Hunter Biden indicted

[laterbloomer]

Oct 1, 2023 20:20:17 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Oct 1, 2023 17:14:56 GMT -5 Opti said:

Are you aware hackers can easily change the date and time of files in addition to its name?

Well that's a whole new avenue I hadn't thought about. A top secret faction of the govt planting evidence on Hunters laptop that incriminates him and Dad in a influence and money laundering scheme and a digital trail of data leading to the overthrow of the US.

If Tom Clancy or Mickey Spillane or Dashiel Hammitt were alive they could write a good book on it. Or maybe James Patterson. I wonder who could be the main gumshoe would be?

No, Giuliani planted evidence. And stole Hunter's laptop by the sounds of it.

[laterbloomer]

Oct 1, 2023 20:32:51 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:20:17 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Well that's a whole new avenue I hadn't thought about. A top secret faction of the govt planting evidence on Hunters laptop that incriminates him and Dad in a influence and money laundering scheme and a digital trail of data leading to the overthrow of the US.

If Tom Clancy or Mickey Spillane or Dashiel Hammitt were alive they could write a good book on it. Or maybe James Patterson. I wonder who could be the main gumshoe would be?

People keep explaining this to you, and you do not seem to get it. Are you trolling us, or are you really this stupid?

Oh he's a troll. But I kinda think the board needs him or we'd be sitting around just agreeing with each other about everything. That gets old fast.

[Tennesseer]

Oct 1, 2023 20:32:51 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:20:17 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Well that's a whole new avenue I hadn't thought about. A top secret faction of the govt planting evidence on Hunters laptop that incriminates him and Dad in a influence and money laundering scheme and a digital trail of data leading to the overthrow of the US.

If Tom Clancy or Mickey Spillane or Dashiel Hammitt were alive they could write a good book on it. Or maybe James Patterson. I wonder who could be the main gumshoe would be?

People keep explaining this to you, and you do not seem to get it. Are you trolling us, or are you really this stupid?

If Rip was six years old, his naivety might be pat-on-the-headable. Rip is under the impression only secret government agents can hack into a computer and plant false evidence. When the truth is teenage computer geeks and gamers would have no problem hacking into a computer and placing false evidence at someone's request who wished to cause trouble.

Plenty of sites on the internet too on how to hack into a computer.

[ripvanwinkle]

Oct 1, 2023 20:26:32 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

mark my words, this laptop will NEVER be used as evidence in ANY court.
and it is not because the entire judicial system is in the bag for Biden.
it is because that is a highly compromised piece of evidence.

it is inadmissible.

Well you're probably right. But the evidence, if any, would be great fodder for all the newspapers, tabloids and news agencies for months to come. Like that fake Trump/Russia document Hillary had cooked up and paid for? Which is worse - legal in a court or how about the court of public opinion before a election?? Make for good dinner table talk.

[Tennesseer]

Oct 1, 2023 20:57:22 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:26:32 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

mark my words, this laptop will NEVER be used as evidence in ANY court.
and it is not because the entire judicial system is in the bag for Biden.
it is because that is a highly compromised piece of evidence.

it is inadmissible.

Well you're probably right. But the evidence, if any, would be great fodder for all the newspapers, tabloids and news agencies for months to come. Like that fake Trump/Russia document Hillary had cooked up and paid for? Which is worse - legal in a court or how about the court of public opinion before a election?? Make for good dinner table talk.

But most newspapers, tabloids and news agencies would not publish anything if the fake data was entered in the hacked computer. Only your/Rip's news sources probably would but reputable newspapers and the like would not. After all, you voted for trump twice.

[laterbloomer]

Oct 1, 2023 21:23:54 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:57:22 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Well you're probably right. But the evidence, if any, would be great fodder for all the newspapers, tabloids and news agencies for months to come. Like that fake Trump/Russia document Hillary had cooked up and paid for? Which is worse - legal in a court or how about the court public opinion before a election?? Make for good dinner table talk.

But most newspapers, tabloids and news agencies would not publish anything if the fake data was entered in the hacked computer. Only your/Rip's news sources probably would but reputable newspapers and the like would not. After all, you voted for trump twice.

The sad part is they would publish it. They would say it was planted, but they would still provide the details of what was planted. It's something they do that drives me nuts. They keep giving Trump oxygen.

