the door,\u2019 Lowell wrote. \u2018If, as you claim, your efforts are important and involve issues that Americans should know about, then let light shine on the proceedings.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democrats have blasted Comer and House Republicans amid their impeachment inquiry against President Biden for not taking Lowell up on the offer, saying their denial proves that the case against the first son is weak.<\/p>\n

But Comer dismissed those claims in an interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u2018Democrats always create a false narrative ahead of potential peril,\u2019 Comer told Fox News Digital, using Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop as an example of Democrats peddling the inaccurate narrative that the laptop was a product of Russian disinformation.<\/p>\n

\u2018We have always planned on deposing the key witness in this entire investigation \u2014 that\u2019s the president\u2019s son,\u2019 Comer said.<\/p>\n

Comer told Fox News Digital that his committee has \u2018accumulated tens of thousands of pages of documents.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We have hundreds of questions that we have to ask Hunter Biden,\u2019 Comer said, noting that a public hearing is not an efficient setting to get answers to all questions. \u2018If you have a public hearing, we may get to 35, 40 questions with five minutes each way. In a deposition, we can easily get 400-plus questions in.\u2019<\/p>\n

Comer stressed that the deposition of Hunter Biden \u2018will be transparent.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We will release the transcripts,\u2019 he said. \u2018We always do unless they contain classified information.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comer added: \u2018This has been the most transparent major congressional investigation in history.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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