Hunter Biden Attorneys Attempt Last Ditch Effort Ahead Of Contempt Vote To Avoid Charges

On Friday, Hunter Biden and his attorneys revealed to House Republican investigators that he would comply with a subpoena if the House Oversight Committee reissued a deposition or hearing request after the president's son refused to appear for a deposition.

The House Oversight Committee, led by Chairman James Comer (R-KY), voted to advance a vote to the House floor on contempt of Congress charges against Hunter. During the hearing to discuss the advancement of the contempt vote, Hunter decided to show up at Capitol Hill in a surprise appearance. Hunter and his entourage entered the hearing room and sat in the audience for the beginning of the hearing, where Chairman Comer explained Hunter's wrongdoing. "Our investigation has produced significant evidence suggesting President Biden knew of, participated in, and benefited from his family cashing in on the Biden name," Comer said, per Fox News. "We planned to question Hunter Biden about this record of evidence during our deposition, but he blatantly defied two lawful subpoenas." 

"Hunter Biden's willful refusal to comply with the committees' subpoenas is a criminal act" that "constitutes contempt of Congress and warrants referral to the appropriate United States Attorney's Office for prosecution as prescribed by law," he continued. "We will not provide Hunter Biden with special treatment because of his last name. All Americans must be treated equally under the law. And that includes the Bidens." Hunter would later leave the hearing after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) began her statement.

Following his shocking appearance in Congress, Hunter directed his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, to send a letter to the committee informing them that he would comply if a subpoena was reissued, arguing that the initial subpoenas were "legally invalid" given that they were issued before the formalization of the impeachment inquiry. "If you issue a new proper subpoena, now that there is a duly authorized impeachment inquiry, Mr. Biden will comply for a hearing or deposition," Lowell wrote, per Fox News. "We will accept such a subpoena on Mr. Biden's behalf." 

Lowell's last-second offer is just days before a contempt of Congress vote is set to go before the full House, with Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) revealing that the vote will take place next week, "Next week the House will vote to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for repeatedly defying subpoenas. Enough of his stunts. He doesn't get to play by a different set of rules. He's not above the law."

Hunter Biden knowingly defied a congressional subpoena, and he should face consequences for doing so. Just because he is the president's son doesn't mean that he lives by different rules from every other citizen who must comply with a subpoena if ordered to do so by Congress.

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