[djAdvocate]

Oct 1, 2023 20:57:22 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:26:32 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

mark my words, this laptop will NEVER be used as evidence in ANY court.
and it is not because the entire judicial system is in the bag for Biden.
it is because that is a highly compromised piece of evidence.

it is inadmissible.

Well you're probably right. But the evidence, if any, would be great fodder for all the newspapers, tabloids and news agencies for months to come. Like that fake Trump/Russia document Hillary had cooked up and paid for? Which is worse - legal in a court or how about the court of public opinion before a election?? Make for good dinner table talk.

it really depends on the evidence.  it might not be that interesting.

[Opti]

Oct 1, 2023 20:57:22 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:26:32 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

mark my words, this laptop will NEVER be used as evidence in ANY court.
and it is not because the entire judicial system is in the bag for Biden.
it is because that is a highly compromised piece of evidence.

it is inadmissible.

Well you're probably right. But the evidence, if any, would be great fodder for all the newspapers, tabloids and news agencies for months to come. Like that fake Trump/Russia document Hillary had cooked up and paid for? Which is worse - legal in a court or how about the court of public opinion before a election?? Make for good dinner table talk.

I forget where I posted it, but Russia has considered Trump an asset since the late 1990s. In the past couple weeks, I went back to listen to his Oprah interview in that timeframe and realized much of his Russia sponsored talking points has not changed. 

He does have Russian connection and try to remember GOP folk paid for the Steele dossier prior to Hillary, or do you choose not to remember that?

[Tennesseer]

Oct 1, 2023 20:57:22 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:26:32 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

mark my words, this laptop will NEVER be used as evidence in ANY court.
and it is not because the entire judicial system is in the bag for Biden.
it is because that is a highly compromised piece of evidence.

it is inadmissible.

Well you're probably right. But the evidence, if any, would be great fodder for all the newspapers, tabloids and news agencies for months to come. Like that fake Trump/Russia document Hillary had cooked up and paid for? Which is worse - legal in a court or how about the court of public opinion before a election?? Make for good dinner table talk.

Two research operations and confusion between them
The opposition research conducted by Fusion GPS on Donald Trump was in two distinct operations, each with a different client. First were the Republicans, funded by The Washington Free Beacon. Then came the Democrats, funded by the DNC and the Clinton campaign.

The Republican operation, from October 2015 to May 2016, focused on Trump's domestic business and entertainment activities; was performed by Fusion GPS; and used Wayne Barrett's files and public sources. Immediately after the publication of the dossier, the media sometimes falsely assumed that the dossier started as a product of this research, so the Free Beacon released this statement: "none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier".[38][39]
The Democratic operation, from April 2016 to December 2016, was focused on Trump's Russian connections; was subcontracted to Steele/Orbis; and used Steele's own source network and public sources. Only this second operation produced the dossier.[40][41]
From April to early May 2016, The Washington Free Beacon and the DNC/Clinton Campaign were independently both clients of Fusion GPS. This overlap contributed to the media's confusion.

Steele dossier

[djAdvocate]

Oct 1, 2023 20:40:45 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:32:51 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

People keep explaining this to you, and you do not seem to get it. Are you trolling us, or are you really this stupid?

Oh he's a troll. But I kinda think the board needs him or we'd be sitting around just agreeing with each other about everything. That gets old fast.

his threads generate the most discussion, with a few notable exceptions.

[djAdvocate]

Oct 2, 2023 10:37:38 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:57:22 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Well you're probably right. But the evidence, if any, would be great fodder for all the newspapers, tabloids and news agencies for months to come. Like that fake Trump/Russia document Hillary had cooked up and paid for? Which is worse - legal in a court or how about the court of public opinion before a election?? Make for good dinner table talk.

Two research operations and confusion between them
The opposition research conducted by Fusion GPS on Donald Trump was in two distinct operations, each with a different client. First were the Republicans, funded by The Washington Free Beacon. Then came the Democrats, funded by the DNC and the Clinton campaign.

The Republican operation, from October 2015 to May 2016, focused on Trump's domestic business and entertainment activities; was performed by Fusion GPS; and used Wayne Barrett's files and public sources. Immediately after the publication of the dossier, the media sometimes falsely assumed that the dossier started as a product of this research, so the Free Beacon released this statement: "none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier".[38][39]
The Democratic operation, from April 2016 to December 2016, was focused on Trump's Russian connections; was subcontracted to Steele/Orbis; and used Steele's own source network and public sources. Only this second operation produced the dossier.[40][41]
From April to early May 2016, The Washington Free Beacon and the DNC/Clinton Campaign were independently both clients of Fusion GPS. This overlap contributed to the media's confusion.

