{"id":13842,"date":"2024-01-10T13:06:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/10\/house-oversight-judiciary-to-consider-resolution-recommending-hunter-biden-be-held-in-contempt-of-congress\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T13:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:06:07","slug":"house-oversight-judiciary-to-consider-resolution-recommending-hunter-biden-be-held-in-contempt-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/10\/house-oversight-judiciary-to-consider-resolution-recommending-hunter-biden-be-held-in-contempt-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"House Oversight, Judiciary to consider resolution recommending Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Our investigation has produced significant evidence suggesting President Biden knew of, participated in and benefited from his family cashing in on the Biden name,\u2019 House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is expected to say in his opening statement, obtained by Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018We planned to question Hunter Biden about this record of evidence during our deposition, but he blatantly defied two lawful subpoenas.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comer will say, \u2018Hunter Biden\u2019s willful refusal to comply with the committees\u2019 subpoenas is a criminal act\u2019 that \u2018constitutes contempt of Congress and warrants referral to the appropriate United States Attorney\u2019s Office for prosecution as prescribed by law.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We will not provide Hunter Biden with special treatment because of his last name,\u2019 Comer is expected to say. \u2018All Americans must be treated equally under the law. And that includes the Bidens.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

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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\u2019s deposition.<\/p>\n

The first son, though, defied the subpoena, ignored the offer and delivered a public statement outside the Capitol.<\/p>\n

\u2018On 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\u2019 impeachment inquiry and the Committees\u2019 oversight investigations,\u2019 the House Oversight report, first reported by Fox News Digital on Monday, says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Instead, 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.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the House Oversight report identifies Hunter Biden\u2019s testimony as \u2018a 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.\u2019<\/p>\n

The report states that Hunter Biden\u2019s \u2018flagrant defiance of the Committees\u2019 deposition subpoenas \u2014 while choosing to appear nearby on the Capitol grounds to read a prepared statement on the same matters \u2014 is contemptuous, and he must be held accountable for his unlawful actions.\u2019<\/p>\n

The report says House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer \u2018recommends that Congress find Robert Hunter Biden in contempt for his failure to comply with the Committee subpoena issued to him.\u2019<\/p>\n

Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., blasted the move, saying there \u2018is 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\u2019s choosing. Chairman Comer repeatedly urged Hunter Biden to appear at a committee hearing, and Hunter Biden agreed.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last month, Comer and Jordan expanded their investigation to probe whether\u00a0President Biden\u00a0was involved in his son\u2019s \u2018scheme\u2019 to defy his subpoena for deposition earlier this month, conduct, they say, \u2018could constitute an impeachable offense.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hunter Biden, when making his public statement last month, said his \u2018father was not financially involved in my business.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018No evidence to support that my father was financially involved in my business because it did not happen,\u2019 he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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