{"id":2118908,"date":"2023-12-07T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-chairmen-threaten-hunter-with-contempt-of-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T16:50:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:50:44","slug":"house-chairmen-threaten-hunter-with-contempt-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-chairmen-threaten-hunter-with-contempt-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"House chairmen warn Hunter of potential contempt charges"},"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\">16<\/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-chairmen-threaten-hunter-with-contempt-of-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=2118908&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L) House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) (R) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) hold a news conference in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo\u200b by Win McNamee\/Getty Images) \/ (R) \u2064US businessman Hunter Biden and his wife Melissa Cohen walk to a bookstore in Nantucket, Massachusetts \u200d(Photo by \u2063BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty\u2064 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>1:23 PM \u2013 Thursday, December \u20647, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden,\u2063 the president\u2019s controversial son, \u200cfaces possible charges of contempt of Congress if he does not show up for\u200c a closed-door deposition at the U.S. Capitol on December 13<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The threats come from the \u2064Republican chairs of two House committees \u200doverseeing the impeachment investigation into \u200cPresident Joe\u2064 Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s son was subpoenaed for a deposition on December 13<sup>th<\/sup> by Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), according to a letter they\u2062 sent to Hunter Biden\u2019s attorney\u200b on Wednesday.\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden offered to testify in public instead, but they \u200dturned\u2062 him down once more.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cContrary to\u2064 the assertions in\u2063 your letter, there is no\u2062 \u2018choice\u2019 for Mr. Biden\u2064 to make;\u200d the subpoenas compel him to appear\u2064 for a deposition on December 13. If Mr. Biden \u200bdoes not appear for his deposition \u200con December 13, 2023, \u2062the\u200b Committees\u200c will\u200b initiate contempt of Congress\u200d proceedings,\u201d the letter said, which was sent to Biden\u2019s attorney, Abbe Lowell.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two of the three committees spearheading the GOP\u2019s investigation into the president\u2019s impeachment are the Oversight and Judiciary\u2064 panels. Although \u200cthey have not officially \u200capproved \u200cthe \u2062investigation, Republicans are predicted to do \u2063so as soon as next week. <\/p>\n<p>They say that \u2063formalizing the \u2062investigation will\u2062 make\u2062 subpoena enforcement stronger.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cwarning \u200cwas in reaction to \u2062a\u2062 letter that Lowell had issued on Wednesday, conveying to the chairs of the two committees that Hunter Biden is only willing to testify in public.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMr.\u2063 Biden has offered to appear at a hearing on the December 13, 2023,\u2063 date you have reserved, or another date this month, to answer any question pertinent and relevant to the subject matter stated in your November 8, \u200c2023, letter,\u201d Lowell \u2062wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHe is making this choice because the Committee has demonstrated time and again it uses\u2064 closed-door\u2064 sessions to manipulate, even distort, the facts and misinform\u2064 the \u2063American public \u2014 a \u2063hearing would ensure transparency and truth in these\u200c proceedings,\u201d Lowell added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter Biden \u2063was \u2063charged last week by Comer and\u2064 Jordan with trying to get special treatment \u200bby asking for a public hearing rather than going through a deposition behind closed doors. They stated that when the deposition is over, they plan to record it \u2062and make\u200d the transcript available.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Jamie Raskin \u200cof \u2063Maryland, the top Democrat \u200bon the Oversight \u2062Committee, condemned Comer\u2019s\u200d threat in a post on X, the platform formally known as\u200c Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhat a joke,\u201d he said, alluding to Jordan\u2019s refusal to cooperate with the January 6<sup>th<\/sup> committee, \u200c\u201cJim Jordan blew \u200boff HIS subpoena\u2026 Comer doesn\u2019t want the truth and can\u2019t handle it,\u201d\u200d Raskin added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news \u200bblasts directly \u200cto your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this\u2062 post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Several Republican lawmakers push \u2062for addressing the Southern\u2062 Border\u200c before dishing out more foreign aid.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In an exclusive interview, the chairman of the \u200cGOP controlled congressional \u2064panel investigating January 6th representative Barry Loudermilk talks about the process he is following to release the video footage from that day. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Police identify\u200b the gunman who opened fire on the University Of Nevada, Las Vegas \u200cleaving three people dead. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. 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The Republican chairs of two House \u2064committees overseeing the investigation, Oversight Chair James Comer \u2063(R-Ky.) and\u2064 Judiciary Chair Jim \u2064Jordan \u200b(R-Ohio), have issued \u2063subpoenas for Hunter Biden\u2063 to appear for a \u2063closed-door\u200d deposition at the U.S. Capitol on\u2064 December 13th.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Hunter Biden&#8217;s attorney conveyed \u2062that his\u200b client is \u2062willing\u2063 to testify in public, but the Republican chairs have \u200drejected\u2063 this\u200d offer. \u200dThe \u2062Republican chairs sent a letter to Hunter Biden&#8217;s attorney, Abbe Lowell, stating that if Hunter Biden fails to appear for his deposition \u2063on\u200c December 13th, the committees will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The Oversight and\u2062 Judiciary panels \u200dare two of the three committees\u200d spearheading the GOP&#8217;s investigation into the president&#8217;s impeachment. While\u200b the investigation has not\u200d yet \u200cbeen\u200c officially \u2062approved, Republicans are expected to\u200d do so in the coming week. They believe that formalizing the investigation will strengthen subpoena enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>This warning\u2064 from the Republican \u2063chairs comes in response \u200cto a\u2064 letter issued by Lowell, in\u200d which he stated that Hunter \u200cBiden is only \u200dwilling to testify in public. Lowell expressed \u200bconcern \u2062about the closed-door sessions, stating that \u200dthey can\u2062 be used to manipulate and\u200d distort facts, misleading the American public. \u2062He argued that a public hearing would ensure\u200b transparency and truth in\u2062 the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden was charged last week by Comer and Jordan with seeking special \u2062treatment by requesting a\u2063 public hearing instead of a \u200cclosed-door deposition. The \u200bRepublican chairs have stated that they plan to\u200d record the deposition and make\u2062 the transcript available once\u200d it is completed.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland,\u200c the top \u2064Democrat on the Oversight Committee, condemned Comer&#8217;s threat in a post on a social \u200bmedia platform. Raskin alluded to Jordan&#8217;s refusal to cooperate with\u2064 the January 6th committee, suggesting\u200c that \u2062Comer is not interested\u2064 in the truth and cannot \u2064handle it.<\/p>\n<p>As the impeachment investigation continues, it remains \u2063to be seen\u200c how the situation will unfold.\u200b The potential charges of contempt of Congress against Hunter Biden further intensify the \u200cpolitical climate surrounding the \u2063investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Chairman James Comer (R-KY) of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees respectively, hold a news conference. 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