House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) released a report on Monday recom...
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) released a report on Monday recommending that President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, be held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify in a closed-door deposition in House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the president.
Hunter Biden failed to comply with the subpoena on December 13, 2023, and instead decided to hold a press conference demanding a public hearing.
“Accordingly, Mr. Biden has violated federal law, and must be held in contempt of Congress,” the report said in its executive summary. “Mr. Biden’s testimony is 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.”
Both House Committees also released identical resolutions that will be voted on in the Committees on Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST. If the resolutions are passed in the Committees they will then be voted on by the full House and then a referral for criminal prosecution can be referred to the U.S. Department of Justice.
“Pursuant to 2 U.S.C. §§ 192 and 194, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall certify the report of the Committee on the Judiciary, detailing the refusal of Robert Hunter Biden to appear for a deposition before the Committee on the Judiciary as directed by subpoena, to an appropriate United States attorney, to the end that Mr. Biden be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law,” the resolution states.
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