Steele dossier

and again, the majority of the Steele accusations have been either verified or are not contested.

[Tennesseer]

Oct 2, 2023 10:54:12 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Oct 2, 2023 10:37:38 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Steele dossier

and again, the majority of the Steele accusations have been either verified or are not contested.

But...but...BENGHAZI!

[happyhoix]

Oct 1, 2023 20:20:17 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Oct 1, 2023 17:14:56 GMT -5 Opti said:

Are you aware hackers can easily change the date and time of files in addition to its name?

Well that's a whole new avenue I hadn't thought about. A top secret faction of the govt planting evidence on Hunters laptop that incriminates him and Dad in a influence and money laundering scheme and a digital trail of data leading to the overthrow of the US.

If Tom Clancy or Mickey Spillane or Dashiel Hammitt were alive they could write a good book on it. Or maybe James Patterson. I wonder who could be the main gumshoe would be?

A lot of the MAGA people believe all the protesters marching around the Capital on J6 were actually Antifa activists who did that whole thing just to make Trump look bad. 

So - a couple thousand dedicate lefties spent years infiltrating the far right neo facist militia groups, getting all tatted up in appropriate antidemocratic tattoos, alienating their families, so that they would be prepared, years down the line, to pretend to be treasonous  insurrectionists - even going so far as getting arrested and going to jail for years, just to keep up the pretense. 

Now THAT would be worthy of James Patterson. 

[Opti]

Oct 2, 2023 17:33:04 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Oct 1, 2023 20:20:17 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Well that's a whole new avenue I hadn't thought about. A top secret faction of the govt planting evidence on Hunters laptop that incriminates him and Dad in a influence and money laundering scheme and a digital trail of data leading to the overthrow of the US.

If Tom Clancy or Mickey Spillane or Dashiel Hammitt were alive they could write a good book on it. Or maybe James Patterson. I wonder who could be the main gumshoe would be?

A lot of the MAGA people believe all the protesters marching around the Capital on J6 were actually Antifa activists who did that whole thing just to make Trump look bad. 

So - a couple thousand dedicate lefties spent years infiltrating the far right neo facist militia groups, getting all tatted up in appropriate antidemocratic tattoos, alienating their families, so that they would be prepared, years down the line, to pretend to be treasonous  insurrectionists - even going so far as getting arrested and going to jail for years, just to keep up the pretense. 

Now THAT would be worthy of James Patterson. 

Their sanity and grasp of reality though is marginal at best. There was no reason to make Trump look bad given he lost. The only folks who had a vested interest in stopping the certification of votes were Trumpers. 

[Tennesseer]

Ooop!  Shades of the alleged Biden crime family.  

Democrats pounce following report on James Comer’s family deals

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s crusade against President Joe Biden has struggled mightily all year, but Republicans’ hopes were buoyed last month by a new revelation.

“We have found a $200,000 DIRECT payment to Joe Biden,” the Kentucky Republican’s panel declared in a message via social media.

The facts proved to be far less interesting than the GOP hoped. Based on the information Republicans uncovered, Joe Biden — in his personal capacity, two years after serving as vice president — loaned his brother James Biden some money. Then, his brother paid him back. In case there were any ambiguities about the purpose of the no-interest repayment, James Biden literally wrote on the check itself, “Loan repayment.”

As we discussed soon after, this just wasn’t that interesting. Indeed, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California noted online soon after, “[Comer] proves Joe Biden generously loaned his family money and they responsibly paid him back. Nice work, detective!”

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the ranking member of the Oversight panel, added in a press statement, “The more than 1,400 pages of additional bank records just show what these witnesses and thousands of prior pages of records have already established: that the President was not involved in and did not profit from his family members’ business ventures.”

Republicans nevertheless continued to treat this as fascinating — I’m honestly not sure why — acting as if the loan and repayment were evidence of something nefarious. The claims have never made much sense, and after seeing this Daily Beast report, the GOP’s line of attack suddenly looks worse.

