Hunter Biden agrees …
… to testify in a closed session of the House if they issue a new subpoena.
I guess the threat of charging him with contempt actually had some effect.
Should be … interesting.
It’s also interesting to recall the history of the laptop and the way the press, social media, and the “intelligence community” covered it – that is, covered it up (with the exception of the NY Post) prior to the election of 2020.
IANAL or any kind of legal nerd, so my queation is can’t Hunter just refuse to answer questions? Can he plead the 5th?
Check the foot notes.
What more do we need to know from hunter everything is out in the open
I think they should hold him in contempt on the original subpoena. He’s only going to appear and decline to answer any questions, citing the Fifth. Why let him skate on his defiance? Plus, it would put the Garland “Justice” Department on display if they refused to prosecute.
Interesting? How about appalling?
It was election interference, if not outright rigging, by our Intelligence Community.
They laid the grounds for Social and mainstream media censoring Miranda Devine’s NY Post story.
Bill Barr let (?made?) that happen, by not verifying that the FBI had the laptop in their possession since December 2019; that it was not Russian disinformation, despite 51 retired and former intelligence officials signing their name to a letter saying it had all the marks of it being so.
He also could have closed the first impeachment down too, by supplying the information on the laptop re: Ukraine to Congress, which would have falsified the Ds charges of the phone call being nothing but a political stunt.
Lies of omission.
My recollection is that almost a third of Biden voters, on exit polling, said they had never heard of the laptop–and on being told of its existence, just over half said they would not have voted for Biden if they had known. That’s about 17% of his voters.
Which is why I refer to all that as election rigging.
Witholding information from voters that they need to make an informed decision is rigging an election.
“it was not Russian disinformation, despite 51 retired and former intelligence officials signing their name to a letter saying it had all the marks of it being so.” Lee
52 U.S. Code § 20511 – Criminal penalties
“A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office… who knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process… shall be fined or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.”
They all belong in prison.
How is it that Hunter gets a do-over?
If I blow off a legal appearance, wouldn’t I be penalized and likely face full penalties?
Or is my question just micturating into the wind?
Having shown contempt for Congress as well as refusing the first subpoena he sets the terms on when he’ll agree to speak? Who in Congress is foolish enough to accept his conduct and empty promise?
I don’t understand. Why would the exercise of getting closed-door testimony from Hunter Biden be futile now, but wouldn’t have been futile, before? He’s complying with the subpoena under the threat of contempt, after trying to leverage an open-testimony deal, as if it were subject to negotiation. He failed to do that.
He’ll ‘take the fifth’ on anything that is potentially incriminating, or he’ll have memory failure of the ‘Fauci’ variety. But that’s not consequential to the contempt charge. If there are good interrogators on the payroll, they are going to systematically remove wiggle room.
Neo: “…that is, covered it up… ”
but did they use one of Mike Lindell’s My Pillow pillows to do it?
Huxley: “… is my question just micturating into the wind?”
That depends on what type of pissoir you are using and where it is located!!
Aggie: “… they are going to systematically remove wiggle room.” You mean they are going to be able to back him into a corner that he can’t get out of?
Nonapod:
Optics are of great import to the Left, Hunter taking the Fifth is to them a no no.
R2L:“You mean they are going to be able to back him into a corner that he can’t get out of.” I don’t know – that would depend upon their skill to some extent.
What I do think, is that Republicans have been successful in getting Hunter into the venue they originally wanted him to testify in – under oath, and behind closed doors, where classified matters can be broached.
I could assume that they have evidence that Hunter has had access to matters that he isn’t cleared for, maybe as a consequence of junkets on Air Force 1 & 2. Perhaps, classified matters that have been used as part of a grift to make money.
So, I guess it depends on the quality of their evidence, and their skill. Perjury can be prosecuted, although any prosecution is unlikely of course.
Merrick Garland sitting on the contempt citation would make it crystal clear that Biden’s political clout is protecting his son from prosecution in all sorts of crimes.
Should already be CRYSTAL CLEAR….
Prosecution is very unlikely …
Except, of course, if the Dem leaders (=Obama?) decide they want to dump Joe Biden so that Hunter’s prosecution is used as leverage to make Jill, er, um, Dr. Jill Biden, agree that Joe needs to retire to devote more time for family.
It’s not going to be “interesting”, it’s going to be more kabuki theater.
He’s either going to take the 5th, or he’s going to have an amazing case of amnesia.
And why are they insisting it be a closed door session? They think he’ll be more prone to implicating his dad if it’s not public? No…they think if it’s not public they can spin it any way they want to make themselves sound all tough and hard charging without having to actually do anything substantive.
It means nothing. The Republicans in congress can’t do anything, they can’t force the justice department to actually prosecute, they can’t impeach without the Senate on board and because most of the problematic states didn’t do anything to fix the problems with their election systems, rampant cheating is now the norm, the Dems don’t even have to pretend to care.
Bread and circuses.