Hunter Biden Throws Another Wrench In The GOP’s Impeachment Charades
Hunter Biden surprised Republicans when he showed up to testify at his so-called contempt hearing, and they didn’t handle it well.
For a year now Republicans (GOP) have done their damnedest to vilify President Joe Biden and baselessly impeach him regardless of no wrongdoing or evidence of corruption for their treasonous leader — former twice-impeached president* Donald J. Trump (aka Diaper Don), an adjudicated fraud, insurrectionist and rapist who has been indicted four times and is facing 91 felonies so far — and it hasn’t gone well. Indeed, it has made the entire world aware of just how corrupt and ignorant the GOP truly is.
Much has been written about the GOP’s Biden impeachment charades, and more will come as their shitshow continues unravelling. In November of last year, when Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, showed up to testify publicly under oath, the GOP vehemently opposed it and threatened to hold him in contempt. The GOP wants Hunter to testify privately so they can twist his words and falsify information to claim they have evidence of corruption on President Biden they can use to grift off the MAGA miscreants that keep expecting them to exact revenge for Diaper Don.
Hunter isn’t stupid and he knows how corrupt and delusional the GOP is, especially the MAGA faction of the GOP. He’s not going to let them take his testimony and spin their fairy tales to imply his father’s corrupt and make money peddling their lies. When he left the last time he was supposed to testify, the GOP threatened to hold him in contempt. The hearing on Hunter’s so-called contempt was scheduled for this morning, so he showed up with two attorneys, again, to testify publicly. When he did, the MAGA faction of the GOP lost what little was left of their minds.
The GOP’s Impeachment Charades Are Pure Political Theater
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Just by appearing at the hearing, Hunter threw the panel trying to impeach President Biden into a tizzy. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) insisted that Hunter be arrested. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who posted nude pictures of Hunter at an earlier hearing, called him a coward as he left while she was getting ready to speak. Democrats on the committee tried getting their GOP counterparts to allow Hunter to speak publicly, but to no avail:
James Comer (R-KY), one of the three stooges leading the GOP’s bogus impeachment charades, reportedly struggled to regain control, claiming, again, that “Mr. Biden doesn’t make the rules, we make the rules.” Hunter and his attorneys left shortly thereafter, making a brief statement to reporters outside the hearing room, where one of his attorneys reiterated that unlike the president, Hunter “was and is a private citizen,” going on to elaborate that “Despite this, Republicans have sought to use him as a surrogate to attack his father, and, despite their improper partisan motives, on six different occasions, since February of 2023, we have offered to work with the House committees to see what and how relevant information to any legitimate inquiry could be provided.”
The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees will continue their political theater and each vote on contempt resolutions that will most likely result in the House recommending criminal charges while they continue trying to find anything they can to justify impeaching President Biden over nothing. If the House decides to try and hold Hunter in contempt, it will be up to the Department of Justice to decide whether or not it’s worth prosecuting. Given all the circumstances so far — Hunter offering, twice, to testify publicly and the GOP turning him down so they could continue their chicanery and lie about President Biden’s guilt — it would be surprising to see any charges actually filed.
The Inmates Running The Asylum Are Also In Contempt Of Congress
Naturally, if they shelve the GOP’s bogus Hunter Biden contempt claims, all the MAGA minions will cry about the Justice Department being politicized since Diaper Don is facing 91 felony charges so far, even though there are mountains of actual evidence showing Trump did commit numerous high crimes and felonies, but prosecuting contempt cases can be difficult. In this case it would be virtually impossible since Hunter has cooperated and tried to testify twice, making it more blatantly obvious that the GOP is only playing games to pacify their treasonous leader — and it won’t bode well for them come November either.
Compounding the GOP’s problem with holding Hunter in contempt for ignoring a subpoena is the fact that Comer, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), former Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, all defied subpoenas from the committee that investigated the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021 (J6) without being held in contempt. Even worse, most of the aforementioned GOP Reps. were co-conspirators in Trump’s insurrection, meaning they could also be easily defined as Trump’s terrorists. Jordan, Perry, Brooks, Biggs and Comer were all pivotal in aiding and abetting Trump while he tried to illegally stay in office after losing the 2020 election bigly, and they have yet to be scrutinized for the roles they played.
Time will tell if they’re ever held accountable, but the fact remains that the GOP doesn’t have a leg to stand on, and the majority of the American public is well aware of that. In essence, Hunter Biden called the GOP’s bluff, and they couldn’t handle it. The GOP’s Biden impeachment charades will continue for a little longer — at least until more GOP members resign and they lose the slim majority they have in the House — but until they end, their desperation to give Diaper Don something to help his reelection campaign (at least until he ends up behind bars) will prove fruitless but extremely entertaining. Stay tuned.
