Hunter Biden Accepts Congressional Subpoena to Testify Behind Closed Doors | International

Hunter Biden has an appointment at the Capitol on February 28. The son of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has finally agreed to testify behind closed doors following a new request from a House of Representatives commission that has launched an investigation to try to find evidence of political manipulation. (impeachment) of the President. With an agreement to testify, Hunter Biden avoids filing a contempt complaint.

The President’s son had so far volunteered to attend the public session. He argued that he feared that Republicans would manipulate and distort his statement if the public could not testify. He took advantage of the fact that James Comer, the commission’s Republican chairman, had said publicly that Hunter Biden could choose whether he preferred a closed-door testimony or a public appearance.

When push came to shove, Republicans didn’t want to open the session and Hunter Biden refused to testify behind closed doors. He had another trump card in his possession: a subpoena issued as part of an investigation that had not been approved by the full House and, therefore, there were doubts as to whether it was binding.

Nevertheless, the commission decided to report Hunter Biden for contempt. At the January 10 hearing in which his refusal to appear was discussed, the president’s son made a surprise appearance at the Capitol and Democrats offered to testify, but Republicans again refused. Now it was the full session to rule on whether Hunter Biden was in contempt and, if applicable, send a complaint to the Justice Department. But before the blood reaches the river, Hunter Biden was willing to accept the new subpoena now that the investigation already has the support of the full session.

Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. “The president’s son is a key witness in this investigation and he will now be able to sit down and answer questions,” James Comer told reporters. To like the Associated Press. He added that Hunter Biden would be able to testify publicly at some point after his statement.

Republicans have been trying, so far without success, to find evidence that Joe Biden profited from his son’s foreign business dealings while he was vice president. Oddly, when they almost curiously inquire whether any dollars from foreign governments have reached Joe Biden, he naturally defends that Donald Trump’s companies received millions of dollars from foreign governments and public companies while he was president. .

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Last November, on the day he was first called, Hunter Biden delivered a speech at the Capitol gates: “For six years, MAGA Republicans (an acronym for Donald Trump’s slogan, Make America Great Again), including members of the House of Representatives Committee who are currently in closed session, have questioned my character, invaded my privacy, attacked my wife, my children, my family and my friends. They made fun of my struggle with addiction. They have belittled my recovery and tried to dehumanize me to shame and hurt my father, who has dedicated his entire life to public service. For six years, I have been the target of Trump’s relentless attack machine, ‘Where’s the Predator?’ Well, here’s my answer: I’m here,” he said later.

“Let me be as clear as I can. My father was not financially involved in my business, neither as a practicing lawyer, nor as a member of the board of directors of Burisma (a Ukrainian energy company), nor in my association with a Chinese private businessman, nor in my investments. Much less as an artist, at home or abroad,” he continued, highlighting his family’s support: “During my battle against addiction, my parents were by my side. They literally saved my life. “They helped me in a way that I could never repay them, and of course they would never expect me to.”

In parallel, Hunter Biden is charged with 12 alleged crimes in two indictments. Of the three, in Wilmington (Delaware) for buying and possessing a gun while he was a drug addict. Of the other nine, for alleged tax fraud in Los Angeles (California). The president’s son’s problems with his addictions have made him a favorite target for Republicans over the years.

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