President Biden\u2019s son could be held in contempt of Congress if he doesn\u2019t show up for a closed-door interview today.<\/p>\n
Hunter Biden is in Washington, but it is unclear if he will appear for the closed-door deposition the Republican committee leaders have been pushing for.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last week, House Oversight and Judiciary Committees chairmen James Comer, R-Ky., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, threatened to hold the younger Biden in contempt if he did not show up for the deposition.<\/p>\n
Hunter Biden\u2019s attorney Abbe Lowell and the committee leaders traded paper blows with each other as Hunter\u2019s legal defense pushed for a public hearing.<\/p>\n
Last month, Lowell said Hunter wanted to testify publicly as opposed to the closed-door interview, but the GOP chairmen that same week said Hunter Biden must appear for a deposition first.<\/p>\n
A week later, Lowell sent a letter to Comer, saying the president\u2019s son would only appear before the committee in public testimony.<\/p>\n
\u2018Mr. Biden has offered to appear at a hearing on the December 13, 2023, date you have reserved, or another date this month, to answer any question pertinent and relevant to the subject matter,\u2019 Lowell wrote.<\/p>\n
\u2018He is making this choice because the Committee has demonstrated time and time again it uses closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort, the facts and misinform the American public \u2014 a hearing would ensure transparency and truth in these proceedings,\u2019 Lowell said. \u2018We look forward to working out the schedule.\u2019<\/p>\n
Comer and Jordan also pledged to release the full transcript after the closed-door deposition if it occurs.<\/p>\n
Comer and Jordan also pledged to release the full transcript after the closed-door deposition.<\/p>\n
\u2018On November 8, 2023, we issued subpoenas to your client, Robert Hunter Biden, for a deposition on December 13, 2023,\u2019 they wrote.<\/p>\n
\u2018Contrary to the assertions in your letter, there is no \u2018choice\u2019 for Mr. Biden to make; the subpoenas compel him to appear for a deposition on December 13,\u2019 Comer and Jordan wrote.<\/p>\n
\u2018If Mr. Biden does not appear for his deposition on December 13, 2023, the Committees will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings,\u2019 they wrote.<\/p>\n
Fox News Digital\u2019s Brooke Singman contributed reporting.<\/p>\n\n
President Biden\u2019s son could be held in contempt of Congress if he doesn\u2019t show up for a closed-door interview today. Hunter Biden is in Washington, but it is unclear if he will appear for the closed-door deposition the Republican committee leaders have been pushing for.\u00a0 Last week, House Oversight and Judiciary Committees chairmen James Comer, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}