WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee will convene next week to debate holding Hunter Biden in criminal contempt of Congress — as Republicans investigate President Biden’s involvement in the eldest son’s refusal to comply with two deposition subpoenas last month.
Hunter, 53, said in a speech outside the Capitol Dec. 13 that he would not honor a subpoena from the Oversight and Judiciary Committees to testify in the impeachment inquiry into the Biden family’s alleged corruption – claiming “my father is not financially involved in my business” despite the president’s evidence interacting with his son’s associates from China, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine.
Joe Biden is “familiar with what Hunter has to say,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed to reporters the same day – fueling Republican demands for information about the president’s role in what they described as Congressional obstruction.
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“Hunter Biden blatantly defies two valid subpoenas when he doesn’t show up for December deposition,” the committee’s GOP majority said. “Next week, we will consider the resolution and accompanying report to hold him in contempt of Congress for violating federal law. @JudiciaryGOP will also have a markup.”
The White House and Hunter Biden’s legal team did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Contempt of Congress can be categorized as a felony punishable by at least 30 days in jail per charge.
Two former advisers to then-President Donald Trump — Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro — have been charged by Biden’s Justice Department with contempt for refusing to testify to a House select committee investigating the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021.
The House of Representatives opened the impeachment inquiry, which launched Sept. 12 without a floor vote, just hours after Hunter refused to comply with a subpoena — arguing the vote would strengthen Congress’ power to enforce demands for records and testimony in court.
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