House Oversight chairman and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene seek information regarding Hunter Biden’s involvement with prostitutes.
House Oversight Committee Requests Information on DOJ’s Handling of Hunter Biden Investigation
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) have sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking information about the DOJ’s commitment to protecting the rights of victims who were sexually exploited by Hunter Biden.
The committee previously sent a similar letter to the DOJ in July, requesting details about the handling of victims’ rights in the Hunter Biden investigation and a staff-level briefing on the Crime Victims Fund. Despite confirming receipt of the letter, the DOJ failed to respond by the deadline.
“It is unclear to the Committee as to why you both made the alarming decision to ignore our original request,” the members wrote. “This conduct is unprofessional and concerning given your leadership roles at DOJ. Considering the seriousness of this obstructive behavior, we request information as to whether anyone advised you not to respond to our inquiry, including any Department employee at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware, DOJ Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA), Main Justice, or the White House.”
In addition to seeking answers about the lack of response to their previous inquiry, Comer and Greene are reiterating their request for information from the DOJ.
The committee is specifically asking Hilary Axam, the DOJ’s national human trafficking coordinator, and Kristina Rose, the director of the Office for Victims of Crime, to provide a staff-level briefing on the Crime Victims Fund. This fund supports federal, state, and tribal victim assistance programs through formula grants, discretionary grants, and set-asides.
Testimony from Joseph Ziegler, an IRS whistleblower, has also raised concerns about the Hunter Biden investigation. Ziegler alleged that the DOJ compiled a list of women whom Hunter Biden appeared to have paid for sex, potentially violating the Mann Act.
“There were some flying people across state lines, paying for their travel, paying for their hotels. They were what we call Mann Act violations,” Ziegler told the House Ways and Means Committee.
Ziegler further claimed that Hunter Biden disguised payments to sex workers and a sex club as tax-deductible expenses on his tax forms.
Comer and Greene are now pressing the DOJ for information on who compiled the list of alleged victims, whether the U.S. Attorney for Delaware’s office contacted the DOJ about potential victim issues, and if the DOJ plans to involve the victims in the next steps of the investigation.
“These women may be victims under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act and may also be entitled to mandatory restitution pursuant to the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act,” the letter states. “In light of DOJ’s refusal to communicate meaningfully with the Committee, we have great skepticism that DOJ has been adequately communicating with crime victims.”
The committee also requests the names of anyone who may have instructed the recipients of the July 25 letter not to respond to the requests.
The DOJ has been given a deadline of September 22 to provide the requested information.
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