A lawyer representing Hunter Biden in his ongoing legal battle met with first lady Jill Biden’s aides in the East Wing of the White House days before her eldest son defied a congressional subpoena.
Abby Rowell, Hunter Biden’s attorney, met with Anthony Bernal, Jill Biden’s top staffer, on December 11, 2023, White House Visitor Record show. Just two days later, Hunter Biden ignored a subpoena to appear before the House Oversight Committee, choosing instead to hold a press conference at the Capitol.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later said she was “well aware” of what her son was going to say on the day President Joe Biden skipped a congressional deposition. report. (Related: Judge denies Hunter Biden’s proposal to dismiss tax bill)
Bernal is known in some quarters as Jill Biden’s “work husband” and has been the subject of sexual assault allegations. according to to the New York Post.
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden and attorney Abby Lowell depart from a House Oversight Committee meeting at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 10, 2024. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Date of meeting between Lowell and Bernal matched At the White House Hanukkah reception. Lowell met with the president once that day, and records show 789 people were in attendance, indicating this was likely a Hanukkah event.
According to visitor records, Rowell and Bernal met on the same day but were one-on-one.
White House Said The New York Post, which first reported on the logs, reported that both of Lowell’s meetings were related to a Hanukkah reception that day, and that Hunter Biden was not discussed.
After ignoring a Congressional subpoena on December 13, 2023, Hunter Biden attacked He called the House Oversight Committee’s investigation “illegal” and insisted his father was not involved in any business transactions.
“Let me be as clear as possible: My father has no financial involvement in my business, nor was he involved as a lawyer or as a board member of Burisma. Partnership with a private Chinese businessman “I’m not participating in it. It’s not an investment here or abroad, and it’s certainly not an investment as an artist,” he said.
The White House did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
