{"id":2123892,"date":"2023-12-13T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T17:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defies-house-gop-subpoena-to-testify-in-private\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T12:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T17:47:29","slug":"hunter-biden-defies-house-gop-subpoena-to-testify-in-private","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defies-house-gop-subpoena-to-testify-in-private\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden refuses to comply with House GOP subpoena for private testimony"},"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\">24<\/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-defies-house-gop-subpoena-to-testify-in-private%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=2123892&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-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hunter\u200c Biden, son of President Joe Biden, speaks during a news \u200bconference outside the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in \u2062Washington. Hunter Biden on Wednesday lashed out at Republican investigators who have been\u200d digging into his business dealings, insisting outside the Capitol he will only\u2062 testify \u2062before a congressional committee in public. (AP Photo\/Mariam\u200c Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>8:30 \u2062AM \u2013 Wednesday, December 13, 2023 <\/h2>\n<p>Hunter Biden has defied his scheduled \u200bclosed-door deposition on \u200cCapitol Hill with the\u200d House Oversight Committee. <\/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>Hunter instead delivered a public statement on Wednesday outside of Capitol Hill, claiming the investigation into his business\u2064 dealings is a move to undermine his father\u2019s tenure\u2063 as president.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A \u2062staged press conference is NOT under oath.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a reason why Hunter skipped\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hunter-biden-phoned-dad-dozens-of-times-during-foreign-business-meetings-associate-will-testify\/\" title=\"Report: Hunter Biden frequently called his father during foreign business meetings, associate to testify.\">closed-door\u2062 deposition<\/a>, he would have pleaded\u200c the fifth\u200b to avoid lying under oath.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter\u2064 was the bag man for the Biden Family. <\/p>\n<p>Joe knew, \u2064Jill knew, James knew, and\u200c the \u200dwhole family knew. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BTLm0c0KxF\">pic.twitter.com\/BTLm0c0KxF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronDonalds\/status\/1734959278241259749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m\u2062 here today \u200cto acknowledge that I\u2019ve made mistakes in my life,\u201d he said, flanked by his lawyer and Rep.\u2062 Eric\u2064 Swalwell (D-Calif.), \u201cbut I\u2019m also here today to \u200dcorrect how the \u2063MAGA Right has portrayed me for \u2064their \u2062political\u2064 purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFor six\u200b years,\u2062 I\u2019ve been the\u200c target\u200b of \u200cthe \u2064unrelenting Trump attack machine shouting, where\u2019s Hunter?\u201d he\u200d added. \u201cHere\u2019s \u200bmy answer, I\u2019m right here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter has \u200dsaid he\u200b wants to testify at a public\u200d hearing to answer questions from \u2062House Republicans because \u200bin private could give way to selective \u2063leaks. <\/p>\n<p>This comes after \u2064Republicans have rejected Hunter Biden\u2019s offer to appear for an initial public hearing, saying\u2062 they want him to testify \u200cprivately first. <\/p>\n<p>The inquiry is investigating the Biden family as a whole. \u2064First, whether President Biden\u200c used his power for financial\u200b gain for himself and his family, whether President Biden used his power in office to influence \u200bthe Department of Justice to \u2063help Hunter avoid criminal charges, \u2062and how Hunter was involved in the family\u2019s business dealings. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hunter \u2064faces tax\u200b evasion charges,\u200d as\u2064 well as a separate \u2062gun charge by special counsel\u2063 David Weiss. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Additionally, Hunter said\u2062 his father\u200c was not \u200dinvolved\u2064 in any of his business\u2062 dealings. \u201cNot as a \u2064practicing lawyer,\u200b as a board member of Burisma not in\u2063 my partnership with\u2062 a \u2062Chinese private businessman, not in my investments at home\u2064 nor\u2064 abroad and certainly not as an artist,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBut to suggest that is\u2064 grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond \u200bthe absurd. It\u2019s\u2062 shameless,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no evidence to support the\u200c allegations that \u200cmy\u2062 father was financially involved in my business.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJamesComer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJamesComer<\/a> \u2062 on Hunter Biden: &#8220;We&#8217;ve never mocked his\u200c addiction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jim_Jordan<\/a> on Joe Biden: &#8220;He&#8217;s been involved, \u2064just not\u200d financially. That is a huge departure from everything they have said now for the\u2063 last \u200dthree-and-a-half years.