Hunter Biden finally had to wave the white flag of surrender in his fight with congressional Republicans.
That’s bad news for the Democrats.
Hunter Biden has Joe Biden in panic mode with what he is about to tell Congress.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer released a statement announcing Hunter Biden would appear before both committees on February 28 for a closed-door deposition.
“Hunter Biden will appear before our committees for a deposition on February 28, 2024. His deposition will come after several interviews with Biden family members and associates. We look forward to Hunter Biden’s testimony,” a statement from Comer and Jordan read.
This ended a standoff that began in December when Hunter Biden ignored a lawful subpoena issued by Congress to testify at a closed-door deposition.
Hunter Biden skipped his scheduled deposition to instead stage a press conference that turned into a legal disaster for both Hunter and Joe Biden.
At one point Hunter Biden declared his father had no “financial involvement” in his foreign business dealings.
“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 investments at home nor abroad and certainly not as an artist,” Biden stated.
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— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 13, 2023
But that didn’t answer the central question.
Hunter Biden stands accused of running an influence peddling operation where he sold access to then-Vice President Joe Biden.
Americans want to know what all of these foreign oligarchs expected in return for paying Hunter Biden millions of dollars.
And Hunter Biden’s comments left the door wide open to Joe Biden having other involvement – such as understanding his son was trading on his name and that Joe Biden was expected to grant favors – in these deals.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also stated that Joe Biden knew what Hunter Biden planned to say.
That provided an avenue for Republicans to pursue an obstruction of justice article of impeachment against Joe Biden.
Republicans also planned to vote to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress and refer him for criminal prosecution.
The Biden Justice Department would never prosecute Hunter Biden on contempt of Congress charges.
That created a massive problem because the Biden Justice Department just asked a judge to impose a six-month prison sentence on former Trump adviser Peter Navarro after a D.C. jury filled with Democrats found him guilty on contempt of Congress charges following Navarro refusing to appear before the January 6 committee citing Donald Trump invoking executive privilege.
A double standard of justice would create grounds for yet another article of impeachment against Joe Biden.
With the political and legal pressures mounting, Hunter Biden had no choice but to surrender.
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