Hunter Biden’s Art Buyer Got Special Treatment in Hamas Hostage Negotiations

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Hunter Biden’s Art Buyer Got Special Treatment in Hamas Hostage Negotiations

(Ben Weingarten, RealClearInvestigations) The American kidnap victim released by Hamas during the ongoing ceasefire is a great-niece of Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a major Democratic party donor who paid handsomely for Hunter Biden’s art and won an appointment to a plum cultural post from President Joe Biden.

Hirsh Naftali had publicly advocated in a series of nationally televised interviews for the release of her 4-year-old grandniece, Abigail Mor Idan, a dual U.S.–Israeli citizen whose parents were murdered by marauding jihadists in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

She is the only American thus far among the 61 mostly women and children exchanged for Palestinian Arab prisoners in a fragile negotiated truce.

While noting that the Biden administration has worked with Qatari and Egyptian mediators to free all the hostages, a senior administration official told RealClearInvestigations that “U.S. officials insisted that Abigail be included on an early list as well as the other two Americans in this category [of women and children].”

“The president raised Abigail in nearly all of his phone calls with counterparts as well as with the Amir of Qatar on Saturday,” the official said, adding that “U.S. officials have also remained in close touch with Abigail’s family members including those the president spoke with on Sunday,” the day Abigail was returned to Israel.

After Abigail’s release on Nov. 26, Hirsh Naftali co-signed a statement thanking “President Biden and his dedicated team,” among others, for “securing Abigail’s release and reuniting other hostages with their loved ones.”

GOP House members have been investigating possible connections between Hirsh Naftali’s art buying and her government appointment to the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad since July.

“Your position on the Commission is particularly suspicious because of Hunter Biden’s previous actions to elevate his business partner—Eric Schwerin—to the same post while his father was Vice President,” said James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the House Oversight Committee, in a letter to Hirsh Naftali shortly after her appointment.

In November, Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., used Abigail’s abduction to demean the inquiry, describing Republican questions regarding Hirsh Naftali art purchases and government appointment as “soulless.”

Even as they hail the administration’s efforts to gain Abigail’s release, some Biden critics say that this episode is another example of how his family’s financial dealings cast a shadow and suggest conflicts of interest regarding his official actions.

“Once you start making deals with terrorists, even potentially innocent coincidences become controversial,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton told RealClearInvestigations. “It is fair to ask whether this is another example of Biden’s family corruption compromising our national security.”

Hirsh Naftali is a Los Angeles real estate investor and philanthropist who served on Biden for President’s National Finance Committee and donated over $200,000 to his 2020 candidacy. In July 2022, Biden announced her appointment to the commission.

That nomination came just eight months after Hunter Biden’s first art opening at New York’s Georges Bergès Gallery.

Business Insider reported that Hirsh Naftali purchased at least one of Hunter Biden’s pieces, which were priced at up to $500,000 each, and which generated sales proceeds totaling nearly $1.4 million.

Visitor logs show she visited the White House at least 13 times since December 2021, the month following the art show’s opening date.

It is unclear whether Hirsh Naftali’s art buying preceded her appointment to the commission. Hunter Biden’s counsel, Abbe Lowell, has said his client was unaware that Hirsh Naftali purchased the art until after the sale was executed.

The identities of the buyers were supposed to be kept private in what the White House described as an effort to avoid ethical issues.

After Hirsh Naftali was identified as one of the buyers, the House Oversight Committee sent her a letter requesting documents pertaining to the transactions, her appointment to the commission, and her visits to the White House.

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Unsatisfied with her response, Comer issued a subpoena to her on Nov. 9 demanding she appear for a transcribed interview.

Hirsh Naftali’s lawyer did not respond to RCI’s request for comment.

In the cover letter associated with the subpoena addressed to Naftali’s counsel, Comer and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, his counterpart on the House Judiciary Committee, wrote: “The Committees require your client’s testimony to determine whether individuals … are obtaining access to President Biden or securing benefits from him by purchasing his son’s artwork.”

The spokesperson did not comment on whether the committee would explore any of the uncomfortable questions that might be raised about the Biden appointee’s ties to the administration and any nexus it might have to the hostage crisis and U.S. policy deliberations more broadly associated with the Israel-Hamas war.