According to Kentucky property records, Comer and his own brother have engaged in land swaps related to their family farming business. In one deal—also involving $200,000, as well as a shell company—the more powerful and influential Comer channeled extra money to his brother, seemingly from nothing. Other recent land swaps were quickly followed with new applications for special tax breaks, state records show. All of this, perplexingly, related to the dealings of a family company that appears to have never existed on paper. But unlike with the Bidens, Comer’s own history actually borders a conflict of interest between his official government role and his private family business—and it’s been going on for decades.

The Daily Beast added, if Comer genuinely believes the Biden family’s transactions clear the “shady business practices” bar, “he might want to consider a parallel inquiry into his own family.”

Rest of article here:  Democrats pounce following report on James Comer’s family deals

[djAdvocate]

Nov 10, 2023 16:46:33 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Ooop!  Shades of the alleged Biden crime family.  

Democrats pounce following report on James Comer’s family deals

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s crusade against President Joe Biden has struggled mightily all year, but Republicans’ hopes were buoyed last month by a new revelation.

“We have found a $200,000 DIRECT payment to Joe Biden,” the Kentucky Republican’s panel declared in a message via social media.

The facts proved to be far less interesting than the GOP hoped. Based on the information Republicans uncovered, Joe Biden — in his personal capacity, two years after serving as vice president — loaned his brother James Biden some money. Then, his brother paid him back. In case there were any ambiguities about the purpose of the no-interest repayment, James Biden literally wrote on the check itself, “Loan repayment.”

As we discussed soon after, this just wasn’t that interesting. Indeed, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California noted online soon after, “[Comer] proves Joe Biden generously loaned his family money and they responsibly paid him back. Nice work, detective!”

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the ranking member of the Oversight panel, added in a press statement, “The more than 1,400 pages of additional bank records just show what these witnesses and thousands of prior pages of records have already established: that the President was not involved in and did not profit from his family members’ business ventures.”

Rest of article here:  Democrats pounce following report on James Comer’s family deals

why would he?  he is a career politician, with a fat paycheck and a healthy retirement fund.  he has no need to grift.  in fact, it undermines his brand.

then witness Trump.  he is a guy who grifts all the time and calls it virtue.  

here is what bothers me about this attack on Joe Biden: that the same feature of Trump is admired by the people attacking Biden.  admit it.  y'all love Trump for cheating his way to the top, and you admire him for being ruthless, vindictive, and conniving.  

we all would appreciate it if you would VOTE FOR BIDEN if you actually believe this bullshit about him.

mmkay?

[Tennesseer]

Nov 10, 2023 20:44:57 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Nov 10, 2023 16:46:33 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Ooop!  Shades of the alleged Biden crime family.  

Democrats pounce following report on James Comer’s family deals

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s crusade against President Joe Biden has struggled mightily all year, but Republicans’ hopes were buoyed last month by a new revelation.

“We have found a $200,000 DIRECT payment to Joe Biden,” the Kentucky Republican’s panel declared in a message via social media.

The facts proved to be far less interesting than the GOP hoped. Based on the information Republicans uncovered, Joe Biden — in his personal capacity, two years after serving as vice president — loaned his brother James Biden some money. Then, his brother paid him back. In case there were any ambiguities about the purpose of the no-interest repayment, James Biden literally wrote on the check itself, “Loan repayment.”

As we discussed soon after, this just wasn’t that interesting. Indeed, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California noted online soon after, “[Comer] proves Joe Biden generously loaned his family money and they responsibly paid him back. Nice work, detective!”

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the ranking member of the Oversight panel, added in a press statement, “The more than 1,400 pages of additional bank records just show what these witnesses and thousands of prior pages of records have already established: that the President was not involved in and did not profit from his family members’ business ventures.”

Rest of article here:  Democrats pounce following report on James Comer’s family deals

why would he?  he is a career politician, with a fat paycheck and a healthy retirement fund.  he has no need to grift.  in fact, it undermines his brand.

then witness Trump.  he is a guy who grifts all the time and calls it virtue.  

here is what bothers me about this attack on Joe Biden: that the same feature of Trump is admired by the people attacking Biden.  admit it.  y'all love Trump for cheating his way to the top, and you admire him for being ruthless, vindictive, and conniving.  

we all would appreciate it if you would VOTE FOR BIDEN if you actually believe this bullshit about him.

mmkay?

