Posted on 01/10/24
| News Source: The Hill
Hunter Biden made a surprise appearance at a markup of the House Oversight Committee markup on Wednesday as the panel considers a resolution to hold the president’s son in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena last month.
Fireworks went off at the start of the markup when lawmakers recognized that Biden was in the hearing room. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) asked “who bribed Hunter Biden to be here” and went after him for defying a subpoena.
“You are the epitome of white privilege. Coming in to the Oversight Committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. What are you afraid of? You have no balls to come up here,” she said.
“I think that Hunter Biden should be arrested right here, right now, and go straight to jail,” she added.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-N.Y.) then suggested that the panel hold a vote on hearing from Biden today, asking for a show of hands from the room. Only Democrats raised their hands.
Biden walked into the hearing with his attorney, Abbe Lowell, and Kevin Morris, an associate and entertainment lawyer who is scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee for a deposition next week.
Biden and Lowell exited the hearing room minutes later, just as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was beginning to speak, then Lowell delivered a statement to reporters criticizing GOP lawmakers and defending his client.
“Hunter Biden was and is a private citizen. Despite this, Republicans have sought to use him as a surrogate to attack his father,” Lowell said.