{"id":2200120,"date":"2024-03-15T20:14:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T00:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-impeachment-hearing-to-happen-with-or-without-hunter-comer-says\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T20:17:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T00:17:35","slug":"biden-impeachment-hearing-to-happen-with-or-without-hunter-comer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-impeachment-hearing-to-happen-with-or-without-hunter-comer-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Comer asserts Biden impeachment inquiry will proceed, Hunter&#8217;s involvement notwithstanding"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-impeachment-hearing-to-happen-with-or-without-hunter-comer-says%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=2200120&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>Impeachment Inquiry Continues Despite \u2062Hunter Biden&#8217;s Absence<\/h2>\n<p>In an unexpected turn of events, House Oversight \u200bCommittee Chairman <strong>James Comer \u200b(R-KY)<\/strong> has \u2063made \u200cit clear that the anticipated impeachment \u2062inquiry hearing will go on,\u200c even after Hunter Biden \u2063declined to attend as a witness.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Hunter Biden&#8217;s resistance, Comer has penned a letter\u2014made public last Friday\u2014urging Biden to rethink his decision. The move comes after \u200dBiden backed out from his earlier offer to testify in an open forum.<\/p>\n<h3>Public versus Private Testimony: Swirling Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s initial stance was to \u200donly provide testimony if it were\u2064 in\u2064 a public setting, responding to \u2062mounting\u200c pressure from \u2064House lawmakers for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambush-trump-spox-taylor-budowich-sues-january-6-committee-and-pelosi\/\" title=\"'Ambush': Trump Spox Taylor Budowich Sues January 6 Committee -- and Pelosi\">private deposition<\/a>. \u200bHowever, he eventually complied and attended a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-progress-stalls-as-republicans-appear-to-walk-back-stopgap-spending-deal\/\" title=\"House progress stalls as Republicans backtrack on stopgap spending deal.\">closed-door\u200d session<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Comer criticized Biden&#8217;s decision, stating, &#8220;the <strong>only conclusion<\/strong> that one can reach is that Mr. Biden knows his\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-sanctuary-city-supporter-to-oversee-ice-prosecutions\/\" title=\"Biden Taps \u2018Sanctuary City\u2019 Supporter To Oversee ICE Prosecutions\">public testimony<\/a>\u200d would not withstand\u2062 scrutiny.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Invitations to Associates and the Path Forward<\/h3>\n<p>Chairman\u2064 Comer has also extended invitations to three of Biden&#8217;s \u2063former business associates: Jason Galanis,\u200b Devon Archer, and\u2062 Tony Bobulinski, requesting their presence as witnesses \u200bat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fani-willis-admits-relationship-with-special-prosecutor-but-denies-conflict-of-interest-claims\/\" title=\"Fani Willis acknowledges connection with special prosecutor, refutes conflict of interest allegations\">upcoming hearing scheduled<\/a> for March\u2064 20. Their attendance, however, remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing Hunter Biden, \u2062Comer declared the hearing will advance\u200c <strong>&#8220;with or without&#8221;<\/strong> \u2064him. He \u200bemphasized \u2064the necessity of publicly exposing how the \u2063&#8221;Biden brand&#8221; was commercialized across various countries, including Ukraine and\u200c China, and the potential involvement of President Joe Biden \u200bin\u200c these transactions.<\/p>\n<h3>The Political Landscape and Future Prospects<\/h3>\n<p>The determination to conduct the\u2062 hearing arrives at a \u200dtime when the likelihood of\u2062 impeaching President \u200cJoe Biden \u200cgrows dim for House Republicans. With their\u200b majority reduced\u2063 to a slender two-vote margin, and\u2064 only a \u200csubset of the group showing eagerness toward\u200c impeachment proceedings, Comer maintains that the purpose of the inquiry is investigatory, examining Joe Biden&#8217;s\u2063 role in his son&#8217;s business activities,\u200d which may lead to legislative changes or even criminal \u200creferrals, \u200brather than impeachment as\u200b the sole outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to read more from the \u200cWashington Examiner on this \u2064developing\u200d story.<\/p>\n<h3>Response from Hunter Biden&#8217;s Legal Team<\/h3>\n<p>Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u200c lawyer,\u200d Abbe Lowell, has labeled Comer&#8217;s \u2062insistence on the upcoming hearing as \u200ba desperate &#8220;Hail Mary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Your blatant planned-for-media event is not a\u200c proper proceeding\u2063 but an obvious\u2063 attempt to throw \u200ca Hail Mary\u2064 pass after the game has ended,&#8221; Lowell remarked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite contrasting viewpoints and soaring tensions, the committee is \u200dsteadfast in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-threaten-impeachment-of-attorney-general-garland\/\" title=\"House GOP threatens to impeach Attorney General Garland.\">moving\u2064 forward<\/a> with the hearing, signaling a critical moment in this political saga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman Comer insists on proceeding with the impeachment inquiry next week despite Hunter Biden declining to testify. 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