On Wednesday, President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, revealed that he would refuse to sit for a closed-door deposition in Congress after being subpoenaed by House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) last month. Instead of appearing before the committee, the 53-year-old Biden held a press conference to demand that he be given the opportunity to testify publicly rather than appear in a closed-door session. In response, Chairman Comer revealed that they would be "more than happy" to hold a public hearing to call the president's son's bluff and have him testify in front of the American people. Additionally, the committee announced that they will be holding Hunter in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena.
"Hunter Biden defied a lawful subpoena today, and we will now initiate contempt of Congress proceedings. There will be no special treatment because his last name is Biden," the House Oversight Committee wrote. "Joe Biden & his family must be held accountable for their corruption."
Instead of appearing for his deposition, which was scheduled for 9:30 a.m., Hunter slammed Republicans outside of the Capitol to the press. "They belittled my recovery, and they have tried to dehumanize me, all to embarrass my father, who has devoted his entire life to public service," he said. "For six years, I have been a target of the unrelenting Trump attack team. ‘Where’s Hunter?’ Well, here’s my answer. I am here." Hunter then quickly left the press conference without taking any questions from the media.
In response to the blatant disregard for the congressional subpoena, Chairman Comer announced that he would depose the president's son and "be more than happy to have a public hearing with him" so that the American people can see the evidence for themselves. "We expect him to come in and be deposed. This is a normal process in an investigation," he explained. "This has been a serious, credible, transparent investigation from day one. We have published four bank memorandums. We've had countless press conferences."
"This is an investigation of public corruption at the highest levels. We've accumulated mountains of evidence that's concerning to an overwhelming majority of Americans. We have specific questions in there, and I think we are going to allow you in there to see the piles and piles of documents and bank statements and emails and text messages that we have worked very hard on in this committee over the last eight or nine months," Comer continued. "We expect to depose the president's son, and we will be more than happy to have a public hearing with him."
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
"Hunter Biden defied a lawful subpoena today, and we will now initiate contempt of Congress proceedings. There will be no special treatment because his last name is Biden," the House Oversight Committee wrote. "Joe Biden & his family must be held accountable for their corruption."
Instead of appearing for his deposition, which was scheduled for 9:30 a.m., Hunter slammed Republicans outside of the Capitol to the press. "They belittled my recovery, and they have tried to dehumanize me, all to embarrass my father, who has devoted his entire life to public service," he said. "For six years, I have been a target of the unrelenting Trump attack team. ‘Where’s Hunter?’ Well, here’s my answer. I am here." Hunter then quickly left the press conference without taking any questions from the media.
In response to the blatant disregard for the congressional subpoena, Chairman Comer announced that he would depose the president's son and "be more than happy to have a public hearing with him" so that the American people can see the evidence for themselves. "We expect him to come in and be deposed. This is a normal process in an investigation," he explained. "This has been a serious, credible, transparent investigation from day one. We have published four bank memorandums. We've had countless press conferences."
"This is an investigation of public corruption at the highest levels. We've accumulated mountains of evidence that's concerning to an overwhelming majority of Americans. We have specific questions in there, and I think we are going to allow you in there to see the piles and piles of documents and bank statements and emails and text messages that we have worked very hard on in this committee over the last eight or nine months," Comer continued. "We expect to depose the president's son, and we will be more than happy to have a public hearing with him."
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
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