President Joe Biden’s wayward son, Hunter Biden, has turned down an invitation from House Republicans to attend a public hearing alongside his former business partners, despite the fact he was the one who previously demanded the arrangement, according to a letter that was obtained by the folks at the Daily Caller.
Hunter is a complete and total mess. He only called for this sort of arrangement so he could cry about being a victim of being picked on by Republicans. Biden probably wasn’t expecting the GOP to actually honor his request, which would have given him an opportunity to cry about it, but alas, they called his bluff.
Here’s more from the report:
Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer previously invited Hunter Biden to testify alongside his former business associates Devon Archer, Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis on March 20. Abbe David Lowell, Hunter Biden’s attorney, turned down the invitation on Wednesday, calling the public hearing a “blatant planned-for-media event.”
“Your blatant planned-for-media event is not a proper proceeding but an obvious attempt to throw a Hail Mary pass after the game has ended. Let me remind you of a statement you made about how witnesses—and specifically Mr. Biden—could satisfy your prior requests,” Lowell stated in the letter.
“At your press conference after the January 10, 2024, Committee hearing to hold Mr. Biden in contempt, you stated: ‘All we need are people to come in for the depositions and then we’ll be finished. We just need people to show up to the depositions and we’ll wrap this up. Nobody wants to wrap this up more than I do.’ Mr. Biden did just as you asked and, as you did when you announced that witnesses could choose depositions, you want to ignore what you said,” Lowell added.
Lowell then stated Hunter Biden would only make an appearance for a public hearing if House Republicans hold an investigation into the business dealings of former President Donald Trump’s family too.
“The House Oversight Committee has called Hunter Biden’s bluff. Hunter Biden for months stated he wanted a public hearing, but now that one has been offered alongside his business associates that he worked with for years, he is refusing to come … The American people demand the truth and accountability for the Bidens’ corruption,” the chairman went on to say.
Hunter Biden was first subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee last November in order to try and get him to attend the closed-door deposition that was focused on his shady foreign business deals. Rather than complying with the order, he held a press conference outside of the Capitol building on Dec. 13, the day the closed-door deposition was held.
The first son criticized Republicans for bringing an impeachment inquiry against his father while denying that President Biden was ever involved in his business dealings. Hunter’s lawyer previously offered that Hunter Biden appear before the committee in a public hearing, an offer the first son reiterated.
Hunter Biden appeared for a closed-door deposition on Feb. 28, noting at least 29 times that he “did not recall” details of his foreign business dealings. The first son, however, was able to remember that his father was not at all involved in any of his foreign business ventures.
“I am here today to provide the committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business, not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions, domestic or international, not as a board member, and not as an artist, never,” Hunter Biden said in his opening remarks.
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