Hunter Biden will not appear at next week’s House Oversight Committee hearing on influence-trafficking allegations and the Biden family’s business dealings, his lawyer said in a letter Wednesday.
Invited House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) hunter biden Tony Bobulinski, Devon Archer and Jason Galanis will testify at 10 a.m. hearing on March 20th.
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All four have already testified behind closed doors as part of the impeachment inquiry, but Comer said during the hearing that he will “examine any inconsistencies in the testimony of these witnesses in order to reveal the truth to the American people.”
But on Wednesday, Biden’s attorney Abby Lowell sent a letter to Comer completely condemning the hearing and investigation and refusing his invitation to what she called a “carnival sideshow.”
“First of all, even if the hearing was a legitimate exercise of Congressional power, neither Mr. Biden nor I would be able to attend because there will be a court hearing in California the next day,” Lowell said. “But scheduling conflicts are the least of the problems.”
“This blatant media plot is not proper proceedings and is a clear attempt to throw a Hail Mary pass at the end of the game,” Rowell continued.
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, leaves a meeting of the House Oversight Committee at the Capitol on January 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Mr. Lowell reminded Mr. Comer of a statement he made in January: “All we need is someone to come to a deposition and that’s it. Deposition.” We just need people to come and we’ll finish this.” There’s no one who wants to put this together more than me. ”
Lowell said his client, the president’s son, “does what you ask and you want to ignore what you say, just like when you announced that the witness could choose to take a deposition.” Ta.
“I must confess that I was surprised by your hasty request,” Lowell wrote. “After a six-hour-plus deposition on February 28, 2024, with the knowledge that your investigation is based on a patchwork of conspiracies spun by convicted liars and indicted Russian spies. , I thought even you would realize that the baseless impeachment process was invalidated.” ”
“Even before Mr. Biden testified, testimony after testimony undermined the central premise of the partisan showpiece,” Rowell said.
“President Biden has done nothing wrong, and even if he has misused the Constitution’s impeachment clause, he has done nothing to warrant further proceedings,” Lowell said.
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Lowell added that Hunter Biden’s answers to questions during his deposition “put the final nail in the coffin of a wasted year of misfortune.”
“As Mr. Biden has stated on numerous occasions, backed by accurate references to records held by the committee, his father has never been involved in or profited financially from any of Mr. Biden’s businesses. Never,” Lowell said. “Your claims about wrongdoing by someone are usually taken out of context by some correspondence written by someone other than Mr. Biden, or when you describe Mr. Biden as being in the throes of addiction. it only arises from taking out a word, phrase, or line.”
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden (left) joins attorney Abby in the O’Neill House Office Building for a private deposition in the Republican-led investigation into the Biden family at the Washington State Capitol on Wednesday, February. – Arrives with Lowell. .28, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
“In total, the entire House of Sand impeachment inquiry was based on a single isolated document, including a drop-in greeting at a dinner party and a handshake in the lobby in which Biden promoted his support for the World Food Program. It is being built with A conversation at a hotel, one of his colleagues who doesn’t know the difference between “meeting” and “meeting” someone, Biden’s father giving him money to pay for his household expenses, and a loan he took out. Mr. Biden’s uncle is repaying the debt. ”
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Rowell said all of this is “far from the ‘conclusive evidence’ you claim,” and that “that ‘evidence’ is no better than water gun spray.”
However, Rowell said the March 20 hearing was “not a serious oversight proceeding.”
Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. (Mandel Gunn/AFP via Getty Images)
“It’s your attempt to revive the conference’s moribund inquiry with a circus act created for the right-wing media,” he said. “Your idea of a Congressional ‘fact-finding’ is to put Mr. Biden in court, surprisingly, along with the unreliable ‘witnesses’ you keep touting.”
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Lowell went on to accuse Bobulinski and Galanis of lying.
“Mr. Biden declined an invitation to this carnival entertainment,” Lowell wrote.
WASHINGTON DC – JULY 31: Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, arrives at the O’Neill House Office Building before testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on July 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. . (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Hunter Biden appeared in a long-awaited deposition last month before both the House Oversight Committee and the Judiciary Committee, stating that his father has never been involved in or profited from his business. he claimed.
The committee also heard similar testimony from the president’s brother, James Biden.
But Hunter Biden admitted that he put his father on speakerphone with a business associate and invited him to stop by for a business lunch.
Archer testified before the House Oversight Committee last year that Hunter Biden put his father on speakerphone with business associates at least 20 times.
Before pleading guilty to fraud charges, Jason Galanis worked with Hunter Biden’s partner Devon Archer. (Facebook profile)
Bobulinski then testified that he met privately with Joe Biden for more than 45 minutes in 2017. He also testified that Joe Biden “enabled” his son Hunter to sell access to America’s “most dangerous enemies.” Communist Party of ChinaRussia etc.
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Meanwhile, Galanis, who is currently serving a 14-year sentence, was appointed to the board of directors of a joint venture formed by Hunter Biden and his business associates with ties to the Chinese Communist Party after Joe Biden resigned as vice president. He testified from prison that he was reportedly considering joining the group. .
Galanis also said the term “lean in” was “frequently used by Mr. Devon and Mr. Hunter in their business dealings as a term to access Vice President Biden’s statements.” political influence. ”
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