{"id":2147464,"date":"2024-01-12T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-agrees-to-sit-down-deposition-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:37:12","slug":"hunter-biden-agrees-to-sit-down-deposition-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-agrees-to-sit-down-deposition-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden to participate in deposition on Capitol Hill"},"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\">18<\/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-sit-down-deposition-on-capitol-hill%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=2147464&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--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>President Biden&#8217;s Son Agrees to Deposition Before House Lawmakers<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s son, Hunter, has agreed to a sit-down deposition before House lawmakers, accompanied by an eight-page attorney letter to Capitol Hill on \u200bFriday.<\/p>\n<p>Just two days after the House\u2063 Oversight Committee and the House \u2064Judiciary Committee voted to advance contempt resolutions against Hunter \u200dBiden, his attorney stated that\u2062 he would be available for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-i-wont-jump-on-bandwagon-to-cancel-sen-cruz\/\" title=\"Don Jr.: I won\u2019t jump on bandwagon to cancel Sen. Cruz\">closed-door interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you issue a new proper subpoena, \u2064now that there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-is-willing-to-sit-for-deposition-lawyer-says\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's lawyer confirms his willingness to be deposed\">duly authorized impeachment inquiry<\/a>, Mr. Biden will comply for a hearing or deposition,&#8221; wrote Attorney Abbe\u200d David Lowell. \u200c&#8221;We will accept such a subpoena on Mr. Biden&#8217;s behalf.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter was submitted after Hunter Biden made a \u2064surprise appearance on \u2064Capitol Hill to capture footage for an\u200d upcoming Netflix documentary while lawmakers debated whether to hold him in contempt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:\u2062[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/11\/hunter-biden-flipped-congress-the-bird-to-get-b-roll-for-his-damage-control-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter Biden Flipped Congress The Bird To\u200b Get B-Roll For His Damage-Control Documentary<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-pleads-not-guilty-tax-charges-brought-by-special-counsel-david-weiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pleaded not guilty<\/a> to additional tax charges filed by Special Counsel David Weiss \u2063in California the next\u2062 day. Months after\u2062 a federal judge in Delaware derailed\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-takeaways-from-the-hunter-biden-special-counsel-appointment-you-wont-hear-from-big-media\/\" title=\"6 Key Points About Hunter Biden Special Counsel Appointment Ignored by Mainstream Media\">sweetheart plea agreement<\/a>, Weiss <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/08\/weiss-charges-hunter-biden-with-three-tax-felonies-but-ignores-foreign-influence-peddling-to-protect-joe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> Hunter Biden with nine new tax crimes but withheld charges related to foreign\u2063 influence-peddling involving his father in the \u200bWhite House.<\/p>\n<p>Lowell spent eight pages in the Friday letter to lawmakers arguing that \u200bthe subpoena <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/08\/house-republicans-subpoena-biden-family-for-transcribed-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> by House Republicans in November was invalid because it focused on impeachment. House Republicans did not formally <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry-mike-johnson-94884b322da40ca9315ac5f4e73a3e86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">authorize<\/a> \u2064an impeachment inquiry into President Joe\u200b Biden \u200cuntil mid-December.<\/p>\n<p>For months, Lowell refused\u2062 lawmakers&#8217; request for Hunter Biden to sit for \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/contempt-charge-against-dan-scavino-based-on-false-claims-by-january-6-committee\/\" title=\"Contempt Charge Against Dan Scavino Based on False Claims by January 6 Committee\">closed-door deposition<\/a> before \u200da public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If, as you claim, your \u200defforts are\u2062 important and involve issues \u200cthat Americans should know about, \u200cthen let the\u200c light shine\u2062 on these proceedings,&#8221; Lowell wrote in December.<\/p>\n<p>House\u2062 Oversight Chairman James Comer\u2063 of Kentucky and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio\u200d responded to\u200b Lowell&#8217;s\u2062 demands that Hunter Biden be\u200b given special treatment with a public hearing and\u200b nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Biden&#8217;s\u2062 attempt to avoid sitting for a deposition pursuant \u200cto the terms of \u200bsubpoenas\u2062 \u2014 by offering instead \u2063to testify at a public\u200d hearing \u2014 amounts to a\u200d demand that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheriff-tiger-woods-didnt-get-different-treatment-after-car-crash\/\" title=\"Sheriff: Tiger Woods Didn\u2019t Get \u2018Different Treatment\u2019 After Car Crash\">receive special treatment<\/a> from\u200d the Committees,&#8221; Comer and Jordan \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/01\/comer-jordan-respond-to-hunter-bidens-demand-for-special-treatment-in-new-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &#8220;Mr. Biden will not\u2062 succeed in attempting to dictate to the Committees how they conduct their investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, contempt resolutions were <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4401310-hunter-biden-contempt-of-congress-house-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent<\/a> to the entire chamber.