Hirsh Naftali, a Los Angeles native, has substantial ties to the Jewish state. She moved to Israel during the 1990s and partnered in founding BIG Shopping Centers, a publicly traded company on the Tel Aviv stock exchange.

She has maintained philanthropic interests there associated with Israeli and Jewish causes, in addition to serving on the board of the RAND Corporation Center for Middle East Public Policy.

The Biden administration has cited this background in justifying her appointment to the commission, which aims to protect and preserve landmarks including those in Eastern and Central Europe “associated with the heritage of U.S. citizens” whose families were targeted during the Holocaust.

As the current temporary ceasefire is extended, nine Americans remain unaccounted for, according to the Biden administration.

“As the president said, [we] will not rest until every American missing since the horrible attacks on October 7 is located and for those that remain alive returned home to their families,” the senior administration official wrote in an email response to RCI’s questions.

As for the freed 4-year-old, the official added: “We are thrilled that Abigail is now home and back in the loving arms of her extended family. She will receive the care and attention she needs through the Israelis and we are also ready to provide all appropriate support.”

Hunter Biden’s Pal Nominated to Whistleblower Agency Faces Scathing Calls for Withdrawal

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Hunter Biden’s Pal Nominated to Whistleblower Agency Faces Scathing Calls for Withdrawal

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A group of five Republican senators has urged President Joe Biden to withdraw his nomination of Hampton Dellinger to the Office of Special Counsel, citing concerns about his connections to Hunter Biden.

In a forceful letter directly addressed to the president, led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., the Republican lawmakers expressed “deep concerns” about the perceived attempt to “pursuit of a two-tiered system of justice” in appointing an individual associated with Biden’s son to oversee an agency responsible for safeguarding federal civil servants, especially whistleblowers.

“It is critical for the American people to know that the Special Counsel is fair and impartial,” stated the letter signed by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa; John Cornyn, R-Texas; Ted Cruz, R-Texas; and Tom Cotton, R-Ark. “Mr. Dellinger’s connection to the Hunter Biden Burisma matter gives us serious pause.”

Biden’s contentious nomination of Dellinger to this influential position last month sparked immediate criticism due to his links with the scandal-ridden Biden family. 

“Put simply, Mr. Dellinger’s connection to the Hunter Biden Burisma matter gives us serious pause about his nomination to be Special Counsel,” the lawmakers emphasized, referencing troubling reports highlighting Dellinger’s interactions with Hunter.

According to the letter, in 2014, Dellinger worked for Boises Schiller Flexner, a company that Hunter reportedly selected to assist the infamous gas company Burisma Holdings. Both Dellinger and Hunter met for dinner that same year, according to emails from the first son’s leaked laptop.

Notably, Dellinger currently serves as a U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, a role he obtained after Biden nominated him in 2021.

However, if confirmed to the Office of Special Counsel, Dellinger would oversee whistleblowers, potentially including those connected to the ongoing investigation into Hunter. The nomination comes after IRS whistleblowers alleged political interference in the investigation of the president’s son, focusing on purported tax payment delays and an alleged illicit weapon purchase.

“It is important to note that Mr. Dellinger, as Special Counsel, would be charged with ensuring retaliation against whistleblowers—including the IRS whistleblowers in the Hunter Biden matter—is investigated and corrective or disciplinary action against retaliators is sought,” the lawmakers emphasized. “In light of Mr. Dellinger’s reported connections to Mr. Biden, and the appearance of a conflict that it creates, we have serious doubts as to whether he could act impartially in fulfilling OSC’s obligations.”

The five senators concluded their letter by firmly requesting the immediate withdrawal of Dellinger’s nomination.

WATCH: Four Out-of-Shape Female Police in Chicago Struggle to Subdue Shoplifter

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WATCH: Four Out-of-Shape Female Police in Chicago Struggle to Subdue Shoplifter

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A video of four female police officers in Chicago attempting to bring down a shoplifter went viral after they failed to apprehend the criminal, leading many to question the department’s health and fitness standards.

The video of the attempted arrest, which took place on 95th Street and Ashland Avenue, showed the four women—all visibly overweight—confront the suspect, attempt to detain him and chase after him as he ran away.

