Hunter Biden refused to testify at James Comer's hearing and suggested investigating Jared Kushner and the Trump family for spreading influence.
CNN Hunter Biden, through his lawyer, wrote to Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, saying he had declined Comer's request for him to publicly testify.
Attorney Abby Rowell argued that the hearing was „not a serious surveillance proceeding.“ It's your attempt to revive the conference's moribund inquiry with a circus act created for the right-wing media. ”
Lowell called the invitation a „Hail Mary pass“ and wrote, „I thought you could see that the baseless impeachment process was in vain.“
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In his letter, Lowell also criticized Comer's decision to invite some discredited business associates with ties to the president's son to the same hearing. He argued that if Comer is serious about holding oversight hearings to address influence-trafficking allegations, the committee should invite Jared Kushner and members of the Trump family along with Hunter Biden. did.
An investigation into the Trump family for spreading influence is likely to occur after Democrats retake the House. During, Comer intends to bring the dead back to life as doornails. Impeach Biden with a hearing featuring all the same discredited names and faces that Republicans have been advocating for for over a year.
Comer has yet to find a single witness who can testify that President Biden committed an impeachable crime. The House Republican game has become more than boring. Dead impeachment needs to end.
Hunter Biden and his lawyers were right.
If Chairman Comer is serious about investigating the president's family for spreading influence, Jared Kushner, who worked in the Trump administration, is running around with $2 billion in Saudi cash and many unanswered questions.
Republicans would rather focus on Hunter Biden and his paintings than acknowledge the corruption itself that occurred during Donald Trump's presidency.
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Jason is the editor-in-chief. He is a White House correspondent and Congressional Correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason holds a bachelor's degree in political science. His graduate work focused on public policy and specialized in social reform movements.
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