House Republicans are examining whether President Joe Biden may have played a role in his son’s defying of a subpoena to provide testimony in their ongoing impeachment inquiry of the Democrat leader.
Earlier this month, Hunter Biden flouted the congressional order when, instead of showing up as requested to testify, he pulled a publicity stunt by making a public statement on the U.S. Capitol grounds where he was accompanied by conniving Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and his attorney.
The scandal-soaked former crackhead’s move to reject the legitimacy of the process may have been undercut later that day when White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the elder Biden was “certainly familiar” with what his son was going to say, a statement that if true, could potentially be an act of obstruction, an impeachable offense.
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In a Wednesday letter to White House counsel and assistant to the president Edward Siskel, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) suggested that the geriatric Democrat may have “engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress” if Jean-Pierre was correct and that he knew in advance what Hunter Biden would tell reporters on December 13.
We are compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether President Joe Biden engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress.
Such conduct could constitute an impeachable offense. https://t.co/tWyZUv0dG5
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) December 27, 2023
“Ms. Jean-Pierre’s statement suggests that the President had some amount of advanced knowledge that Mr. Biden would choose to defy two congressional subpoenas,” the letter states. “In light of Ms. Jean-Pierre’s statement, we are compelled to examine the involvement of the President in his son’s scheme to defy the Committees’ subpoenas.”
“In light of an official statement from the White House that President Biden was aware in advance that his son, Hunter Biden, would knowingly defy two congressional subpoenas, we are compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether the President engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress,” Comer and Jordan wrote in the letter to Siskel.
“The Committees have accumulated substantial evidence that Hunter Biden’s business endeavors have improperly included his father, and the President has made false claims about his knowledge and involvement in these schemes. In fact, just days before Mr. Biden was scheduled to appear for his deposition, the President claimed he had not interacted with any of his son’s business partners. This is false. The President has met with, spoken to, and received money sourced from his son’s foreign business partners,” the lawmakers said.
“In light of this evidence, the fact that the President had advanced awareness that Mr. Biden would defy the Committees’ subpoenas raises a troubling new question that we must examine: whether the President corruptly sought to influence or obstruct the Committees’ proceeding by preventing, discouraging, or dissuading his son from complying with the Committees’ subpoenas. Such conduct could constitute an impeachable offense,” the letter reads.
According to a post to X by constitutional law expert Professor Jonathan Turley: “If Joe Biden did confer with Hunter on defying Congress, it was a breathtaking mistake. Obstruction is a potential articles of impeachment.”
If Joe Biden did confer with Hunter on defying Congress, it was a breathtaking mistake. Obstruction is a potential articles of impeachment. https://t.co/7EUyV8fH6Q Hunter was asked to give testimony on his father’s role in the alleged influence peddling. https://t.co/qvqPQwgnlt
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) December 14, 2023
If Jean-Pierre’s poorly thought-out remarks lead to an impeachment of Biden over obstruction it will be his own fault for making a diversity hire instead of someone who was qualified for the job and then having that decision come back to bite him.
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