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hunter Biden&#8217;s willful\u2064 refusal to \u2064comply with the Committees&#8217; subpoenas is a criminal act. \u200cIt \u200cconstitutes contempt of Congress \u2064and\u2062 warrants referral to the appropriate United States Attorney&#8217;s Office for\u2062 prosecution as prescribed by \u2062law,&#8221; stated Comer. &#8220;We will not\u2063 provide Hunter Biden with special treatment because of his\u2063 last name.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Financial records <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/04\/bank-records-reveal-hunter-bidens-company-authorized-monthly-payments-to-joe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released<\/a> by the Oversight Committee\u200d last month revealed Hunter Biden funneling money directly to Joe Biden \u2062as the family engaged in political influence with overseas businessmen. According to investigators, the Biden \u2063family directed money through more than <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-oversight-committee-has-uncovered-mounting-evidence-tying-joe-biden-to-family-business-schemes\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAll%20of%20those%20things%20have,Republican%20majority%20and%20our%20investigation.%E2%80%9D&#038;text=The%20Biden%20family%20set%20up,hide%20payments%20from%20foreign%20adversaries.\">20<\/a> shell companies, most of which were <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bank-Memorandum-5.10.23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">established<\/a> while Joe Biden was vice president. The Biden family was found to have received over <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/09\/investigators-biden-business-brought-in-20-million-and-counting-from-foreign-oligarchs-while-joe-biden-was-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$20 million<\/a> from foreign oligarchs in countries like China, \u2063Russia,\u2063 and Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice \u200cis the western correspondent for\u2062 The Federalist and\u200d the author \u2063of Social Justice Redux, \u200ca conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also\u2063 written for The Washington\u200d Examiner and The Daily\u2063 Signal. His work has also been featured in\u2064 Real Clear Politics \u200cand Fox News. Tristan graduated\u200c from \u200dGeorge Washington University where he majored \u2063in political science and minored in journalism. \u200dFollow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. \u2063Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why did Hunter Biden&#8217;s \u2063attorney emphasize the need for a new subpoena and address the validity of previous subpoenas?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  President Biden&#8217;s Son\u2063 Agrees to Deposition Before House Lawmakers<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has agreed to\u200c participate in a sit-down deposition before House lawmakers. This decision was accompanied by an eight-page attorney letter sent to Capitol Hill on \u200bFriday.\u2064 The announcement came just\u2062 two days after\u2064 the House Oversight Committee and\u200d the House Judiciary Committee\u200b voted to advance contempt resolutions against Hunter Biden. His \u2063attorney, Abbe\u200d David Lowell, stated that he would be available for a closed-door interview if a proper\u200d subpoena was \u200dissued.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney&#8217;s\u2062 letter emphasized the need for a new subpoena now that\u2063 there is a duly authorized impeachment inquiry. It stated that Mr. Biden would comply \u200bwith a subpoena for a hearing or deposition and would accept such \u200ba subpoena on his \u200cbehalf.\u2064 The letter was submitted after Hunter Biden made a surprise appearance on\u2063 Capitol Hill to capture footage for an upcoming Netflix documentary while lawmakers debated \u200bwhether to hold him in contempt.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to additional tax charges filed by Special Counsel David Weiss in California the next day. Weiss charged Hunter Biden with nine new tax crimes, but the charges related to foreign\u2063 influence-peddling involving his father\u200d in the White House\u200c were not included.\u200c This follows a previous\u2063 instance where \u2064a federal judge in\u200c Delaware derailed a plea agreement for Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter sent to lawmakers,\u200d Lowell argued that the subpoena issued by House Republicans in November was invalid because it focused on impeachment. House Republicans did not formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into \u200cPresident Joe Biden until mid-December. For months, Lowell had refused lawmakers&#8217; requests for Hunter Biden to sit for a closed-door deposition before a public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Lowell\u200c emphasized the need for transparency in these proceedings. He suggested that if the lawmakers believed their efforts were important and involved issues that the American public should know about, then the proceedings should be conducted in the\u200c light of public scrutiny. However, House Oversight Chairman James Comer of Kentucky and House Judiciary Chairman Jim \u200cJordan of \u2062Ohio responded to Lowell&#8217;s demands by insisting on a public hearing and \u2063nothing else, rejecting any special treatment\u2063 for Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Contempt resolutions were sent to the entire chamber on Wednesday. Comer stated\u200b that Hunter Biden&#8217;s refusal to comply with the Committees&#8217; subpoenas constituted contempt of\u200d Congress and should be referred to the appropriate United States Attorney&#8217;s\u200d Office for prosecution. The lawmakers emphasized that they would not provide \u2063Hunter \u200cBiden with special \u200btreatment due to his\u200c last name.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, Hunter Biden has agreed to a deposition before House lawmakers, following\u200d the \u2063advancement of contempt resolutions against him. The attorney letter accompanying this decision highlights the need for a proper subpoena and addresses concerns about the validity of previous subpoenas. It remains to\u2063 be seen how this deposition will unfold and if any further legal actions will be taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden&#8217;s son, has agreed to a deposition with House lawmakers. 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