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is just doing trump's bidding. Impeach Biden so trump can use it as a 'we are no different' political point. It negates trump's two impeachments in the eyes of his cult because Biden was impeached too.

[djAdvocate]

right, but if they are no different, then why vote for Trump?
particularly with all of his legal issues.

maybe this is why the Trump Faithful are waiting for a conviction.
i mean, the polling says that, and even a few on the board say that.
but i am not sure, after 2020, i really have enough trust to believe it.

so, we'll see.

[Tennesseer]

Nov 10, 2023 21:15:53 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

right, but if they are no different, then why vote for Trump?
particularly with all of his legal issues.

maybe this is why the Trump Faithful are waiting for a conviction.
i mean, the polling says that, and even a few on the board say that.
but i am not sure, after 2020, i really have enough trust to believe it.

so, we'll see.

I may change my avatar to the below for a while. This is why they would vote for trump if all things being equal (impeached):

[djAdvocate]

yeah, that is why i am skeptical.

[tbop77]

Weiss was also asked about the FBI’s FD-1023 form, which details allegations of a criminal bribery scheme involving President Biden, Hunter Biden and the head of Burisma Holdings.



"I’m not going to comment on that. I appreciate your question, but it concerns a matter that is subject to an outstanding investigation," Weiss said. "It’s something that I absolutely cannot comment on either way."


www.foxnews.com/politics/weiss-says-he-wasnt-granted-special-attorney-authority-in-hunter-biden-probe-transcript

Sounds like the John Durham plan to me!  Remember how long that went on?  

[djAdvocate]

remember how it turned out?

[ripvanwinkle]

I think they will ignore the subpoenas. Someone on CNN I saw said basically there is no penalty if they ignore the committee. Only the DOJ can enforce it. I don't see Garland doing it.   

[pulmonarymd]

They can pull a Jim Jordan. If its good enough for a republican congressman, its good enough for common folks. 

[thyme4change]

Nov 11, 2023 14:57:38 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

I think they will ignore the subpoenas. Someone on CNN I saw said basically there is no penalty if they ignore the committee. Only the DOJ can enforce it. I don't see Garland doing it.   

Didn’t all of Trump’s cronies ignore the Jan 6 committee? I guess what is good for the goose is good for the gander.

[Tennesseer]

Hunter Biden requests public hearing from House Oversight

Hunter Biden is willing to testify in public before the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating his business dealings as part of an impeachment investigation into his father President Biden.

The letter proposing a public hearing comes from Hunter Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, and serves as a response to a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee, led by Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), sent earlier in November.

The committee had sought a closed-door deposition on Dec. 13, but Lowell wrote that it did not trust Comer and Republicans to provide a truthful account of such an event.

“We have seen you use closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public. We therefore propose opening the door,” Lowell wrote in a letter to Comer on Tuesday. “If, as you claim, your efforts are important and involve issues that Americans should know about, then let the light shine on these proceedings.”

Lowell noted that Comer has previously said that Hunter Biden is “more than welcome” before the committee.

“Accordingly, our client will get right to it by agreeing to answer any pertinent and relevant question you or your colleagues might have, but— rather than subscribing to your cloaked, one-sided process—he will appear at a public Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing,” Lowell said.

Rest of article here: Hunter Biden requests public hearing from House Oversight

[Opti]

Nov 28, 2023 10:02:31 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Hunter Biden requests public hearing from House Oversight

Hunter Biden is willing to testify in public before the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating his business dealings as part of an impeachment investigation into his father President Biden.

The letter proposing a public hearing comes from Hunter Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, and serves as a response to a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee, led by Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), sent earlier in November.

The committee had sought a closed-door deposition on Dec. 13, but Lowell wrote that it did not trust Comer and Republicans to provide a truthful account of such an event.

“We have seen you use closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public. We therefore propose opening the door,” Lowell wrote in a letter to Comer on Tuesday. “If, as you claim, your efforts are important and involve issues that Americans should know about, then let the light shine on these proceedings.”

Lowell noted that Comer has previously said that Hunter Biden is “more than welcome” before the committee.

“Accordingly, our client will get right to it by agreeing to answer any pertinent and relevant question you or your colleagues might have, but— rather than subscribing to your cloaked, one-sided process—he will appear at a public Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing,” Lowell said.

