Hunter Biden SHOWS UP on Capitol Hill forward of contempt vote

Hunter Biden sparked utter chaos in Congress on Wednesday and was accused of a ‘ridiculous PR stunt’ by making a shock look to face Republicans threatening to carry him in contempt. 

The president’s troubled son, 53, staged the spectacular stunt and sat and listened as GOP Rep. Nancy Mace mentioned he ‘had no b***s’ and ‘must be in jail’ for refusing to take a seat for a deposition behind closed doorways.

About 17 minutes later he obtained up and walked out as Marjorie Taylor Greene began to query him over his enterprise offers and the continuing impeachment probe into his father Joe.

He was hit with a flurry of questions by reporters after he stormed out – together with being requested ‘what type’ of crack he smokes and why he put his father Joe on speakerphone over 20 instances to talk together with his enterprise buddies. 

He was additionally requested whether or not he was on crack whereas he crashed the GOP listening to.

‘What type of crack do you usually smoke Mr. Biden?’ screamed one reporter – which he ignored – as his lawyer Abbe Lowell delivered a brief assertion slamming Republicans and sustaining that Hunter is keen to testify publicly.

‘What’s your favourite type of crack?’ one other reporter questioned. 

Hunter brought about a circus as cameras and reporters swarmed him for the very transient look amid the scandal over his shady overseas enterprise offers.

Last week it was revealed Hunter is filming a top-secret documentary to set the report straight about his battle with habit to crack cocaine and his monetary woes.

Republicans began ripping Hunter for the ‘made-for-TV publicity stunt.’ 

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., wrote on X: ‘The Congressional subpoena served to Hunter Biden was for a closed-door deposition, not a made-for-TV publicity stunt. These phrases should not negotiable.’

GOP Whip Tom Emmer mentioned ‘one other day, one other ridiculous PR stunt by Hunter Biden.’

‘If that is the Biden household’s technique to distract the American individuals from their disturbing sample of corruption, it is a pointless one.’ 

Hunter walked into the committee listening to room together with his attorneys Abbe Lowell and Kevin Morris and sat down within the first row, silently taking within the chaos that then unfolded in entrance of him as lawmakers grappled with the outstanding flip of occasions.

The high Democrat on the committee Jamie Raskin gave the impression to be conscious that the president’s son was going to disturb proceedings together with his shock entry.

‘Who bribed Hunter Biden to be right here in the present day?’ requested Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. ‘You are the epitome of white privilege coming into the Oversight Committee spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed.’

‘You haven’t any b***s to return up right here,’ she spewed. ‘I feel Hunter Biden must be arrested proper right here and proper now,’ Mace continued. ‘I’m taking a look at you!’

‘I imagine that Hunter Biden must be held utterly in contempt. I imagine he must be hauled off to jail proper now!’ the fired up Republican congresswoman remarked.

Democrat Jared Moskowitz – who additionally appeared to pay attention to the stunt – requested for a present of palms from the lawmakers on who needed to listen to from Hunter, since he was in entrance of them. 

He put Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., on the spot, daring him to query Hunter since he got here to the general public listening to, and threatened to make the contempt vote ‘bipartisan.’

‘Listen, I’ll make this bipartisan. I’ll vote for the Hunter contempt in the present day. You can get my vote. You can get my vote however I need you to indicate the American individuals that you simply’re severe.’ Moskowitz taunted earlier than submitting subpoenas for Republicans who did not adjust to the January 6 Committee’s requests for testimony.

Hunter then stormed out of the listening to room following Moskowitz’s remarks, instantly after Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., began talking, lower than half-hour into the listening to.

‘I feel it is clear and apparent for everybody watching this listening to in the present day that Hunter Biden is afraid of sturdy conservative Republican girls as a result of he cannot even face my phrases as I used to be about to talk to him,’ mentioned Greene.

‘What a coward,’ she exclaimed. 

Two high GOP-led committees are getting ready to vote to carry Hunter in contempt of Congress after he defied a congressional subpoena for closed-door testimony.

Republicans say that his ‘obstruction’ of their impeachment investigation has pressured them to take the president’s son to court docket to compel his cooperation – or he’ll resist a 12 months in jail. 

Hunter defied a subpoena final month requiring him to take a seat for a closed-door deposition as a part of the GOP impeachment investigation into whether or not President Joe Biden was linked to or profited from his son’s shady enterprise offers.