The man repeatedly broke their hold as they attempted to handcuff him, according to the Daily Mail.

Three of them pinned the man against a wall while the fourth tried to put on handcuffs as he squirmed and writhed to get away.

One of the officers called for backup in the midst of the situation, according to audio from police scanners.

After the suspect broke away, an out of breath officer announced into her radio that he was “taking off.”

The officers were instructed to let the suspect go.

Reactions to the clip were a blend of grim resignation, disgust at the current state of law enforcement and laughter at the ridiculousness of the situation.

“4 strong independent woman officers couldn’t keep that thug down??!!” one Twitter user reacting to the clip asked.

“This is what happens when Affirmative Action meets reality,” another user said.

“I definitely feel safer with these ladies on the job,” another chimed in sarcastically. “If someone is trying to kill me definitely send them.”

“These cops do not deserve salary, they are useless,” user ParaChi said. “This is what you end up with after all good cops quit, resign[ed] or forced to leave due to COVID shots.”

Several other users recommended self-defense classes, boxing lessons and Weight Watchers.

The Chicago Police Department reportedly requires a Police Officer Wellness Evaluation Report test for applying officers, including a sit-and-reach test, one-minute sit-up test, one repetition maximum bench press and a one-and-a-half-mile timed run.

Republican Sheriff Loses La. Parish by 1 Vote after ‘Shady Counting’

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Republican Sheriff Loses La. Parish by 1 Vote after ‘Shady Counting’

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Last week in a race fraught with indications of scandal, a Republican sheriff candidate in Louisiana lost by a single vote, leading to calls for a recount or a new election altogether.

As it turns out, two individuals in Caddo Parish may have voted twice, which of course could radically alter the outcome of the race, State of the Union reported.

As seems to happen all-too-often, the declared victor in the race was a Democrat—Henry Whitehorn—and the declared loser was Republican John Nickelson.

The race was allegedly decided by one vote in an election in which over 43,000 people voted.

Last week after the race, Nickelson suggested that, because of the “extraordinarily narrow margin,” the parish should engage in “a hand recount to protect the integrity of our democratic process.”

In response, Clerk of Court Mike Spence, the Caddo Parish conducted a recount on Monday, but only of absentee ballots since the voting-day ballots were case via touchscreen and had no paper trail.

Both candidates picked up an additional three votes following the recount, which still put Whitehorn a single vote ahead.

But even before the outcome was announced, Nickelson—who is now suing to contest the result—had penned a letter to his opponent calling for a new election altogether.

“No matter what happens in any court battle following Monday’s machine recount of more than 7,700 absentee ballots many voters in our community would feel deeply disenfranchised and will question the legitimacy of this election,” he wrote.

According to the Republican candidate, a “special second runoff election” is particularly necessary because the “unique circumstances” cannot “withstand” judicial or public scrutiny.

“For that reason,” he added, “I invite you to join me in asking the district court to order a special second runoff election.”

As of the time of this writing, Whitehorn had not responded.

Spence insisted, that there was no serious case for election fraud, and that the two voters did not vote twice knowingly.

“It’s a sad situation because it’s two people who didn’t understand what they were doing,” he said. “This wasn’t malicious.”

Tuberville Expects 9/11 Attacks ‘Every Few Weeks’ Because of Biden’s Open Border

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Tuberville Expects 9/11 Attacks ‘Every Few Weeks’ Because of Biden’s Open Border

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., voiced concerns about potential terrorist threats occurring “every few weeks,” drawing parallels to the horrific attacks of Sept. 11. He attributed this potential risk to what he perceived as President Joe Biden’s horrific handling of the southern border chaos.

In an interview with Newsmax host Eric Bolling on Monday, Tuberville referenced disturbing reports that highlighted the apprehension of over 160 individuals connected to the U.S. terror watch list near the southern border.

“We’re gonna have a 9/11 attack every few weeks if we don’t watch it,” declared Tuberville, emphasizing the lawlessness situation at the southern border and criticizing the lack of attention to this matter. “It is out of control. But this group could care less.”

His remarks followed Bolling’s report on the significant number of Chinese nationals—over 24,000—apprehended at the southern border in 2023. This number notably surpassed the total of Chinese nationals illegally crossing the border in the past decade.