Rest of article here: Hunter Biden requests public hearing from House Oversight

Smart, I think. There will still, be spin. However, there will now be a legal video and audio record certified and witnessed by the court.

[Tennesseer]

Hunter Biden testifying could be embarrassing — for the House GOP
President Joe Biden's son has been a major target for Republicans. Now his lawyer says he's willing to testify in an open House committee session.

House Republicans’ investigation into President Joe Biden and his family has been plodding along all year, but there’ve been no real results from their spelunking. As part of the impeachment inquiry launched in September, the House Oversight Committee last week issued subpoenas to the president’s brother, James, and to his son, Hunter. The latter subpoena, in particular, grants a longstanding wish to the GOP base, which has been all but guaranteed that getting the Bidens under oath would finally provide evidence of their widespread criminality or whatever.

Republicans have demanded that Hunter Biden appear on Dec. 13 for a closed-door deposition to discuss his past business dealings and whether his father ever improperly used his influence while in office to boost those endeavors.

But rather than fight the subpoena, Hunter Biden appears eager, maybe too eager, to appear before the GOP-led panel. In a letter from his lawyer on Tuesday, Biden not only agreed to testify but to do so in an open committee session. And in his response, Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., made clear how caught off guard he was — and how unprepared he is to back up his tough talk in public.

“Your fishing expedition has become Captain Ahab chasing the great white whale,” Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, wrote Comer in his response to his client’s subpoena. But rather than fight the subpoena in court, Lowell suggested skipping the deposition altogether. His client, he wrote, would agree “to answer any pertinent and relevant question you or your colleagues might have, but— rather than subscribing to your cloaked, one-sided process—he will appear at a public Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing.”

In a statement posted by the House Oversight Committee on X, previously Twitter, Comer says “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. We expect full cooperation with our subpoena for a deposition but also agree that Hunter Biden should have opportunity to testify in a public setting at a future date.”

Rest of article here: Hunter Biden testifying could be embarrassing — for the House GOP

[happyhoix]

Nov 29, 2023 11:45:52 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Hunter Biden testifying could be embarrassing — for the House GOP
President Joe Biden's son has been a major target for Republicans. Now his lawyer says he's willing to testify in an open House committee session.

House Republicans’ investigation into President Joe Biden and his family has been plodding along all year, but there’ve been no real results from their spelunking. As part of the impeachment inquiry launched in September, the House Oversight Committee last week issued subpoenas to the president’s brother, James, and to his son, Hunter. The latter subpoena, in particular, grants a longstanding wish to the GOP base, which has been all but guaranteed that getting the Bidens under oath would finally provide evidence of their widespread criminality or whatever.

Republicans have demanded that Hunter Biden appear on Dec. 13 for a closed-door deposition to discuss his past business dealings and whether his father ever improperly used his influence while in office to boost those endeavors.

But rather than fight the subpoena, Hunter Biden appears eager, maybe too eager, to appear before the GOP-led panel. In a letter from his lawyer on Tuesday, Biden not only agreed to testify but to do so in an open committee session. And in his response, Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., made clear how caught off guard he was — and how unprepared he is to back up his tough talk in public.

“Your fishing expedition has become Captain Ahab chasing the great white whale,” Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, wrote Comer in his response to his client’s subpoena. But rather than fight the subpoena in court, Lowell suggested skipping the deposition altogether. His client, he wrote, would agree “to answer any pertinent and relevant question you or your colleagues might have, but— rather than subscribing to your cloaked, one-sided process—he will appear at a public Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing.”

In a statement posted by the House Oversight Committee on X, previously Twitter, Comer says “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. We expect full cooperation with our subpoena for a deposition but also agree that Hunter Biden should have opportunity to testify in a public setting at a future date.”

Rest of article here: Hunter Biden testifying could be embarrassing — for the House GOP

Oh since when have GoPers showed up for lawful subpoenas?

Why do they need to interview him behind closed doors? Shouldn’t they welcome transparency? Unless what’s transparent is their bullshit Biden Crime family saga, and they don’t want the public to realize that.

[tbop77]

Chairman Comer's insistence that Hunter Biden's interview should happen behind closed doors proves it once again. What the Republicans fear most is sunlight and the truth," Raskin added.


www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-house-freedom-caucus-is-in-disarray/ar-AA1kQWyI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=75296c9fa78542238155b9bae35f0d0a&ei=66

I think Raskin sums it up.