{"id":2109872,"date":"2023-11-28T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-agrees-to-testify-before-house-oversight-committee-but-theres-a-catch\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:31:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:31:31","slug":"hunter-biden-agrees-to-testify-before-house-oversight-committee-but-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-agrees-to-testify-before-house-oversight-committee-but-theres-a-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden to testify before House Oversight Committee with a condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-biden-agrees-to-testify-before-house-oversight-committee-but-theres-a-catch%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2109872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Hunter\u200b Biden Agrees to Testify Before House Oversight Committee, But There&#8217;s a Catch<\/h2>\n<p>In a \u200cletter filled with derision, Hunter Biden\u2019s attorney has advised the House Oversight \u2062Committee that President Joe Biden\u2019s son wants his\u200c appearance before\u2063 the panel to be a public \u2062show.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Oversight Committee issued subpoenas\u2062 for multiple\u200c members of the \u200dpresident\u2019s family to testify as part of its investigation\u200c into the\u200b Biden family\u2019s finances. Hunter Biden \u200bwas summoned \u2063to appear \u2064behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p>However, a letter from lawyer Abbe Lowell to the panel said Hunter Biden wants to testify\u200b in public\u200c on Dec.\u2064 13, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/hunter-biden-agrees-testify-house-oversight-committee-rcna126962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen you \u2064use \u2064<a title=\"Liberals Are Already Panicking About Trump's 2024 Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-are-already-panicking-about-trumps-2024-plan\/\">closed-door sessions<\/a> to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public. We therefore propose opening the door,\u201d Lowell \u2064wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Chairman, \u200dwe take you up on your\u200c offer,\u201d the attorney said \u2064in\u2064 the letter to Republican\u2064 Rep. James Comer\u200b of Kentucky, \u200bthe chairman of the committee, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/11\/28\/hunter-biden-willing-public-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccordingly, our client will get \u200bright to\u2062 it by agreeing to \u2063answer any pertinent and relevant \u200bquestion \u200dyou or your \u2064colleagues might have, but \u2014 rather than subscribing to your\u200b cloaked, one-sided process \u200b\u2014 he will appear at\u200d a public Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing,\u201d Lowell wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hunter Biden \u200cattorney: \u2063\u201cOur client \u2064will\u200d get right to it by agreeing to answer any pertinent and relevant question \u2064you or your colleagues might have, but\u200c \u2014 rather than subscribing \u200bto your cloaked, \u200done-sided \u2063process \u2014 he will appear at a \u200dpublic\u2026hearing\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YltcDOLBKk\">https:\/\/t.co\/YltcDOLBKk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Pp8MdEfr4\">pic.twitter.com\/1Pp8MdEfr4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Viser (@mviser)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mviser\/status\/1729496990768128184?\">November 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter \u2062mocked the panel, saying it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-comer-hunter-biden-know-clock-ticking-can-connect-dots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">achieved \u2064nothing<\/a> \u2064 of\u200d substance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Committee \u200bhas been working for\u200d almost a year \u2014 without\u2064 success \u2014 to tie our client\u2019s <a title=\"\u201cOn the 8th Day of Biden\u2019s Coming to Power, the United States Officially Announced a Recession!\u201d \u2013 China\u2019s Yangtze River News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-the-8th-day-of-bidens-coming-to-power-the-united-states-officially-announced-a-recession-chinas-yangtze-river-news\/\">business activities<\/a> to his father. You state that one of your purposes is to review how a President\u2019s family\u2019s\u200c business activities \u2063raise ethics\u200b and disclosure concerns to inform the basis\u200b for a \u200dlegislative solution,\u201d\u2062 Lowell said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Would \u200byou like to see Hunter Biden testify in public?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none;\"><label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n<label>No<\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>Completing this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news \u2062updates free of charge via email. You may opt out \u200bat anytime. You \u200balso agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<p>Yes: \u200d100% \u2064(2 Votes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%;\">\n<p>No: 0% \u200b(0 Votes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut all your focus has \u2062been on this President\u2019s\u2063 family while turning a blind eye toward former President\u200c Trump and his family\u2019s businesses, some of which the family maintained while serving\u200b in \u2064office \u2014 \u2063an area ripe to inform your purported legislative pursuits,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Lowell said House Republicans have \u201cmanipulated\u201d Hunter Biden\u2019s \u201clegitimate