Bolling referenced a New York Times article stating that those apprehended and facing final deportation orders are unable to return to China due to the Chinese government’s refusal to accept them.

Regarding individuals on the terror watch list and the uncertainty about those who may have evaded capture, Tuberville criticized the Biden administration’s handling of border security and urged decisive action.

“What happened in Israel and Hamas that catastrophe going on over there, when that happened, Joe Biden should’ve woke up and called [Defense] Secretary [Lloyd] Austin and said, ‘Ok, send every available military personnel to the border immediately. Close it down. Nobody else comes in,’” Tuberville added.

According to the New York Post, a record number of 160 individuals with ties to the terrorist watch list were detained while attempting to cross the southern border illegally.

In the same interview, Tuberville rebuked what he described as a lack of concern from both sides of the political aisle for the American people and taxpayers amid ongoing border security issues, expressing frustration with the focus on spending rather than addressing the potentially dangerous consequences of an open border.

“We’ve had hundreds and hundreds of terrorist come across the border and we could care less, not we, the Biden administration. […] It’s about spending damn money and I’m sick of it,” Tuberville remarked.

Globalist UN Wages a Two-Front War on Meat and Free Speech

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Globalist UN Wages a Two-Front War on Meat and Free Speech

(Kevin Whiteley, Headline USA) Although Israel and Hamas may have brokered a temporary ceasefire, elsewhere in the Middle East, the opening shots were being fired in the globalist war on meat. 

A United Nations-linked group was convening this week and next at a massive conference in the United Arab Emirates to plot the phase-out of animal products in favor of plant- and insect-based diets.

This year marks the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 28th annual Conference of Parties (COP28), which stated Tuesday and will run through Thursday, Dec. 7, at Expo City Dubai, a “purpose built, sustainable city” recently created for the occasion by the uber-wealthy sultanate.

The climate-focused gathering will specifically examine a “plan to bring the global agrifood industry into line with the Paris climate agreement,” according to Business Standard.

Controlling the agrifood system—or, essentially, the entire food-production industry, in layman’s terms—is part of the UN group’s plan for tackling climate change, the FAO claims in its comprehensive plan.

Roughly a third of greenhouse gases—including carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane—allegedly stem from livestock farming, so FAO intends to ensure that “richer nations” decrease their meat consumption. The organization says average American consumes 127 kilograms (280 pounds) of meat annually, which is 120 kilograms more than the average Nigerian.

The FAO’s anti-meat mission could prove difficult since carbon dioxide is crucial to photosynthesis, the plant equivalent of breathing, Encyclopædia Britannica shows.

The organization might also see pushback from the medical industry, as nitrous oxide is used commonly and widely during surgical procedures due to its being the “least-potent inhalational anesthetic,” per the National Institutes of Health.

And according to University of California Riverside research, methane actually “traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere and creates cooling clouds that offset 30 percent of the Earth’s surface warming,” The Federalist reported. “In other words, livestock farming is likely cooling the planet, therefore counteracting global warming.”

Of course, if generating greenhouse gases does, in fact, help cool the planet, then globalist climate-change conferences that compel the unaccountable elite—such as John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate—to burn massive amounts of jet fuel for a glorified two-week resort junket might be more effective than critics give them credit for.

In the case of COP28, eliminating wealthy nations’ meat consumption may be the main object, but boosting the profit margin of one of the world’s leading fossil-fuel producers, Sultan Al Jaber (aka CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) just so happens to be the byproduct.

Noted climate skeptic Steve Milloy accused the COP28 president of “using the UN climate conference to sell more oil and gas” in a tweet Sunday citing a report from Bloomberg.

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Unproven climate crises aren’t the only efforts the UN is pushing; its Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization recently advanced an alarming set of censorship protocols to dictate how participating nations regulate speech on the internet.

UNESCO’s “Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms” bears eerie resemblance to earlier efforts by the Biden administration to push its controversial Disinformation Governance Board, which was widely denounced as an Orwellian Ministry of Truth.

In nearly 60 pages, the document lays out its overall objective of “[s]afeguarding freedom of expression and access to information through a multistakholder [sic] approach … while dealing with content that can be permissibly restricted under international human rights law and standards.”

While Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s earlier attempts at internet regulation failed to withstand legal scrutiny under the First Amendment, UNESCO’s censorship guidelines, stamped with the imprimatur of The Hague would be largely “shielded from political and economic interests,” ZeroHedge reported.

Yet, that also means the independent regulators who devised and enforced them would be beholden to nobody, and undoubtedly would exploit the newfound power to advance their own agenda and interests.

“The pseudoscience of disinformation is now—and has always been—nothing more than a political ruse most frequently targeted at communities and individuals holding views contrary to the prevailing narratives,” noted a congressional report on the matter from the House Judiciary Committee.

POLL: 55% of Women Say Men Identifying as Communist is Top Dating ‘Red Flag’

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POLL: 55% of Women Say Men Identifying as Communist is Top Dating ‘Red Flag’

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A recent survey by Change Research revealed that both men and women believe that belief in communist ideology is a red flag in dating.

The belief that all property be privy to communal ownership was a turn off for 64% of men and 55% of women, according to CNBC.

Having no hobbies, identifying as a “MAGA Republican,” saying there are two genders or believing “all lives matter” were also high-ranking red flags for women who participated in the survey.

The purpose of the survey was to analyze the effects of the ever-widening political gap on dating.

In 2021, 44% of women identified as liberal, as opposed to 25% of men.

“When you look back to the ’90s, there were plenty of moderate Republicans and plenty of liberal Republicans,” said Survey Center on American Life founder Daniel Cox. “The political categories didn’t map onto ideological categories as neatly as they do today. Now, your views on abortion predict your views on same-sex marriage and diversity and the war in Ukraine.”

Some research indicated that couples from opposite ends of the political aisle are less satisfied in their relationships than couples who date within their party.

Daniel Huff, former adviser to the Trump administration and founder of The Right Stuff dating app for conservatives, said he founded the site after a date with a liberal woman who left immediately after he told her about his job in the White House.

“She hadn’t even had a sip of wine,” he says. “That was, like, a two-minute date.”

He explained that he now dates fewer liberals because many of them are so closed off to his career choice.

“Some of it is driven by necessity,” he says. “I might be willing to entertain it but folks on the left will not. Dating is hard enough without adding an additional element which has gotten very important to people.”

Congressional Leaders Trying to Shoehorn FISA Renewal into Annual Military Bill

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Congressional Leaders Trying to Shoehorn FISA Renewal into Annual Military Bill

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows U.S. government agencies to target foreigners outside the U.S. for intelligence purposes, will sunset at the end of the year unless reauthorized by Congress.

With bipartisan opposition to renewal in place—led by Republicans still angry at how FISA was weaponized to spy on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign—agencies such as the FBI are starting to panic that their domestic surveillance powers could be reduced starting next year.

However, congressional leaders are reportedly devising a strategy to shoehorn Section 702 renewal into the annual the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, which funds the military every year. This means that Republicans would have to vote against military funding if they want to oppose Section 702.

Privacy groups are up in arms over the anti-democratic move, which is reportedly being made in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

“Such a move would arm-twist a bicameral, bipartisan majority that wants substantive reforms in Section 702. This majority exists because Section 702 is a program enacted by Congress to surveil foreigners on foreign soil but has been used by the FBI and other agencies as a domestic spying program,” warned the Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, which noted that Section 702 has been used to warrantlessly capture the communications of 3.4 million Americans.

“If House and Senate leaders choose this path, it will force Members into an up-or-down vote on a critical bill, with limited debate and no opportunity to make last-minute amendments.”

According to PPSA, the proposed amendment to the NDAA does not include the much-needed reforms to FISA.

The proposal would limit warrants to “evidence-of-a-crime-only” searches, but PPSA said this would do almost nothing to close the loophole that has allowed the government to warrantlessly surveil millions of Americans—including Members of Congress, 19,000 donors to a congressional campaign, and protestors on the right and left.

Former House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte also spoke against the proposal.

“There is no reason to rush this process and give the Administration what it wants by sneaking HPSCI’s deeply flawed proposal into the NDAA,” Goodlatte said. “In fact, the current Section 702 FISA Court certification does not expire until April 10, 2024, which means Congress has several months to put together a package of real reforms that could justify extending Section 702.”

