Unexpected Appearance by Hunter Biden at Contempt of Congress Hearing

January 10, 2024 TruthUSA

Hunter Biden arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning to attend in person a congressional committee meeting to hold him in contempt of Congress.

The president’s embattled son was accompanied by his attorneys Abbe Lowell and Kevin Morris. He did not respond to questions.

Republicans are taking the first step toward holding him in contempt after he defied a congressional subpoena, an extraordinary step from a bitterly contested oversight process that seems likely to result in the U.S. House recommending criminal charges against him.

The House Oversight and Judiciary committees will each vote Wednesday on contempt resolutions against Hunter Biden as Republicans move into the final stages of their impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. The inquiry, which began in September, has so far failed to uncover evidence directly implicating the president in wrongdoing.

If the committees approve the contempt resolutions as expected, they would go to the full House for consideration. And if the House votes to hold Hunter Biden in contempt, it will be up to the Department of Justice to decide whether to prosecute.

The contempt referral would be yet another headache for federal prosecutors already under heavy scrutiny for their handling of charges against Hunter Biden related to his taxes and gun use.

Shelving the contempt of Congress charges would likely further stoke conservative criticism that the Justice Department is politicized — especially given that two one-time advisers to former President Donald Trump were prosecuted for contempt of Congress by the Biden administration. But prosecuting contempt cases can be difficult.

Hunter Biden has defended his lack of compliance with the GOP-issued subpoena, which ordered him to appear for closed-door testimony in mid-December. Biden and his attorneys said information from private interviews can be selectively leaked and manipulated by House Republicans and insisted that he would only testify in public.

“It’s clear the Republican chairmen aren’t interested in getting the facts or they would allow Hunter to testify publicly,” Lowell, Hunter Biden’s attorney, said in a statement Friday.

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