Column By Mike Bibb
Looks like Hunter Biden is willing to testify before a Congressional committee looking into his suspicious family business with various domestic and foreign entities – as long as he can do it his way.
Hunter has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee to give a deposition in a closed session on Dec. 13, 2023.
James Biden, Joe’s brother, and former business associate Rob Walker were issued similar subpoenas on the same day.
However, Hunter indicated he would not attend the closed-door meeting, calling it a “fishing expedition.”
Hunter believes he can ignore the subpoena. Instead, he’s offered to speak before an open session of the committee.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky), chairman of the committee, insisted “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” reported the Washington Post, Nov. 28, 2023.
Comer continued “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.”
Predictably, Hunter’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, released a letter to the committee saying “We have seen you use closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public. We therefore propose opening the door” – NBC News, Nov. 28. 2023.
Hunter has been embroiled in various legal skirmishes for quite a while. In July, a plea agreement involving income tax and firearms violations imploded when it was discovered additional supplications included in the plea were not previously divulged.
In other words, a bit of legal finagling was uncovered by the judge who promptly squelched the request.
The case is still ongoing.
For several months, the House Oversight Committee has been investigating, gathering evidence, hearing witnesses, and documenting Biden’s family financial dealings extending over many years.
Of special interest, and a source of growing suspicion, is how Joe managed to acquire enormous sums of money and property on a congressional salary.
There is no evidence he received a large inheritance, invested wisely, produced any kind of marketable product, didn’t invent anything of financial importance, or was successfully engaged in private business.
He’s simply worked for the Federal government, in various capacities, for nearly 50 years.
Even more curious, several members of his family also appear to be involved in this enterprise — whatever it is.
Recently, two separate checks from James Biden to Joe Biden, totaling $240,000, were publicly revealed. The checks were marked as a “loan repayment.”
Naturally, inquisitive minds would like to know what loan was being repaid and where is the paperwork. Equally strange, where did the Bidens get hundreds of thousands of dollars to loan?
Maybe, bundles of cash were stored in a box in the garage behind his ’67 Corvette – along with classified documents Joe’s been secretly removing from government offices.
Now, that the walls are closing in, and the House investigation is winding down, Hunter and his family are realizing they are running out of time. Excuses and DOJ interference have just about run their course.
Attorneys can prolong the inevitable for only so long, but sooner or later the truth and evidence will be made known.
There can only be two outcomes: Either the Biden’s have perpetrated one of the greatest criminal scams in American politics, or all of these stories are elaborate fabrications, conceived by exceptionally creative minds, intent upon composing a Nobel-winning prize in fictional literature.
Whatever the case, it’ll probably make as much sense as the mysterious baggie of coke unexpectedly discovered one day in the White House.
“Whose was it?” FBI couldn’t determine, lacking sufficient video, witness, and fingerprint markings to name a suspect.
For certain, it couldn’t have been Hunter’s. He’s clean as his falsified gun application.
The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author.