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FPCLrKqhlp\">pic.twitter.com\/FPCLrKqhlp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN\u2062 (@cspan) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1734971179541094698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, \u20642023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Oversight and\u200c Judiciary panels didn\u2019t\u200c know on Tuesday night if Hunter would show up for \u200dthe closed-door deposition. <\/p>\n<p>The House\u2063 is set to vote on\u2064 Wednesday to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive \u200cbreaking\u200c news blasts directly to your inbox \u200cfor  <\/p>\n<h2> Why did Hunter Biden refuse to \u200dattend the closed-door\u200b deposition with the House Oversight Committee?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  &#8220;Defiant Hunter Biden Refuses Closed-Door Deposition, Claims Investigation is Politically Motivated&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden, son of\u200b President Joe Biden, made headlines on Wednesday when \u2062he defied his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-unveil-biden-impeachment-inquiry-website\/\" title=\"GOP Reveals Biden Impeachment Inquiry Site\">scheduled closed-door deposition<\/a> with \u200bthe \u200cHouse Oversight Committee on\u200d Capitol Hill. Instead, he \u2062delivered a \u200dpublic statement, accusing investigators of attempting to undermine his \u200dfather&#8217;s tenure as president. This\u200b move\u200c has raised questions about the\u200b transparency and credibility \u200dof the ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>In his public statement, Hunter Biden addressed the \u2062investigation \u2063into his business affairs, stating that it is a \u200bpolitically motivated move\u200d to\u2063 tarnish his father&#8217;s image. He claimed that the scrutiny he has faced over the past six years has been part of an &#8220;unrelenting \u2063Trump attack machine.&#8221; Hunter Biden emphasized that \u200dhe is willing to testify\u200c at a\u2064 public hearing, as he believes that a\u2062 private deposition would\u2063 allow for selective leaks \u2063and\u2063 manipulation of information.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans, on the other hand, have rejected Hunter Biden&#8217;s offer to\u200d appear for an initial public hearing, demanding \u2064that \u200che testify \u2062privately\u2062 first. This disagreement further\u2063 adds to the contentious nature of the investigation. It raises the question of whether both parties involved \u200dare truly interested in uncovering the truth or\u2063 if they are only seeking political advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is centered around the \u2063Biden family as a whole, examining allegations \u200bof financial gain, improper use of presidential\u200c power, and potential influence on the Department of Justice. The inquiry \u2062is also looking into Hunter Biden&#8217;s involvement in his family&#8217;s\u2062 business dealings. These allegations are serious and warrant \u200da thorough and impartial investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u2063Hunter Biden is facing separate \u2063legal issues. He is\u2063 currently \u2062charged with tax evasion\u200d and gun possession by special counsel David Weiss. These charges\u200c have further complicated \u200cthe situation and have raised\u2062 concerns among the\u2062 public about potential conflicts of interest and\u2064 improper\u2063 conduct.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that \u2064Hunter Biden firmly stated\u2062 that his father was not involved in any of his business ventures. As the investigation continues, \u200dit is\u200c crucial to separate fact from speculation and allow due process to take its course.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of the investigation into Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings will undoubtedly have \u200dan impact on the Biden administration.\u2063 It \u2064is essential for\u200b the American public to have confidence in the\u200c integrity of their elected officials and their families. Transparency, fairness, and adherence \u200cto the rule of law should be the guiding principles throughout this process.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of political affiliations, it is crucial to demand accountability from our elected representatives and their families. The\u200b American people deserve to know the\u200b truth behind these allegations, and it\u200d is the responsibility of investigators to conduct a thorough and impartial examination\u2062 of the facts.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Hunter Biden&#8217;s refusal to participate in a closed-door deposition and his claims of political motivation behind the investigation into his business dealings have raised significant concerns\u200c about the transparency and legitimacy\u2063 of the ongoing inquiry. As the investigation continues, \u2064it\u200b is crucial for \u200dall parties\u2064 involved to prioritize fairness, transparency, and the pursuit of truth to uphold \u200cthe \u200dintegrity of the\u200d American democratic process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden&#8217;s son, criticized Republican investigators probing his business affairs, vowing to testify solely in a public congressional hearing. Speaking outside the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13, 2023, he expressed his stance against private testimonies. 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