Hunter Biden skips deposition and BEGS for public hearing under threat of contempt
First son Hunter Biden has pleaded for public sympathy after skipping a transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee under the threat of being held in contempt.
The 53 year old has said his father, President Joe Biden, was not financially involved in his business.
Speaking to press outside the Capitol building, Hunter Biden said: “For six years, I’ve been the target of the unrelenting Trump attack machine shouting, ‘Where’s Hunter?’ Well, here’s my answer, ‘I am here.”
“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 my partnership with a Chinese private businessman, not in my investments at home nor abroad, and certainly not as an artist.”
Hunter Biden
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He added: “I’m here to testify at a public hearing today to answer any of the committee’s legitimate questions.”
Hunter had received a subpoena to be interviewed by the Oversight Committee behind closed doors at 9:30 a.m.
However, his legal team, led by high-powered attorney Abbe Lowell, has repeatedly sought a public hearing, where House Democrats could attend.
Hunter added: “Republicans do not want an open process where Americans can see their tactics, expose their baseless inquiry and hear what I have to say,” said Hunter, who faces federal tax and weapons charges in California and Delaware. What are they afraid of?” the first son went on. “I’m here. I’m ready.”
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