He didn’t show up when he was subpoenaed to, but did show up during a congressional hearing to discuss whether he should face consequences for when he previously did not show up. The House Oversight Committee met Wednesday morning to consider a resolution that, if passed, would set up a full House vote on whether to hold President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, in contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena as part of the House impeachment inquiry against President Biden.
The Committee met for a markup Wednesday at 10 a.m., and was in for a big surprise. Hunter Biden unexpectedly showed up to the hearing with his attorneys. The resolution in discussion 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 on December 12.
Instead of making an appearance in December, the first son publicly defied the order, holding a press conference at the capitol steps on the day of the scheduled meeting with Republicans. Biden and his attorneys Abbe Lowell and Kevin Morris sat in the audience as lawmakers on the panel considered whether to pass the resolution out of committee. Biden and his attorneys ultimately left before the vote on the resolution, reports Fox News.
Fox News reported of the shocking moment:
During the meeting Wednesday, lawmakers acknowledged Biden was in the audience, with Democratic lawmakers asking to have Biden take questions during the session — a request Republicans rejected.
“My first question is who bribed Hunter Biden to be here today? That’s my first question,” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said. “Second question, you are the epitome of white privilege coming in to the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. What are you afraid of? You have no balls to come up here.”
“I think that Hunter Biden should be arrested right here, right now. Go straight to jail,” Mace continued. “Our nation is founded on the rule of law. The law applies equally to everyone, no matter what your last name.”
he added, “It does not matter who you are, where you come from, or who your father is, or your last name. Yes, I’m looking at you, Hunter Biden, as I’m speaking to you. You are not above the law at all.”
Mace asked the first son: “Why can’t you show up for a congressional deposition? You’re here for a political stunt. This is just a PR stunt to you. This is just a game that you are playing with the American people. You’re playing with the truth.”
After leaving the hearing, Hunter’s attorney Abbe Lowell briefly addressed reporters:
“Hunter Biden is and was a private citizen. Despite this, Republicans have sought to use him as a surrogate to attack his father,” Lowell said. “And, despite their improper partisan motives, on six different occasions since February of 2023, we have offered to work with the House committees to see what and how relevant information to any legitimate inquiry could be provided.”
Lowell claimed that their “first five offers were ignored.”
“And then in November, they issued a subpoena for a behind-closed-doors deposition, a tactic that the Republicans have repeatedly misused in their political crusade to selectively leak and mischaracterize what witnesses have said,” Lowell said.
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