The letter added that open-door proceedings “would prevent selective leaks, manipulated transcripts, doctored exhibits, or one-sided press statements.”
And that’s exactly why they aren’t going to allow him to testify publicly.
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The best bit was at the end:
“I welcome Hunter Biden finally agreeing to testify,” Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) wrote on Tuesday. “It’s long overdue for him to come clean in front of the American people.”
Smith deleted the tweet shortly after he posted it.
Funny how often bullies turn out to be cowards.
From how it reads I think comer is saying that everyone is subjected to the selective leaks, doctored evidence ect. And if everyone regardless of party have to work through the unfair and unethical process, why should hunter get off easier by having transparency to prevent all the dirty and dishonest tools used by politicians. It’s insane logic to us because we’re seeing it from the outside and it shows how detached from the real worlds reality these politicians have become.
Republicans would not have it. “Hunter Biden is trying to play by his own rules instead of following the rules required of everyone else,” Comer wrote in a statement. “That won’t stand with House Republicans.”
Are you fucking kidding me right now?
Why are you so surprised by whatever Republicans have to say?
Whenever Republicans open their mouths, all I hear is "blergh, blergh, blergh!"
Overt hypocrisy is a display of power. They're showing that they're not only above the law, but above rationality itself, they can rule on a whim rather than be consistent.
Conservatives don't operate in good faith. They'll say whatever will let them pretend the opposition are the ones breaking the rules, and if that contradicts something they said before that's just a bonus.
If you call for a dick measuring contest, you don't let it be in public if you know you're going to lose.
And it's thanks to Republicans that the public knows that hunter biden has a fat fucking hog.
It's all been a long con by them to try and get trump to post images of himself naked
Marjorie Taylor Greene and her deepest desires to hate fuck that fat fucking hog
I think Republicans have set that precedent that congressional supoenas are essentially optional, so Hunter can safely sit this one out if he feels like it.
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They’re so transparently corrupt it’s not even surprising anymore. They’ve become like cockroaches that are no longer afraid of the light.
I actively try to avoid killing cockroaches - they're useful to the ecosystem. Republicans, not so much.
I doubt I'd extend them the same courtesy.
Well put.
Yes, that is exactly right. That started sometime in the summer of 2016: they suddenly stopped apologizing, and haven't apologized since. I remember that's when it changed; some R had some new scandal (no surprise) but his response was basically, "So?" and that was kind of a shock. It's like the fix was in, and of course now we know that it was.
That's been true since at least 2016.
Republicans told me he was guilty guilty guilty why don't they want him testifying in a way that makes it IMPOSSIBLE for him to edit his testimony?
Hell yeah! Let's force Hunter down their throats! Fuck these dimwit fascist fucks.
Most of them have seen what he has to force down their throats. Some of them are probably salivating at the thought.
I mean, dudes packing heat.
I hate that I know that but still.
Why else would marge show it off on the floor
Benghazi II: gaslight harder
They want to attack someone and make sure the defendant has no way to defend themselves in order to preserve their narrative? How republican of them.
Hey no fair! He’s trying to stop us from cheating! - the republicans.
Of course not. Then people might hear the truth.
They don't want a "have you no sense of decency?" moment.
I think decency went out the window when Marge started showing Hunter's dick pics to Congress.
And somehow wasn't charged via revenge porn laws...
I get he is President Bidens son, but It often feels to me that the waters get muddied to obfuscate any information about WHY he is having legal problems and simply advertise he is HAVING legal problems. (I understand the article eventually gets to that point, but by then I think a lot of people would have tuned out). It just feels like team red use him as an attack vector to hit President Biden, which is kinda sad. The guy has some problems and I dont think being under the media spotlight all the time is good for his mental health.
It just feels like team red use him as an attack vector to hit President Biden, which is kinda sad.
That's all it ever was. If a similar investigation were conducted into their family members, I'm pretty sure they'd catch a lot more like him. The difference is that Republicans are trying desperately to prove that Joe Biden was actively participating in his son's schemes, and so far they've been unable to find anything. I doubt a similar inquiry into their own affairs would come back clean.
These people went after obama's girls, who were actual children. They have no fucking shame.
Maybe the only good thing to come of this is that it also publicized what a good dad Joe Biden is
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The letter added that open-door proceedings “would prevent selective leaks, manipulated transcripts, doctored exhibits, or one-sided press statements.”
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,” Comer added.
The letter sent by Biden’s attorneys states that the GOP’s “empty investigation has gone on too long wasting too many better-used resources.
Three separate congressional committees are currently investigating the younger Biden in the hopes of proving allegations of corruption against the president.
While the investigations into Biden have been ongoing for years, the president’s son and his legal team have recently switched tactics towards a more offensive approach in his defense.
These include former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the CEO of Overstock.com, and even the IRS, which Biden alleges improperly handled his tax records.
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