business dealings\u201d and \u2064his addiction issues \u201cinto a \u200dpolitically motivated \u200bbasis for\u200c hearings to accuse his father of some wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The subpoena, \u200dhe claimed, was \u201cwhat appears\u2064 to\u2064 be a Hail Mary pass with your team\u200c behind in\u2063 the score and \u2062time running out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour fishing expedition has become Captain Ahab chasing the great white whale,\u201d the attorney wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW<\/p>\n<p>Hunter \u200cBiden is\u2064 trying to play by\u2063 his own rules instead \u200bof following the \u2063rules required of everyone else. That won\u2019t stand with House Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>My \u2062full statement\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s8hU5VFNXl\">https:\/\/t.co\/s8hU5VFNXl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. James\u200b Comer (@RepJamesComer) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJamesComer\/status\/1729512137251250631?\">November 28, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to Hunter Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-oversight-committee-issues-subpoenas-hunter-biden-7-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subpoenas<\/a> were announced for James Biden, the president\u2019s\u2063 brother, and Rob Walker, a former business\u200b associate of Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Requests for transcribed interviews were made for James Biden\u2019s wife, Sara; Beau\u2063 Biden\u2019s widow, Hallie Biden, and her sister, Elizabeth Secundy; Hunter Biden\u2019s wife, Melissa Cohen; and Tony Bobulinsk, a former business associate of Hunter \u2064Biden.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-agrees-testify-house-oversight-committee-catch\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hunter Biden Agrees to Testify Before House Oversight Committee, But There&#8217;s a Catch<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What is the potential\u200c impact on public perception of the Biden family&#8217;s finances if Hunter Biden testifies publicly?<\/h2>\n<p>And his\u200c family\u2019s\u200c business activities,\u201d the letter\u200b continued. \u200d\u201cThis investigation \u2014 through its abuse of subpoena power, irregular scheduling, selective \u200d- even redacted &#8211; \u200breleases of information,\u2063 and\u200b manipulation of the media &#8211; has achieved nothing of\u200d \u200csubstance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lowell also raised concerns about the committee\u2019s partisan approach to the investigation. He acknowledged that the\u2064 panel is controlled by Democrats, but called for a fair and impartial process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you truly \u2063want to inform the public, be \u2062fair to our client \u200dand disabuse the rumors and false narratives that have been spread about him, convene a public hearing where \u200ball sides can question \u2063witnesses\u200c and\u200d no party \u200bcontrols the outcome,\u201d Lowell wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden\u2019s willingness \u2064to testify in public comes as the committee faces \u2062mounting criticism for its handling of the investigation. Republican Rep.\u2062 Comer has <a title=\"Where Teachers Unions Are Still Delaying A Return To The Classroom\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-teachers-unions-are-still-delaying-a-return-to-the-classroom\/\">previously expressed frustration<\/a> with the \u2062lack\u200c of progress\u2063 and called for\u2063 more transparency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s time for Hunter Biden to know that the clock is ticking,\u201d Comer said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-comer-hunter-biden-know-clock-ticking-can-connect-dots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to\u2062 pursue \u2062this to the end,\u2064 and\u2063 we\u2019re going to get the truth out \u200bto the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Hunter Biden\u2019s request to \u200ctestify\u2062 publicly, the focus now\u200d shifts \u200bto whether the committee will\u2063 agree to his terms. The\u2062 decision will have implications for\u2063 the transparency and fairness of the investigation,\u200b as well as \u2063the potential\u2064 impact on public \u2063perception of the Biden\u200c family\u2019s \u200bfinances.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u200c controversy continues to unfold, it remains to be seen how\u2064 the committee\u200d will respond and if Hunter\u2064 Biden\u200c will indeed testify publicly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden&#8217;s lawyer has informed the House Oversight Committee that his client desires a public spectacle during his appearance before the panel. The committee had previously issued subpoenas to various members of President Joe Biden&#8217;s family as part of their investigation into the Biden administration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2109873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hunter Biden to testify before House Oversight Committee with a condition","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2109872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hunter Biden to testify before House Oversight Committee with a condition","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2109872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2109873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2109872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2109872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2109872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}