{"id":2113484,"date":"2023-12-01T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-puts-one-major-condition-on-hunter-bidens-offer-to-testify-to-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T14:46:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:46:06","slug":"house-gop-puts-one-major-condition-on-hunter-bidens-offer-to-testify-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-puts-one-major-condition-on-hunter-bidens-offer-to-testify-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s offer to testify to Congress comes with a key condition, says House GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fhouse-gop-puts-one-major-condition-on-hunter-bidens-offer-to-testify-to-congress%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=2113484&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>House Oversight Committee Chairman Pushes Back on Hunter Biden&#8217;s Request for Public Hearing<\/h2>\n<p>House Oversight Committee \u2064Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has responded to Hunter Biden&#8217;s lawyer, \u200cAbbe Lowell, who \u2064requested a public hearing instead of a closed-door \u2064deposition. Comer, along with Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), sent a letter to Lowell expressing their disagreement with\u200b the request.<\/p>\n<p>The letter acknowledges that Hunter Biden is willing to testify publicly on December 13, but emphasizes that the initial \u200ctestimony should take place\u200d in a deposition setting, as is customary\u200c for House Committees. The committee is open to a public hearing following\u200c the \u200ddeposition.<\/p>\n<p>Lowell&#8217;s \u2063reasoning for wanting a public hearing is to prevent \u2062Comer from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gohmert-cites-us-code-that-may-force-capitol-police-to-release-remaining-jan-6-surveillance-footage\/\" title=\"Rep. Gohmert Cites US Code that May Force Capitol Police to Release Remaining Jan. 6 Surveillance Footage\">selectively releasing portions<\/a> of the depositions to\u200b manipulate the facts. However, Comer \u2063disputes this claim, stating that \u200bthe committee&#8217;s intent is to investigate potential grounds for impeachment and to examine the ethical \u200cand disclosure\u2064 concerns surrounding \u200da President&#8217;s family&#8217;s business activities.<\/p>\n<p>Comer asserts that they have evidence showing President Joe Biden&#8217;s awareness of his family&#8217;s business ventures and his attempts to influence deals that financially benefited them. He firmly states that Hunter Biden does not \u2063have\u2062 the authority to dictate the rules and that the deposition will proceed as planned, followed \u2063by a public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He doesn&#8217;t get to make the rules,&#8221; Comer asserts. &#8220;You&#8217;re \u200btalking about a white guy from an influential family that has told the\u2063 IRS, the FBI, and the DOJ to go fly a kite. He&#8217;s not going to tell\u2064 the House Oversight Committee that. He will have \u2064the deposition and then the public hearing; that&#8217;s the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063 What are the potential implications of\u2063 the decision regarding \u2063the \u200dformat of Hunter Biden&#8217;s testimony for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-lgbt-org-hijacks-gop-program-to-open-queer-school-in-one-of-uss-largest-cities\/\" title=\"LGBT Group Takes Over GOP Initiative to Establish 'Queer' School in Major US City\">ongoing \u2062discussions surrounding<\/a> the ethical conduct of political\u200c figures \u2064and their families<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In a \u2064recent development, House\u200b Oversight\u200d Committee Chairman James Comer has responded\u2064 to Hunter Biden&#8217;s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, who \u200chas requested a public hearing instead of \u200ba \u200bclosed-door\u200b deposition. Comer, along with Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, has expressed their disagreement with this request in a letter addressed to Lowell.<\/p>\n<p>The letter acknowledges Hunter Biden&#8217;s willingness to testify publicly on December\u200d 13th but emphasizes that \u200cthe initial testimony should take \u2064place in \u200ba deposition setting, \u200das is the\u200d customary procedure for House Committees. The committee, however, remains open\u2064 to holding a public\u2062 hearing following the \u200ccompletion of the deposition.<\/p>\n<p>The reasoning behind Lowell&#8217;s desire for a public hearing is to prevent Comer from selectively releasing\u200d portions\u200d of the depositions in order to \u2063manipulate the facts. However, Comer vehemently disputes this claim, stating that the committee&#8217;s \u200dsole intent \u200cis to \u200binvestigate potential grounds for impeachment and to examine the ethical and disclosure\u2064 concerns\u2062 surrounding a \u2064President&#8217;s family&#8217;s business activities.<\/p>\n<p>Comer asserts \u200cthat they possess evidence showing President \u200dJoe Biden&#8217;s awareness of his family&#8217;s business \u200dventures and \u2063his attempts to influence deals that financially\u2063 benefited them. He firmly states that Hunter Biden \u2062does\u200d not have the authority to dictate\u2063 the rules, \u2062and the deposition will proceed\u2063 as planned, followed by a\u200d public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>In Comer&#8217;s\u200d own\u2062 words, &#8220;He doesn&#8217;t get to make the rules. You&#8217;re talking about a white guy\u200b from an influential\u2063 family that \u2064has told the IRS,\u200c the FBI, and the DOJ to go fly \u2064a kite. He&#8217;s not going to tell the House Oversight Committee that. He will have \u200cthe deposition and then the public hearing; that&#8217;s the \u2062way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This exchange highlights the ongoing tension and disagreements surrounding\u2064 Hunter Biden&#8217;s involvement in his family&#8217;s business dealings.\u200d As the investigation proceeds, it will be interesting\u2062 to see \u2062how\u2063 the Oversight Committee and Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oops-georgias-get-trump-grand-jury-forewoman-accidentally-confirms-the-recommended-charges-are-bunk\/\" title=\"Oops! Georgia\u2019s \u2018Get-Trump\u2019 Grand Jury Forewoman Accidentally Confirms The Recommended Charges Are Bunk\">legal team reach<\/a> a\u200c resolution regarding the format of his testimony. The outcome of this decision will \u200cundoubtedly have significant \u200dimplications for the ongoing discussions surrounding\u2064 the ethical \u200bconduct of political\u200b figures and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman James Comer (R-KY) of the House Oversight Committee has written to Hunter Biden&#8217;s lawyer, opposing his refusal to attend a closed-door deposition and requesting his presence at a public hearing. Comer, as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, has issued a subpoena to Hunter Biden, the president&#8217;s son, for the deposition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2113485,"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":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2113484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113484","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2113484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2113485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2113484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2113484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2113484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}