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Joe Biden impeachment inquiry: GOP probes whether president helped Hunter defy subpoena
Washington Examiner ^ | December 27, 2023 02:50 PM | by Ashley Oliver, Justice Department Reporter

Posted on 12/27/2023 12:03:21 PM PST by Red Badger

House Republicans are seeking information from President Joe Biden's counsel about whether the president knew in advance that his son Hunter Biden planned to defy a congressional subpoena this month.

Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked White House counsel Ed Siskel on Wednesday to provide them with any communications Joe Biden had with his son or his son's defense attorneys related to the subpoena.

"We are compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether the President engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress," the congressmen wrote in their letter.

They cited comments White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made when asked on Dec. 13 about the deposition. Hunter Biden did not appear for the closed-door proceeding that was scheduled for that day and instead delivered a speech outside the U.S. Capitol, during which he reiterated his stance that he is only willing to appear for a public hearing.

Joe Biden was “certainly familiar with what his son was going to say” that day, Jean-Pierre told reporters.

The Republicans wrote that Jean-Pierre's statement indicated that the president "had some amount of advanced knowledge that Mr. Biden would choose to defy two congressional subpoenas."

They asked that Siskel provide them with the requested documentation by Jan. 10.

This story is developing.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; criminalobstruction; impeachment
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1 posted on 12/27/2023 12:03:21 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

No one goes it alone in this life.

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2 posted on 12/27/2023 12:06:10 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Red Badger

Absurd waste of time.

All while Newsom and Whitmer cruise along under the radar.


3 posted on 12/27/2023 12:08:01 PM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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To: Jim Noble

“Absurd waste of time.”

You wouldn’t want them to use the power of the purse to actually get something done, would you? /s


4 posted on 12/27/2023 12:21:05 PM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Red Badger

I know they get a lot of grief for writing sternly worded letters, but golly! This one is going to be SUPER strongly worded.


5 posted on 12/27/2023 12:22:06 PM PST by Sirius Lee (I am going to keep SPAMming the meme "I see Freepers bickering..." where applicable)
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To: Red Badger
"We are compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether the President engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress,"

Like an insurrection?

6 posted on 12/27/2023 12:22:36 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

Of course he did..he keeps Hunter and Ashley close so they both keep their damn traps shut about everything


7 posted on 12/27/2023 12:23:08 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Red Badger; All

Here’s an idea for The Stupid Party: Impeach the bastard for destroying the country.


8 posted on 12/27/2023 12:24:51 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: Red Badger

OoooOooh…..GOP probing, again.

Sounds so serious, *this* time 🙃


9 posted on 12/27/2023 12:37:27 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Jim Noble

Newsom is cruising the greatest exodus in CA history to 11/1

Haley is 8/1-

that parlay is longer than Jeffries as SOTH though but will suffer the same fate.

The Trump impeachments came up a whopping zero times during the 2020 campaign. The endless drip is the preferred outcome.

BOL with the longshots-Whitmer is 180/1 but I went w Newsom/Whitmer ticket winning at abt 300/1. Any early leans on Haley’s VP?


10 posted on 12/27/2023 12:41:10 PM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: Jim Noble

By went with-assumed the intention was that ticket and not Whitmer as POTUS.

At about 3000/1-Newsom/Whitmer winning and fairly priced might appear in the same sentence.


11 posted on 12/27/2023 12:47:50 PM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: Red Badger

Wondering whether president helped Hunter defy subpoena is like wondering if water is wet duh.


12 posted on 12/27/2023 12:52:10 PM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: Vaduz

He’s supposedly staying in the WH to avoid getting served a subpoena.................


13 posted on 12/27/2023 12:54:58 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Seems they are dithering. They already have the money trail.


14 posted on 12/27/2023 12:56:01 PM PST by beekay (Missing Trump yet? )
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To: Red Badger

I hear he supposedly is on a Caribbean island no doubt to see them coming drone operator standing by.


15 posted on 12/27/2023 1:01:24 PM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: Red Badger
He’s supposedly staying in the WH to avoid getting served a subpoena..

In between vacations on Nantucket and currently the U.S. Virgin Islands. If he is trying to get his life back together, shouldn't he find a job?

16 posted on 12/27/2023 1:03:05 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Vaduz

He’s been spotted getting on and off Marine One going to and from their Delaware residence, but not listed on the passenger manifest. Fraud......................


17 posted on 12/27/2023 1:04:11 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

“Republicans investigate...” has become the political equivalent of “the check is in the mail.”


18 posted on 12/27/2023 1:18:12 PM PST by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: 1Old Pro

” If he is trying to get his life back together, shouldn’t he find a job?”

He has one, he is daddy’s bag man


19 posted on 12/27/2023 1:52:20 PM PST by DaiHuy (I support LGBTQ. (Lets Get Biden to Quit.))
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To: Demiurge2

Republicans investigate really well, however doing anything with what they find, well that is a different story.


20 posted on 12/27/2023 1:55:21 PM PST by DaiHuy (I support LGBTQ. (Lets Get Biden to Quit.))
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