“Such conduct could constitute an impeachable offense,” writes House Oversight Committee.
The House Oversight Committee announced an investigation into whether Joe Biden interfered in Hunter Biden’s involvement with the House’s impeachment inquiry.
Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) wrote a letter Wednesday to the White House counsel warning that Joe Biden may have committed impeachable offenses by obstructing Congress’s impeachment inquiry.
The letter highlights that the White House’s admission Joe Biden knew of his son’s intention to defy a congressional subpoena in advance was the impetus behind its new investigation.
“In light of an official statement by the White House that President Biden was aware in advance that his son, Hunter Biden, would knowingly defy two congressional subpoenas, 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 letter states.
?BREAKING?⁰@RepJamesComer & @Jim_Jordan are investigating whether President Biden sought to influence or obstruct his son’s cooperation with the House’s impeachment inquiry.
Such conduct could constitute an impeachable offense.⁰
Letter to White House Counsel Edward Siskel… pic.twitter.com/dND1WkusFU— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) December 27, 2023
Instead of comply with the subpoena to appear for a deposition before the House on Dec. 13, Hunter gave a speech attacking the Committee and insisting his father was not “financially” involved with his foreign business dealings. He then drove off.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later said Biden was “familiar” with Hunter’s planned response to the subpoenas.
Hours after #HunterBiden defied a congressional subpoena to appear for a deposition before Republican investigators on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe #Biden was “familiar” with his son’s plans beforehand. https://t.co/KNj0GMCBsP pic.twitter.com/e62eRztLEr
— NTD News (@NTDNews) December 14, 2023
The letter goes on to point out Biden’s motive in obstructing the Committee’s impeachment inquiry given it has mounted evidence exposing the scope of his involvement in Hunter’s business dealings.
“In light of this evidence, the fact that the President had advanced awareness that Mr. Biden would defy the Committee’s subpoenas raises a troubling new question that we must examine: whether the President corruptly sought to influence or obstruct the Committee’s proceedings by preventing, discouraging, or dissuading his son from complying with the Committee’s subpoenas.”
“Such conduct could constitute an impeachable offense,” the letter concluded.
This is an impeachable offense. https://t.co/KjN7OObwwO
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene?? (@RepMTG) December 27, 2023
Notably, Joe Biden has previously said that anybody who defied a congressional subpoena should go to prison.
Will @POTUS instruct the DOJ to prosecute Hunter if he defies a Congressional subpoena?
QUESTION: “Mr. President, what’s your message to people who defy Congressional subpoenas…Should they be prosecuted by the Justice Department?”
BIDEN: “Yes” https://t.co/zTdA6UPq8d pic.twitter.com/hVQnsRqpo5
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) December 6, 2023
But days after Hunter defied the congressional subpoena, Joe was seen sneaking Hunter into the White House through Marine One.