{"id":2385690,"date":"2025-01-02T14:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-wont-let-biden-escape-investigations-post-presidency\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:55:34","slug":"house-wont-let-biden-escape-investigations-post-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-wont-let-biden-escape-investigations-post-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"House won&#8217;t let Biden escape investigations post-presidency"},"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\">14<\/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-wont-let-biden-escape-investigations-post-presidency%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=2385690&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>House\u2064 Republicans are\u200b moving\u200b forward \u200dwith investigations into President Joe Biden and his family, even after he leaves office, as\u200c per new rules set for the House. These rules \u2063will \u2064allow the House Judiciary Committee to issue subpoenas \u2064for interviews that were\u200d previously\u200d blocked during Biden&#8217;s presidency. One\u200b notable \u200csubpoena targets Attorney General Merrick Garland, specifically in relation to the inquiry conducted \u2062by Special Counsel\u2064 Robert Hur \u200bregarding Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents while serving as vice president. Last year,\u2064 the \u200dJudiciary Committee attempted to \u2064hold Garland in contempt\u2062 of Congress for withholding specific interview records, \u200cbut this was hindered when \u200cBiden asserted executive privilege over the materials. The new legislation signifies an\u200c ongoing commitment by House republicans to scrutinize Biden&#8217;s\u200c actions, reflecting a\u200b continuing political confrontation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House rules vote sets up subpoenas for DOJ officials in Biden investigations<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1905717\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Republicans&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3249484\/hunter-biden-could-return-congress-testimony-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"investigations\">investigations<\/a> into President Joe Biden and his family won&rsquo;t stop when he leaves office under<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3274298\/house-rules-gop-speaker-proposal-jim-mcgovern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> new rules legislation<\/a> up for a vote this week in the House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/billsthisweek\/20241230\/119th%20Rules%20Package%20for%20Circulation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> rules for the 119th Congress<\/a>, which will be approved by lawmakers after they are sworn in Friday, will authorize the House Judiciary Committee to issue a number of subpoenas for interviews that were thwarted when Biden was in office. Among those is a subpoena for Attorney General Merrick Garland related to special counsel Robert Hur&rsquo;s investigation into Biden&rsquo;s handling of classified documents while he was vice president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3240242\/fresh-faces-house-ready-roll-up-sleeves-119th-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>CAPITOL&rsquo;S NEW CROP: THE FRESH FACES OF THE HOUSE IN THE 119TH CONGRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Judiciary Committee sought to hold Garland in contempt of Congress last year for withholding interview tapes between Hur and Biden&rsquo;s memoir ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, but that effort was blocked after Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3006125\/biden-asserts-executive-privilege-hur-tapes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">asserted executive privilege<\/a> over the materials. Garland requested Biden to assert his privilege, arguing the committee&rsquo;s request was &ldquo;plainly insufficient to outweigh the deleterious effects that production of the recordings would have on the integrity and effectiveness of similar law enforcement investigations in the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Republicans argued the tapes were necessary because Hur&rsquo;s report &ldquo;unequivocally stated&rdquo; that Biden disclosed classified information to his ghostwriter &ldquo;nearly verbatim, sometimes for an hour or more at a time&rdquo; and &ldquo;at least three times&rdquo; during those interviews.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biden was not charged with his handling of classified documents after Hur declined to prosecute, in part because he thought a jury would find him to be &ldquo;a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The rules legislation will also allow the Judiciary Committee to subpoena Justice Department attorneys Mark Daly and Jack Morgan related to the department&rsquo;s investigation into Hunter Biden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The committee worked for months to obtain testimony from the pair, but the DOJ repeatedly blocked those efforts, citing policies that the department does not <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">permit line-level employees<\/a> to testify, particularly about open matters such as the Hunter Biden case.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2931869\/republicans-sue-two-doj-officials-ignoring-subpoenas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">later sued Daly and Morgan<\/a>, who were involved in the department&rsquo;s prosecution of Hunter Biden, in March of last year, arguing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-sue-two-doj-officials-for-ignoring-subpoenas-in-hunter-biden-investigation\/\" title=\"Republicans have filed a lawsuit against two DOJ officials for disregarding subpoenas in the Hunter Biden investigation\">officials defied subpoenas<\/a> by refusing to appear for depositions.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers cited the House&rsquo;s impeachment inquiry as the basis for their lawsuit, noting investigators were trying to determine whether Hunter Biden received preferential treatment from the department during its yearslong investigation of him. The attorneys noted that the House is also examining whether Joe Biden pressured the DOJ in any way to go easy on his son.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>House investigators believe Morgan and Daly could speak to this, though several higher-level DOJ officials have denied in interviews with the committee that politics influenced decision-making in the Hunter Biden case.<\/p>\n<p>The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees spent two years investigating the Biden family in an attempt to impeach Joe Biden. The report was released earlier this year with little fanfare after lawmakers failed to uncover definitive evidence tying Joe Biden to criminal activity or any misconduct that constitutes a high crime or misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Republican members of the Judiciary Committee have indicated they want to bring Hunter Biden back for more testimony, noting that lawmakers could get information they did not have previously. Because Joe Biden pardoned his son last year, Hunter Biden could be restricted in invoking his Fifth Amendment rights as he no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-of-the-biggest-moments-in-the-us-house-after-a-history-making-2024\/\" title=\"Six of the biggest moments in the US House after a history-making 2024\">longer faces criminal repercussions<\/a> for federal crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The proposals are included in the updated rules legislation released Wednesday, just two days before lawmakers are set to convene the 119th Congress. The House will meet Friday to elect a new speaker, after which the chamber will be sworn in and vote to approve the rules. 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