Two Republican committee chairmen, James Comer of Kentucky and Jim Jordan of Ohio, have renewed their investigation into President Joe Biden, who allegedly may have attempted to hinder his son Hunter Biden\u2019s cooperation with the House\u2019s impeachment investigation.<\/p>\n
An official White House statement suggested that President Joe Biden knew about Hunter\u2019s plot to ignore congressional subpoenas in advance, which led to the investigation.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, \u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
The letter requested:<\/p>\n
Accordingly, and pursuant to the impeachment inquiry, please produce the following information for period January 20, 2021, to the present:<\/p>\n
1. All documents and communications sent or received by employees of the Executive Office of the President regarding the deposition of Hunter Biden, including but not limited to communications with Hunter Biden, Winston & Strawn LLP, and Kevin Morris; and<\/p>\n
2. All documents and communications sent or received by employees of the Executive Office of the President regarding President Biden\u2019s statement about his family\u2019s business associates on December 6, 2023. Please produce this information as soon as possible but no later than January 10, 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (Oversight Committee) and the House Committee on the Judiciary (Judiciary Committee, and with the Oversight Committee, the Committees) are investigating whether sufficient grounds exist to draft articles of impeachment against President Biden for consideration by the full House. Along with House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, we set forth in a September 27, 2023 memorandum the evidence justifying the inquiry and the scope of this impeachment investigation.2 On December 13, 2023, the House of Representatives directed the Committees to continue this investigation,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn light of an official statement from the White House that President Biden was aware in advance that his
\nson, 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,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
The statement continued: \u201cThe Committees issued subpoenas to Hunter Biden for a deposition to be conducted on December 13, 2023.4 In correspondence with Mr. Biden\u2019s attorney prior to the scheduled date of the depositions, the Committees addressed and rejected Mr. Biden\u2019s justifications for not complying with the terms of the subpoenas, as well as Mr. Biden\u2019s demand for special treatment from the Committees.\u201d<\/p>\n
The United States House of Representatives voted earlier this month to formally authorize its investigation into President Joe Biden\u2019s potential impeachment.<\/p>\n
By a party-line vote of 221-212, the Republican-controlled chamber approved the investigation, which is looking into whether Biden improperly benefited from his 53-year-old son Hunter Biden\u2019s international business dealings. Hunter Biden had earlier declined an invitation to testify behind closed doors.<\/p>\n
Newly crowned House Speaker Mike Johnson recently spoke about the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, saying, \u201cwe have a responsibility to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are \u2014 these are serious times and this is a very serious matter. And I\u2019ve said many times over the last few years, because impeachment has been an issue that we\u2019ve all become all too familiar with, that next to the Declaration of War, you can make an argument that impeachment may be the heaviest power that Congress holds. That \u2014 that constitutional responsibility lies with the House,\u201d Johnson began at a press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe \u2014 we have a duty to pursue the facts where they lead. John Adams famously said \u2018Facts are stubborn things.\u2019 And you heard the recitation of that here this morning. These facts are alarming. They\u2019re alarming to the American people, they are alarming to us. And so while we take no pleasure in the \u2014 in the proceedings here, we have a responsibility to do it. We\u2019re very proud of the work of these three chairmen that you\u2019ve seen here, Chairman Comer, and Jordan and Smith,\u201d Johnson added.<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cThey\u2019ve done an exceptional job on uncovering the obvious corruption. And you\u2019ve heard it here summarized this morning, very succinctly, President Biden and the Biden family. We \u2014 we owe it to the American people to continue this process, but to do it methodically, and transparently. Many of you know I was on \u2014 I\u2019m a lawyer, I\u2019m constitutional law attorney, I served on President Trump\u2019s impeachment defense team twice. And we lament it openly, and we decried how the Democrats politicize that process, they were brazenly political, and how they \u2014 they brought those meritless impeachment charges against the \u2014 the president.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis what you\u2019re seeing here is exactly the opposite. We are the rule of law team, the Republican Party stands for the rule of law. And the people in charge of this are doing this thoroughly, carefully and methodically. They\u2019re investigating and gathering all the facts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd to do this appropriately, and to do it in a manner that upholds our constitutional responsibility, requires time, it requires a sound process. You don\u2019t rush something like this. You can\u2019t, if you\u2019re going to have fidelity to the Constitution. These chairmen are committed to proceeding in that manner. And that\u2019s what you\u2019re seeing. We\u2019ve \u2014 we\u2019ve heard from whistleblowers, Biden business associates, legal experts and now we have reached the point in the investigation that we need to hear from a handful of really key witnesses in this,\u201d Johnson stated.<\/p>\n
Johnson continued, \u201cThe \u2014 the chairman have issued a \u2014 a few dozen subpoenas, and we expect that those would be complied with in an expeditious manner. We\u2019re not prejudging this. We will follow the facts wherever they lead. Again, that\u2019s our constitutional duty. And \u2014 and I fully support our chairmen in their efforts, and we\u2019ll have a lot more to share on this in the days ahead. We\u2019ll take a few questions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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