Instead of exhibiting up for his required testimony, Hunter appeared outdoors of the Capitol to ship a dramatic tirade slamming ‘shameless’ Republicans, whereas saying he’d solely testify in a public discussion board.

The highly effective House Oversight and Judiciary Committees kicked off twin hearings at 10 a.m. ET in the present day. 

Both committees have been anticipated to work by means of a sequence of amendments after which vote on authorizing contempt fees for the president’s son earlier than the disturbance.

The contempt articles will then go to the House Rules Committee and at last to the House flooring for a full physique vote, which isn’t anticipated to happen till early subsequent week on the earliest.

If that will get cleared, Hunter’s case can be referred to the Biden-led Department of Justice for prosecution, which is unlikely. In addition to 12 months jail time, Hunter could possibly be ordered to pay a fantastic of as much as $100,000 if convicted.

Lawmakers launched the textual content of the contempt decision Monday. 

They wrote that Hunter’s testimony is a ‘important element’ of their impeachment inquiry into whether or not then-Vice President Joe ‘abused his workplace’ by participating in ‘schemes’ with foreigners to counterpoint himself or his household.

Hunter’s ‘flagrant defiance’ of the subpoenas is ‘contemptuous’ and he should be ‘held accountable for his illegal actions,’ the decision continues – calling his actions a ‘felony act.’

Top Democrat on the Oversight Committee Jamie Raskin mentioned Monday that there’s ‘no precedent’ for the House to carry ‘a non-public citizen in contempt of Congress who has supplied to testify in public, beneath oath, and on a day of the Committee’s selecting.’ 

He went on to accuse Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., of eager to ‘sustain the rigorously curated distortions, blatant lies, and laughable conspiracy theories which have marked this investigation.’

‘However, the information and the proof all present no wrongdoing and no impeachable offense by President Biden,’ the Democrat continued.

Two former Donald Trump aides Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon have been held in contempt and finally prosecuted by Biden’s DOJ for defying January 6 Committee subpoenas. 

Bannon is at the moment interesting his four-month jail sentence and Navarro is anticipated to be sentenced later this week, and will resist one 12 months behind bars. 

They each mentioned that government privilege protected them from having to adjust to the congressional committee’s calls for.

Republicans had introduced they might start shifting ahead with contempt final week.

‘Hunter Biden blatantly defied two lawful subpoenas when he didn’t seem for his December deposition,’ House Oversight Committee Republicans wrote on X Friday.

‘Next week, we are going to think about a decision and accompanying report to carry him in contempt of Congress for violating federal regulation,’ the lawmakers mentioned on Friday. 

Republicans mentioned that his ‘obstruction’ of their investigation has pressured them to take the president’s son to court docket to compel his cooperation – or he’ll face jail time. 

GOP management held a vote to formalize their ongoing impeachment inquiry into Joe on December 13. 

The 221-212 party-line vote opened the door for the GOP to get extra proof about schemes which have seen the Biden household get hundreds of thousands from nations together with China, Ukraine and Romania.

And the Bidens will now have extra of their financial institution data, mortgage particulars, emails, textual content messages and cellphones subpoenaed, together with the rest Congress needs to see.

Hunter was subpoenaed by Republicans final month together with James Biden, the president’s brother, and Biden household affiliate Rob Walker. Attorneys for James have been in contact with the committee and they’re engaged on scheduling a time for his closed-door testimony.

Hunter Biden made a shock look on Capitol Hill the place he defiantly declared that his father is harmless of corruption allegations and accused Republicans of being ‘shameless’ for making an attempt to question him.

Hunter delivered an emotional public assertion during which he tore into the ‘unrelenting Trump assault machine’ and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for exhibiting bare photographs of him in Congress.

Hunter admitted making ‘errors’ in his life because of his crack cocaine habit however went on to blast Republicans investigating him and accused them of ‘turning my dad’s love into darkness.’

The first son additionally mentioned his father was ‘not financially concerned’ in his controversial enterprise dealings and that there was no proof as a result of it ‘didn’t occur.’ 

Comer and Jordan questioned what Hunter meant when that his father was not ‘financially’ concerned in his dealings.

‘Exactly how was Joe Biden concerned?’ they questioned within the assertion. ‘Evidence exhibits Joe Biden met with Hunter’s enterprise associates and his identify was on the heart of the household enterprise technique.’ 

Hunter mentioned on December 13: ‘I’m right here in the present day to acknowledge I’ve made errors in my life. I’m additionally right here in the present day to appropriate how the MAGA proper has portrayed me for political functions.