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Hunter Biden defies House subpoena; goes on offense while playing MAGA victim outside US Capitol

December 13, 2023 | | Print Article

Hunter Biden defiantly spoke from outside the Capitol on Wednesday, dodging his scheduled House Oversight Committee deposition while railing against so-called MAGA right-wing extremists.

In what appears to be a move borne of sheer desperation, the first son delivered his politically fired-up rant in DC, accusing Republicans of lying about him and his father. He asserted that conservatives have attempted to destroy his family.

“I’m here today to acknowledge that I’ve made mistakes in my life,” he stated while accompanied by his attorney and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), “but I’m also here today to correct how the MAGA Right has portrayed me for their political purposes.”

“Let me state as clearly as I can: My father was not financially involved in my business — Not as a practicing lawyer. Not as a board member of Burisma, not in my partnership with a Chinese private businessman, not my investment at all nor abroad, and certainly not as an artist,” he said.

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“They belittled my recovery, and they have tried to dehumanize me all to embarrass my father who has devoted his entire life to public service,” the president’s son declared. “For six years I have been a target of the unrelenting Trump attack team. ‘Where’s Hunter?’ Well, here’s my answer. I am here.”

Hunter Biden’s public venting comes as conservatives proceed with an impeachment inquiry vote against President Biden for being involved in his foreign business dealings.

“Hunter Biden had agreed to appear for public testimony, but House Republicans wanted him to meet with them in private first. His refusal to sit down for that private deposition tees up a possible contempt vote by the GOP-led House,” the Washington Examiner reported.

Hunter Biden was subpoenaed by the committee as part of the pending impeachment inquiry against the president. He is seen as a key witness in the probe which is investigating suspected corruption and abuse of power by Joe Biden while he was vice president.

“The inquiry is looking into three main things, all of which relate to Hunter Biden: whether Joe Biden improperly used his position of power to enrich himself and his family, whether he used his influence to pressure the Department of Justice to help his son avoid criminal charges, and how involved he was in his family’s foreign business dealings,” the Washington Examiner noted.

“Hunter Biden faces federal tax evasion charges, as well as a separate gun charge by special counsel David Weiss,” the outlet added. “House Republicans are also focusing on an allegation raised in an FBI tip sheet that says Joe Biden, along with his son, took bribes from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company at which Hunter Biden was a board member, to pressure the Ukrainian government to fire a prosecutor.”

Republican House leaders did not know if Hunter Biden would show up for the deposition until Wednesday morning, the same day the impeachment inquiry vote is set to take place.

“The younger Biden had offered to appear in public for a congressional hearing but had refused the private deposition, arguing that could give way to selective leaks. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), who chairs the House Oversight Committee, insisted the first son appear first for the closed-door deposition, in which committee lawyers can ask detailed investigative questions that build the facts of the case,” the Washington Examiner wrote.

The first son blasted Comer and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, during his grandstanding press conference. He contended his father “was not financially involved” with his business dealings.

“No evidence to support that my father was financially involved in my business because it did not happen,” Hunter Biden stated.

“Republicans have lied over and over about every aspect of my personal and professional life,” Hunter Biden said. “So much so, that the false facts are believed by too many people.”

“They have taken the light of my dad’s love for me and presented it as darkness. They have no shame,” he claimed.

Hunter Biden remarked that House Republicans have “engaged in unprecedented political interference.”

“Yet here I am, Mr. Chairman — taking up your offer… I’ve chosen,” he went on. “I am here to testify at a public hearing today to answer any of the committee’s legitimate questions.”

Hunter Biden added, “Republicans do not want an open process where Americans can see their tactics, expose their baseless inquiry, or hear what I have to say.”

He went on to call Republicans out for a fight, “What are they afraid of? I’m here, I’m ready.”

After Hunter Biden departed, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said, “My expectation is that we will hold him in contempt,” according to The Hill.

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