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Trump Lawyers: Jan. 6 Prosecutions Undermine DOJ’s Case against Former President

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Trump Lawyers: Jan. 6 Prosecutions Undermine DOJ’s Case against Former President

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Earlier this month, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office argued in a motion that former President Donald Trump was “responsible for the events at the Capitol on January 6.”

Not only is that argument undermined by Trump’s statements on Jan. 6, 2021—he told protestors to “peacefully and patriotically make [their] voices heard”—but it’s also undermined by the department’s own prosecutors, Trump’s lawyers argued in a motion filed Monday evening.

Indeed, in the Oath Keepers sedition trial last year, Justice Department lawyers argued that those defendants’ actions were not, in fact, directed by Trump.

“It strains credulity to suggest that the Office’s current position regarding responsibility for January 6 is consistent with, for example, the prior contention that there was ‘an intent to fight to stop that [election] result with or without somebody like President Trump calling them into action,’” Trump’s lawyers said in their motion, citing a statement a DOJ lawyer made in the Oath Keepers trial.

As part of discovery in the DOJ’s election interference case against Trump, his lawyers want to compel the DOJ to produce any similar statements made about Trump’s lack of culpability for Jan. 6.

As Headline USA reported Monday, they also want all records about undercover law enforcement assets at the Capitol that day.

Another Jan. 6 defendant, Ryan Zink, had previously unsuccessfully motioned for the DOJ to disclose all undercover law enforcement actors in the Capitol crowd.

Zink had argued that agent provocateurs may have fomented violence on Jan. 6.

Trump’s motion, on the other hand, explicitly stated that the former President isn’t looking to argue that Jan. 6 was an entrapment operation.

“President Trump is not seeking to establish that he was induced to engage in the charged conduct. Rather, in this case, information regarding individuals who were present in an official capacity is favorable to President Trump because it suggests that there were adequate controls in place and that the violence at issue resulted from a failure of those controls and/or failed sting operations rather than any directions from President Trump,” Trump’s lawyers said.

Smith’s office has yet to respond to Trump’s motion.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Grab Your Popcorn: Hunter Biden to Testify Before House Oversight Committee

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Grab Your Popcorn: Hunter Biden to Testify Before House Oversight Committee

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has reportedly requested to testify publicly before Congress.

Hunter Biden’s lawyer sent a letter to the House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., accusing the committee of distorting testimony conducted behind closed doors and asking that his testimony before Congress be public. The exchange came after Comer subpoenaed Hunter Biden as part of the ongoing investigation into his overseas business deals and evidence that funds from those deals went to the president.

After the letter from Hunter Biden’s lawyer sparked headlines Tuesday morning, Comer released a statement.

“Hunter Biden is trying to play by his own rules instead of following the rules required of everyone else,” Comer said. “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 the opportunity to testify in a public setting at a future date.”

House Judiciary Chair Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, welcomed the testimony Tuesday, echoed the idea of both a private deposition and a public hearing.

“We are glad that Hunter Biden has decided to cooperate and we look forward to hearing from him in a deposition on December 13 and subsequently at a public hearing,” Jordan wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The news comes after Comer sent a subpoena to an array of Biden family members and associates, including Hunter Biden.

Those subpoenas are the latest step in the impeachment inquiry into the president as mounting evidence has been released by the Oversight Committee to back up allegations that the Biden family and associates received more than $20 million from several overseas entities and that some of those funds may have gone to the president himself.

The evidence includes testimony from IRS whistleblowers, bank records and copies of checks made out out to the president totaling $240,000.

“The House Oversight Committee is leaving no stone unturned as we investigate President Joe Biden’s central role in his family’s domestic and international business dealings,” Comer said in a statement earlier this month. “Yesterday, the House Oversight Committee delivered subpoenas to the President’s son, Hunter Biden, brother, James Biden, and other Biden family associates connected to the record of evidence obtained by this Committee.

“A plethora of bank records, texts, emails, and a transcribed interview with Biden family associate Devon Archer all show the Bidens and their business partners sold access to the highest levels of our government, including Joe Biden himself, to the detriment of America’s interests,” he added.

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