Why does Comer want a closed door depo first?
Alabama alumni don’t acknowledge that dip$hit.
Why does Comer want a closed door depo first?
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The impeachment committee wants to ask Hunter Biden about his money-laundering and influence-peddling behind closed doors, so they can get a real deposition. They have factual questions they want answers to, be they accurate answers or be they perjurious.
Hunter Biden doesn't want to do that. He wants to have a monkey-flinging spectacle. He says he'll only appear for a public questioning with the cameras rolling.
James Comer rejects this "offer."
On Tuesday morning Hunter Biden's attorney Abbe Lowell informed the House Oversight Committee that his client would comply with a subpoena issued earlier in the month by Chairman James Comer, but only for public testimony. The subpoena specifically requires Hunter to sit for a closed door deposition.
AdvertisementComer is rejecting the antics and standing firmly behind the terms issued in the subpoena to Biden on November 8.
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"Hunter Biden is trying to play by his own rules instead of following the rules required of everyone else. That won't stand with House Republicans. Our lawfully issued subpoena to Hunter Biden requires him to appear for a deposition on December 13," Comer released in a statement Tuesday. "We expect full cooperation with our subpoena for a deposition but also agree that Hunter Biden should have the opportunity to testify in a public setting at a future date."
Yes, of course, but only once we've gotten actual answers from him -- or else a plea of the Fifth Amendment's right to avoid questioning if the answer would incriminate him.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_JordanDonald Trump Jr. sat for two depositions with Congress.
Why can't Hunter Biden?
I like that the Republicans want to quiz him behind closed doors. That suggests they want legally-consequential answers to questions, and not just to put on a show for constituents.