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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would not say if the White House had advanced knowledge that Hunter Biden would visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday to sit in a meeting to consider a resolution that would hold him in contempt of Congress, saying the first son \u2018makes his own decisions.\u2019<\/p>\n

Hunter Biden unexpectedly appeared with his attorneys at the House Oversight Committee\u2019s\u00a0meeting Wednesday morning\u00a0to consider the resolution that, if passed, would set up a full House vote on whether to hold him in contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena for a closed-door deposition as part of the House impeachment inquiry against President Biden.<\/p>\n

The subpoena was for a deposition on Dec. 13. Hunter Biden had offered to testify publicly \u2014 an offer rejected by House Republicans, citing the setting for other witness interviews, and vowing to release a transcript of his deposition.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s son, instead of complying with the subpoena, delivered a public statement on Capitol Hill and did not appear for his deposition.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Hunter Biden and his attorneys Abbe Lowell and Kevin Morris came to Capitol Hill to sit in the audience as lawmakers on the panel considered whether to pass the resolution out of committee. He and his attorneys ultimately left before the vote on the resolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When asked during the White House press briefing if President Biden or his staff was informed that his son would appear for the committee markup, Jean-Pierre did not respond, but said he is a \u2018private citizen.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018So here\u2019s what I\u2019ll say. And I\u2019ve said this many times before: Hunter, as you all know, as a private citizen, he\u2019s not a member of this White House,\u2019 Jean-Pierre said. \u2018He makes his own decisions like he did today about how to respond to Congress.\u2019<\/p>\n

She went on to refer \u2018any further questions, any additional questions about this process\u2019 to Hunter Biden\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n

When pressed again on whether the White House was informed in advance, Jean-Pierre said: \u2018I don\u2019t have anything \u2014 we don\u2019t have anything else to share beyond that.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018He is a private citizen, and he makes his own decisions as it relates to this particular, you know, response, is potentially a response to the Congress,\u2019 she said. \u2018That\u2019s something that he decides on, and I would refer to his representatives.\u2019<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Peter Doocy went on to press Jean-Pierre, reminding her that last time the first son was on Capitol Hill, on Dec. 13 to defy the subpoena, she told reporters that the president \u2018was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Doocy pressed again, asking if the president helps his son \u2018skirt congressional subpoenas.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018That is not even true \u2014\u00a0that is a jump. That is incredibly disingenuous in that question,\u2019 she said. \u2018What I will say to you \u2014 I\u2019m helping you out. I don\u2019t have anything else to share.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last month, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, 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, which, they say, \u2018could constitute an impeachable offense.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comer and Jordan pointed to a statement made by Jean-Pierre on Dec. 13, after Hunter Biden defied his subpoena. She was asked whether the president had watched his son\u2019s public statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that President Biden was \u2018certainly familiar with what his son was going to say,\u2019\u2019 they wrote in a letter to White House Counsel Edward Siskel last month. \u2018Ms. Jean-Pierre declined, however, to provide any further details about the President\u2019s actions on whether the President approved of his son defying congressional subpoenas.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

They added, though, that Jean-Pierre\u2019s statement \u2018suggests the President had some amount of advanced knowledge that Mr. Biden would choose to defy two congressional subpoenas.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

The chairmen pointed to the criminal code, citing the section which states that it is unlawful to \u2018corruptly\u2026 endeavor to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any investigation or inquiry is being had by\u2026 any committee of either House or any joint committee of Congress.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Likewise, any person who \u2018aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures\u2019 the commission of a crime is punishable as a principal of the crime,\u2019 they wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018In light of Ms. Jean-Pierre\u2019s statement, we are compelled to examine the involvement of the President in his son\u2019s scheme to defy the Committees\u2019 subpoenas,\u2019 they wrote, adding that the president \u2018had advanced awareness\u2019 that his son would defy the subpoenas which \u2018raises a troubling new question that we must examine: whether the President corruptly sought to influence or obstruct the Committee\u2019s proceeding by preventing, discouraging, or dissuading his son from complying with the Committee\u2019s subpoenas.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Such conduct could constitute an impeachable offense,\u2019 they wrote. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the House Oversight Committee\u2019s meeting to consider the resolution to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress stands in recess. The House Judiciary Committee is also considering the resolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If passed out of committee, the resolution would come to the floor for a full House vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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