{"id":2203383,"date":"2024-03-21T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-sue-two-doj-officials-for-ignoring-subpoenas-in-hunter-biden-investigation\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T13:24:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:24:35","slug":"republicans-sue-two-doj-officials-for-ignoring-subpoenas-in-hunter-biden-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-sue-two-doj-officials-for-ignoring-subpoenas-in-hunter-biden-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans have filed a lawsuit against two DOJ officials for disregarding subpoenas in the Hunter Biden investigation"},"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\">34<\/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%2Frepublicans-sue-two-doj-officials-for-ignoring-subpoenas-in-hunter-biden-investigation%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=2203383&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>Republicans Take Legal Action Against DOJ Officials in Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>House Republicans filed \u2064a lawsuit on Thursday against two Department of Justice officials involved in prosecuting Hunter Biden. The officials defied subpoenas by avoiding depositions, prompting the House Judiciary Committee to push for compliance through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-vows-to-end-birthright-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-and-their-children\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy pledges to halt birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants and their kids.\">legal \u200cmeans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Details\u200d of the Lawsuit<\/h3>\n<p>The lawsuit targets senior\u200d litigation counsel Mark Daly and trial attorney\u200d Jack Morgan from the DOJ Tax Division. The committee has been striving to \u200csecure their testimonies regarding the Biden case, facing resistance from the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>Despite several attempts, the\u2063 DOJ cited various reasons for prohibiting Daly\u2062 and Morgan\u200d from testifying, including potential\u2063 risks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-legal-problems-loom-large-over-2024-gop-field-despite-hunter-biden-charges\/\" title=\"Trump's legal troubles overshadow 2024 GOP field, despite Hunter Biden's charges.\">ongoing legal matters<\/a>. The House Judiciary Committee objected to these justifications, emphasizing the importance of\u2062 truthful depositions.<\/p>\n<h3>The Committee&#8217;s Argument<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The committee invokes\u2062 the House&#8217;s impeachment inquiry, aiming to uncover potential preferential \u2064treatment \u2063towards Hunter Biden and\u2063 any undue\u2062 influence on DOJ decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Emphasizing the urgency of \u2064the testimonies, the attorneys stress\u2064 the necessity to conclude their fact-finding mission promptly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Allegations of undercharging Hunter Biden led the\u2062 committee attorneys to request specific testimonies on timelines and decision-making processes surrounding the tax charges.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sues-jan-6-committee-national-archives-amid-capitol-riot-probe\/\" title=\"Trump Sues Jan. 6 Committee, National Archives Amid Capitol Riot Probe\">lawsuit asks<\/a> for a preliminary injunction to compel Daly and Morgan to address critical aspects of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-and-senate-members-join-desantis-in-calling-on-florida-gop-chairman-chris-ziegler-to-resign\/\" title=\"House and Senate members unite with DeSantis, urging Florida GOP Chairman Chris Ziegler to step down\">investigation\u2062 promptly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner has sought comments from the\u200c DOJ regarding the unfolding legal developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans initiated legal action on Thursday against two Department of Justice officials linked to the Hunter Biden prosecution. They defied subpoenas by not attending depositions. The House Judiciary Committee&#8217;s complaint requests the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to compel the officials to comply<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2203384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP23263567738126-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP23263567738126-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203383","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}